Track and Field is one of our favorites here at W. L. Donehower. Because this is a sport about fractions of seconds and fractions of inches, your choice of  shoes needs to be exacting. You have to know what you’re looking at and you have to get them on your feet; because if the shoes don’t work for you, they won’t do much for your performance. And who else is going to give you the kind of advice we can? Almost nobody!

So here are the basics:

TRAINING  SHOES
It is very important to have a good training shoe that fits you properly. These are the workhorses that will have to shield you from lots of day-in-and-day-out pounding. There are loads of different ways that running shoes are constructed, so be ready to talk about the specifics of what you do. That way you have the best chance of getting features that match up to those demands. And the fit part? Trust us. It’s as important to us as it is to you.
Oh, and by the way, we have over sixty models of running shoes in stock for men and women, including widths and hard-to-find sizes. That’s a lot of shoes. 

RUNNING SPIKES
What events you pursue will largely determine what type of spiked shoe you need, but a bit of a hint: high school athletes are often called upon to compete in a range of events, so if you’re planning to buy just one competition spike, there may be some compromising to do. Which shoe suits which purpose – and what will suit your purposes best overall - will take some discussion. And because we work with all our customers one-on-one, we’ll spend as much time as you need explaining the pros and cons of each shoe. 

FIELD SPECIALTY SHOES
This is the narrowest category in the shoe business. Really. Think about what percentage of the population needs a Shot/Discus shoe! So we are not going to promise you loads of inventory here. We’re too honest to tell you that. But we do stock specialty shoes – and we order a lot of them for people. And you’re still going to get good information about your options (and more accurate sizing) than from thumbing through a magazine. 

OF COURSE we stock the accessories you need, like spike elements and wrenches and great socks (see our sock page!), etc., etc., etc.

It’s worth the trip