When a company decides to put shareholder profit above customer engagement and availability, it shouldn't surprise them when people don't want to engage with that brand anymore.

Sounds like Nike wants people to think it cares about running only when it sees that its profits as a collectors item fade since less and less people have disposable income for shoes. My Nike fund can't build up when all my extra money now goes to the grocery store, mortgage, and energy bills.

Any reasonable changes to restore face with the running community would mean eating into profits, which shareholders won't like, and they can't publicly say they need to do it to save the brand.

Even if they were cheap it wouldn't make the shoes good. Nike make some of the worst fitting shoes when it comes to my feet.

Hmmm maybe I should explore beyond Nike for my next shoes. I bought my current shoes from them because my previous ones lasted forever and were great. My current ones are also fine, though it took a long time for me to get used to them.

On that note, when do you all replace shoes? I'm relatively new to running and I'm used to using shoes until they fall apart, which may take years. Is that the strategy or are there other factors like the dampening that I should take into account?

I run between 3000 and 3500 km per year, som I'm going through a fair share of shoes. Usually, I go to my local running store, try on a few pairs and buy what feels best. I have a few runs, and if I like the shoes, I stockpile on them during online sales. I'm currently running in models that are two seasons out of date because I bought so many of them.

I never run in Nikes. Not for the lack of trying, but here in Ireland they refuse to stock their shoes in running shops and instead are trying to force everyone to shop for them online. Without trying them on, I won't buy running shoes, but fortunately there are so many alternatives that I don't regret skipping Nikes.

I tried Nike Pegasus and all they did was blister my feet to the point where I had to take time off from running to heal. I gave them a fair chance, but eventually I went back to my trusty ASICS. Sure I still get blisters when I run 50 mpw but not so bad that I need to stop running.

Even Nike's casual sneakers fucking suck. They stink like a trashcan, are the same price as a pair of Adidas/Puma/etc. and fall apart after 3 months of use.