Runners Need Brighton

Feel inspired and ready to run with kit, nutrition and tech from the best running brands and advice from our friendly in-store experts. We offer free gait analysis and footwear fitting, as well as finding you the best kit for every run whether you’re hitting the road, the trail or the treadmill. We use marketing, analytical and functional cookies as well as similar technologies to give you the best experience. Third parties, including social media platforms, often place tracking cookies on our site to show you personalised adverts outside of our website. We store your cookie preferences for two years and you can edit your preferences via ‘manage cookies’ or through the cookie policy at the bottom of every page. For more information, please see our cookie policy.

Akshay Nadgire
5 Star
I went here for doing my gait analysis. The staff was very helpful and they explained the gait analysis process first followed by advice about which type of shoe I should go with. I was also notified about various discounts and offers currently going on.
Monday 16th May 2022

Matt Prior
5 Star
Forget the dude's name who was helping me, but he was amazingly insightful and helped me pick a fantastic shoe ready for a trail marathon. I'm the guy who bought the yellow Brooks. 👋
Saturday 25th June 2022

Diana Winpenny
1 Star
Having been a loyal customer of Runners Need for years when I lived in London I've been disappointed in the Brighton store. I've tried and failed 3 times to have gait analysis here. First time was a bank holiday Friday and the opening times on Google weren't right - understandable. Second time I booked on their website and arrived at the booking time to find the shop closed - less understandable. Third time I phoned ahead and was told that if I arrived before 5pm they would be happy to fit me in, so I jumped on a bus, went into town, and was told by the man on the shoo floor that actually they had another booking and couldn't fit me in. I explained that I'd come in specifically on the advice of his colleague, he offered no apology at all. I said I'd try the Run Company as I'd made the journey and he said "well you'll be misdiagnosed and get the wrong shoes because they don't know what they're doing", which was unhelpful and struck me as stroppy and pretty unprofessional. The Run Company did a good and thorough analysis and shoe fitting for me when I turned up. I don't think I can be bothered to try Runners Need again after this.
Thursday 28th April 2022

Paul Pearson
4 Star
Very pleasantly surprised that they had my size in to prevent internet order and 15% discount for blue light card!
Monday 27th June 2022

Stephen Baker
5 Star
Really impressed with the service today. Explained the gait analysis process and showed what my ankles were doing while running (they were pretty bad by all accounts). After trying on some new trainers and doing the video process again you could see the difference easily. Looking forward to trying out new purchase on next run.
Friday 28th August 2020