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I was looking for some Chinese shoes, and these were the shoes I considered buying:
Xtep 2000km Pro, Anta Zone 2-85 or 90, Li-Ning Red Hare, Peak Taichi Running, Erke Juangyuan (pretty sure I spelt it wrong), Qiaodan leli.

All of these shoes are either unavailable in Nepal or are up-priced to the moon

Qiaodan has Leli as coming soon; it will cost around 16k or more

Xtep didn't even reply when I asked about the 2000km Pro, and I found out from elsewhere that they are skipping the 2000km in Nepal and focusing on the Anta PG7's competitor and the 360 Lite (they are putting up the 360x from 11k-14500, so the 2000km would sit right at 9-12k and with that 30% off it would've been the perfect price),

Then Anta is asking 22k for the Zone 2 85; 90 is not available. Even if they were as good as the evosl and stuff, it's a 16k max shoe, and they are asking for fokkin 22k. Are they distributed by Jyoti too??

Li-Ning staff have never seen or heard about the Red Hare Pro; it would fall a bit outside mt budget anyway

Peak Taichi Running was available, just a size lower, at 14500 (I'm fully ready to pay ts)

Erke asked which product I was looking for and ghosted me after I told Jingchen

Now I'll just swallow the pill and get either the Anta PG7 or the Xtep version of it; it will cost less and will fulfill my needs for a year (If I decide not to improve and just go as I'm going). It'll probably be the Xtep because of the 30% discount and also because of Anta's atrocious pricing of the Zone 2

If the Xtep dealer confirms that the 2000km will arrive a couple of weeks before the KTM marathon and will be priced a couple of thousand lower, I might even wait for it.

If you guys know any other way of acquiring these shoes, lmk; we may be able to split the shipping

I'm planning to go running regularly for ~3 months.

Looking for good running shoes around or within 5k in Nepal. Any suggestions?

Looking for a running partner. Would be great to find someone who’s also into running and wants to stay consistent. We can motivate each other, push each other on tough days, and hopefully improve together.