Shop Review - The Jog Shop Brighton

Name The Jog Shop
Location 39B George Street Brighton BN2 1RJ - 01273 675 717

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Online Presence No
Where on the 'sports shop' map?

• Fleet Street A dedicated running shop, or a shop that deals with mainly running goods.

Staff Knowledge One of the following categories:

• "Holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple." High level of staff knowledge, and frequently offers an individual tailored service.

Gait Analysis? Full check.
(But you wont get on a treadmill and be videoed by some kid they look at you running and from their extensive experience just know what you need, they have been correct with me and everyone I know. Bring in your old running shoes as they will also analyse the wear pattern which helps analyse your stride.)

Review
A great place to go for running advice and apparel, I generally get 3-4 pairs of trainers per year from there and their advice has always been spot on, great help when I decided to go long, you will also get a reasonable discount if you by 2 pairs at the same time. My race distances vary from short to long course so I get a light weight pair (Fila I love these) to a mid range pair (Brooks) for about £100. I got a better discount one time as the trainers were shop soiled, looked like tea stains, who cares after one run in our winter they look worse than that anyway.

They are very patent and don’t rush you I think I tried on about 10 pairs before I decided on what I wanted, I was there for just under the hour and they were great and were willing to get out another 10.

I work near there so I always go in mid week, I have been in there on a Saturday and there are a lot of customers there but you still get a good service do try and pick the quieter times though.

And finally They also have loads of details of local races.

Many many thanks to Steve Mac for providing our first review. Steve has a wide running experience ranging from 5k up to his recently completed Iron Man event (which is kind've an extreme triathlon). Other events included a channel swim in 2009. 

Despite working in IT Steve seems to lack Google, and apparently never noticed the Jog Shop website.  Although this is a shop best suited to visiting in person we've linked to their website for those who want more info.