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Running on a Budget

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How do you run on a budget?

Being a person who is always looking for ways to stay fit on the cheap, I decided to look for ways to cut my running expenses. I found it very easy to take up running when all I have is a very low budget for running.

<<<--- That's me in the red!

SHOES

Buy last year's shoes! Mizuno Wave Nexus 4 were featured in Runners World Magazine's Spring 2010 Runners Shoe Guide as a best buy for $85. They can now be found for a fraction of that price with a simple Internet search.

If you find a pair you absolutely love buy more than one pair.

Mizuno Wave Nexus

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SHIRTS

Although a cotton shirt will work at some point you will get tired of coming home and removing a sweat soaked shirt. Buy cheap tech shirts but be careful about what you're buying! Not all tech fabric is created equal! There is very little that is worse than getting bloody nipples from wearing a rough knitted tech shirt.

Tech Shirts

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SHORTS

Buy cheap shorts. Although you can get shorts without pockets really cheap I like to carry my gels in my pockets and feel it's worth a few extra dollars to have the pockets. If you can hold off until the cooler weather shorts always go on sale.

Remember the golden rule of shorts; If you have to ask if they are to short they are!

Running Shorts

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JACKETS

Until I received a running jacket for Christmas I used a nylon windbreaker. When the Wisconsin winters get to be super cold (20degrees below or colder) I will still wear it.

Running Jackets

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GLOVES and HATS

I have never purchased "running" hats or gloves! I can't see how they would enhance my running. Instead I purchase fleece skullcaps and nylon work gloves.

Gloves and Hats

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TIGHTS

Tights are another item that I've never purchased. When the weather gets cold enough I will wear two pair of sweat pants. Normally I wear a pair of nylon sweatpants over a pair of old school cotton sweatpants.

Running Tights

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On November 6, 2011 I ran my first marathon; The Rails to Trails Marathon in Norwalk, Wisconsin. My intention was to qualify for Boston at that time.... more »

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