Running shoes for 5K and 10K races

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Brooks Hyperion Elite 4

87

Great

Any color

$250 $221

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New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v2

81

Good

Any color

$200 $140

Save 30%

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ASICS Metaspeed Edge Tokyo

88

Great

Any color

$270

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ASICS Metaspeed Ray

85

Good

$300

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On Cloudboom Echo 3

90

Great

$290 $260

Save 10%

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PUMA Fast-R Nitro Elite 3
New

85

Good

$300

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Salomon S/Lab Phantasm 2
New

91

Superb

$275 $163

Save 41%

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Adidas Adizero Takumi Sen 10

89

Great

$180

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Brooks Hyperion Elite 4 PB

89

Great

$250 $176

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ASICS Magic Speed 3

91

Superb

$160 $137

Save 14%

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Saucony Endorphin Elite

90

Great

$275

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Adidas Adizero Adios 9

92

Superb

$180

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HOKA Cielo X1 2.0

89

Great

$275 $214

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Topo Cyclone 2

89

Great

Out of stock in all 41 shops
Diadora Gara Carbon
New

90

Great

Out of stock in all 41 shops

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