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<\/pre>The shoe thing was not directed at Mr. Hampton, he simply was a great example of what I was talking about. That is why "More Sad" was used as opposed to anything else. I think that it is a coaches\/parents responsibility to make sure their runner has the right equipment for the task at hand. You would never see a swimmer without goggles, a football player without a helmet, or a baseball player without a glove. Yet, somehow we see runners all the time without their most important accessory, we see them without proper footwear.
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\nYes, the discussion has come up about money and I understand it completely. I used to mow yards after xc races in order to save enough money to make sure I had running shoes. Which is why I will never buy a Nike trainer in my life, saved up for a month to buy a pair of Pegasus and they lasted me less than 3 weeks, but I digress. If a runner can't afford a pair of decent trainers, there are options. When I worked in specialty running we would talk to coaches all the time and tell them we would supply shoes to any runners who couldn't afford them. 
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\n-Darrin","date_added":"Sep 3rd 2013, 2:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":172813,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/2885.jpg","pb_title":"ddetorres","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=8457","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ddetorres.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"9103"},"847926":{"pb_id":"50379","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"847926","comment_id":"847926","member_id":"50379","comment":"Pet peeves--annoyances.  I understand.  And I pretty much get all the pet peeves listed in the article, to each their own.  I do have a bit of bone with the pet peeve featuring Chad Hampton and not having the "right" shoes.  In a time of dominant inactivity in the US, I don't think we ought to snobbishly look down on those who don't fit our styles of fashion in the running community.  
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\r\nI get it, I used to be a running snob.  I would laugh at joggers and would never dare to consider myself one.  However, any person who is going to run, train, and put it on the line, ought to be judged by their effort and heart, not what brand or type of shoe they wear.  It is shallow.  Nonetheless, it is customary to recommend running shoes instead of basketball shoes.  I wonder how all those runner ever imagined to do what they did before Nike and New Balance and all the specialty shoes that sure haven't helped the US compete on the world scene.  
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\r\nPerhaps, our pet peeves ought to do more with how people behave poorly in public than for not fitting into our fixed idea of what runners ought to wear.  Mr. Hampton won a state championship for mercy's sake, he ought to be celebrated for what he did in shoes that were much heavier instead of being ridiculed or belittled.  How many state titles did the author (or any of us for that matter) win in high school with their fancy running shoes?","date_added":"Sep 3rd 2013, 6:31am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":172813,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"MOrunner","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=50379","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/MOrunner.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1206353"},"847024":{"pb_id":"3026","pb_type":"members","likes":"1","parent_id":"0","pid":"847024","comment_id":"847024","member_id":"3026","comment":"This was awesome!","date_added":"Sep 2nd 2013, 5:31pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"35","email_settings":"7168","email":"chrisnickinson@gmail.com","address":"chrisnickinson","gender":"m","member_id":"3026","member_name":"Chris Nickinson","avatar_location":"av-3026.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":172813,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg","pb_title":"Chris Nickinson","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=3026","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/chrisnickinson.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"35"}},"last_id":"847024","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=172813&item_url=profile.php?member_id=8457"}