I saw them at $129. Weird or not.

But I am not really trying to stir up a dispute about how much the shoes cost at Bushtuckah -- more just hoping to get some understanding of why the US and Canadian shoe markets are so different.

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(OP here). Thanks all. I did look around Ottawa -- Sports 4, Bushtuckah, etc. -- and no men's Kinvaras at less than $129. It's a bit frustrating, as I would prefer to buy here. Interesting though, I was looking at trail-running shoes, and La Sportiva Wildcats seem to be priced very similarly in Cda ...

Does anybody know why running shoes are so much more expensive this side of the border? (Not rhetorical.) I went to price a pair of Saucony Kinvara's. Best online price for a Canadian retailer I could find was $119.00 plus shipping, taxes. Local bricks and mortar stores had 'em for $129.00 ($145 or ...

I was finding trolling for music too time-consuming and exhausting, so have taken to downloading podcasts. Recognizing that this may be old news, I will offer the the following two podcasts of indie music geared toward runners: IndieSoupRunner -- http://www.indiesouprunner.com/ JogTunes -- http://jo...

Those who know the photographer's model don't have to guess at his identity.

Those (like me) who don't know him have no idea where to begin guessing, and are left a bit baffled by all this insider chat...

Only difference I can think of is the camber -- for me anyway, even if I try to compensate by switching sides, running on a tilted surface for any length of time bangs me up.

I found the 180s convertible gloves yesterday at Sports4 on Bank (Ottawa). Looked lovely, but at $34.99 they exceed my impulse running purchase threshold of $20, and therefore will have to be a planned purchase...

I was in Sports 4 (downtown Ottawa) yesterday browsing, and they had 2120s on display, suitably marked down to $89 or $99.

Granted I was only browsing the guy's section, but it might worth giving them a call.

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Excellent -- I hadn't realized that CTV was running the Daily Show/Stephen Colbert special.

6k along the canal today.

If I have run in nicer running weather this year, I don't remember it. What a day.

Maybe Santa will be in a generous mood this year

When its colder, whatcha gotta get is 180s Convertible Running Gloves

Those look awfully cool...bet they are more expensive than the dollar store gloves though

I think the tights discussion has about run its course, so I will throw another cold-weather question out there -- what do you all wear on your hands when it goes below 0? Last year I wore cheap ski gloves, but they weren't a great solution. My wife bought me some of those thin Nike running gloves a...

This is not the place for THIS debate....but I would like to believe that his sponsors and his employer (given the business that he is in) would be helping out with this somewhat. I guess hindsight is 20, and you can't put the horse back in the barn, etc but I would like to think that his sponsors,...

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[Hint: See if you can find a January 20, 1977 letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, penned by Melvin Hershkowitz.] Coles notes version for those without a NEJM account http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-267-269-7442-0,00.html Thanks for that. As a brand new mem...

as a new young runner, it might be helpful for one of the guys to explain why the wind panel is desirable. You are all so friendly here. On the other running forum I visit occasionally, young runners would be expected to discover the answer through experience, and then to serve said experience up f...

Dupe sorry --can't seem to delete, no "X" for this post?

If wearing (or not wearing sunglasses) were enough to affect my true happiness about running, I'd have to reexamine my concept of true happiness... I was just thinking the other day how happy a pair of sunglasses would make me. Not that I'm materialistic or anything. I mean they would probably have...

I wondered about bursitis too, but nothing I have read quite fits. hmmm tell us about your shoes - has someone watched your gait and made a recommendation? are they the right type for your pronation/supination status? how many miles do you have on them? does it get worse when you wear high heels? I ...

So I am about 2km into an easy run, and I start to get a pain on the underside of my right foot, sort of at the base of 2nd and 3rd toes. It feels (this may sound weird) like there is fluid or something under the skin, and when I push off I compress the fluid driving it into my tissues and causing p...

And you could give the bib to someone else, they may even get you a PB :wink: Now there's a thought -- I have been wondering how I could go below 22:00 for the 5k. Any takers? Please submit a recent 5k time with your application, along with a brief account of your plan for winning my age group (mal...

I am signed up, but my wife is out of town for the weekend and there is double hockey Sunday am, so I am looking like a DNS...

Brief off-topic discussion coming: Anyone have views re picking up the shirt if you don't run the race?

Kid's hockey practice tonight at 6 pm. I'll drop him and should be able to squeeze 6-7k in rather than freezing in the rink.

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I opened this thread expecting Sports 4 in Ottawa/Kanata to be plugged early and often. WTF? I'm new -- have they been blacklisted or something I don't know about? If not, it needs to be high on any list for Ontario. Independent, great staff for the most part, and tons of stuff on sale. (Today I saw...