• Provide the Southern Indiana running and walking communities with superior product and service.
• Become an advocate for runners and walkers in Southern Indiana by sponsoring races and community events.
• Become a resource for information about running and walking as a part of a healthy lifestyle by providing books, magazines, a website, and the experience of store personnel.
• Enhance the awareness of the benefits of running and walking by conducting clinics/seminars for community organizations, schools and businesses throughout Southern Indiana and Louisville.

Our Seven-Step Fit Process

PACERS & RACERS has developed a seven-step fit process to ensure that the running shoes or walking shoes you buy are the correct shoes for your feet, your biomechanics and your running or walking goals.

Step 1:  All employees in the store observe you run or walk in a pair of neutral shoes to analyze your mechanics.

Step 5:  We assist you in trying on as many pairs as necessary to find the ones that are just right for you.  We encourage you to try on as many shoes as it takes.  (The record is 29 different shoes tried on!)

Step 7:  We discuss breaking in the shoes, caring for them, and when to replace them.    

Of course this extra attention takes time, but our thousands of loyal customers continue to tell us that it is worth it! Curious about the other four steps?  Stop in our store to find out!

Our Staff

All 15 employees of  PACERS & RACERS are runners or fitness walkers.  In fact, combined they have over 250 years of running and walking experience, during which they have run over a quarter of a million miles and 42 marathons!  In addition, four employees are High School Track and Cross Country coaches.

Mike Stallings is the owner of PACERS & RACERS Running and Walking Store.  A runner for twenty-five years, Mikes' passion for the sport prompted him to open the store in 1998.

Mike can be found in the store on most days, where he will gladly help you find the right shoes and equipment for your running and walking needs.