Confluence Magazine: Your Home for Local Running, Community, and Wellness

Confluence Magazine is Confluence Running’s quarterly print and digital publication, celebrating local runners, races, clubs, and health & wellness across our region. Browse every issue, explore cover galleries, submit your race for a free listing, learn how to advertise, or pitch your own story—all from this central hub.

Chloe Peer fitting runner Dave Madden in running shoes in running store in Goshen, New York

So you got fitted: now what? | How to keep going strong after the shoes are not so new.

Whether you’ve had them for a month or for a year, a pair of high-quality running shoes are not intended to last as long as you might think* and lower quality shoes give you less time—sometimes less than a month before they lose support!