Elite Runners & Walkers

 

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Kat S.

Pittsburgh, PA

9/16/2009

This is the best running specialty store I have yet encountered in the Pittsburgh area.  The people who work here are runners themselves and are trained to look at the wear patterns of your old running shoes (if you're already a runner or walker, bring your last pair of shoes!), as well as your gait on a treadmill, to determine what your needs are in a running shoe.  They don't offer computerized gait analysis, but that's pretty much the only thing they DON'T do when they're fitting you for a pair of running shoes.  They're also pretty rigorous about making sure that you're in the correct size of shoe for your feet, which some local places don't take all that much trouble to check.  Plus, you can take shoes out into the parking lot for a brief test run, which I find better than testing shoes on the treadmill (95% of my running is out on the street, so...)

I run about 20-25 miles per week, and I have some biomechanical idiosyncrasies that can easily lead to my getting hurt if I'm not in the right shoes.  Elite has done a great job of putting me in appropriate shoes so far.  They're understanding if cost is a bit of a factor in your decision, and I trust that they're looking to make sure your needs are met rather than trying to sell you the most-expensive shoe in the store.  So don't be the jerk who goes there, spends an hour getting fitted and testing out different models, and then leaves and buys the shoes on the Internet to save $20.  Because that's lame.

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