What brand of running shoes do you run in?

The first morning of my life that I ran over a mile, all I had to run in was an old pair of Adidas cross trainers.  Shortly after that first run I found a running partner and we quickly built up some miles.

Well, after a couple months of running, I had developed awful shin splints.  They were so bad in fact that I thought I would have to quit running.  I went to a massage therapist and a tried a few other things, but nothing seemed to work.

One day I finally told my running partner that I would have to stop running.  I explained that I had horrible shin splints and that they were just getting worse with each run.

As you can guess I was extremely disappointed.  I had really come to enjoy running and how I felt each time I went running.

I didn’t want to quit running forever!

My running partner told me to go and buy up a pair of real running shoes and give them a try before I gave up running.  I asked him if he really thought that a pair of shoes could make that big of a difference and he said “absolutely”.

So I went to the mall and picked up the cheapest pair of Nike running shoes I could find.  I think they were $50 or so. I met him that evening for a quick 3 1/2 mile run, and you won’t believe what happened.

After those 3 1/2 miles my shin splints were gone! GONE!

So motivated by that experience I tracked down and expert in running shoes and convinced him to do a teleconference for Maintain Fit.  But it gets even better than that.

You see he actually ran professionally for the Nike team for a number of years all over the world and now he owns an uptown specialty running store in Boise ID.  His name is Rich Harris.

When I mentioned to him that I wanted to do a teleconference he agreed pretty quick.  So I pushed my luck and asked him if he would be willing to let me come to his store and make a video about running shoes.

And…

He let me come to his store and make the video.  It turned out to be 27 minutes and we cover a ton of stuff.  We talked about how you can choose the shoe that’s best for you, and how many miles you can expect to get out of a shoe. There’s a lot more in there too.

To see the full video and be invited to join the teleconference go to this URL between Friday, May 30th at 9:00 PM EST and Monday evening, June 2nd.   The first 15 people to register will actually get a high quality DVD mailed to their home address.

Running Shoe Video and Teleconference with Rich Harris