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Poll: How many miles do you get out of your shoes?

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  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    I'm too AR about my shoes... I can't stop buying them and I have a log/diary just for my shoes where I mark the mileage each day and make notes on how they feel and how they are holding up....
  • Curtruns
    Curtruns Posts: 510 Member
    Depends on the shoes. I have some Asics with nearly 600 miles, still going strong and another pair that I retired around 450 because I could see the mid sole wrinkling. I have read reviews of the Saucony Virratas not being a sturdy shoe, but I have nearly 300 on mine and they are still going strong. I rotate my shoes a lot though and I believe I am easy on them, cleaning them and putting them under a fan whenever I run in the muck. Not sure what you call it, perhaps a light heel striker. My wear pattern shows slight wear on the outside edge of my heal and pretty even under the forefoot. I am a lightweight fast cadence runner.
  • Curtruns
    Curtruns Posts: 510 Member
    I'm too AR about my shoes... I can't stop buying them and I have a log/diary just for my shoes where I mark the mileage each day and make notes on how they feel and how they are holding up....

    I am a bit of a shoe *kitten* myself. I cannot remain faithful to any one particular brand and I am a sucker for a low drop minimal feature shoe in bright colors!!
  • odywithaj
    odywithaj Posts: 53 Member
    i usually put the date bought on the inside of the arch in sharpie, and then use my garmin log to find out milage on a shoe.. i'm not as organized as some of the above posters :)

    I usually get anywhere between 500 - 800 K out of a pair of shoes. i find Saucony tend to last a bit longer than Brooks, and about as long as Asics.. I usually rotate between brands, depending on what kind of training I'm doing :)
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
    I track mileage with RunningAhead. I love that site :)
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    ... and I am a sucker for a low drop minimal feature shoe in bright colors!!

    ^^^yep! lol...
  • CathOh
    CathOh Posts: 72 Member
    I'm a 115-pound mid-foot striker. I put about 400 miles on a pair of shoes... I either change them when I start feeling aches, when I notice wear on the tread, or at the end of the winter when I realize the salt/ my Yaktrax have disintegrated the mesh on my shoes, whichever comes first. My last three pairs of running shows have been Brooks Ghost (most of my running shoes since 2005 have been Brooks as they tend to make a good shoe for my wide feet).
  • ekat120
    ekat120 Posts: 407 Member
    I track mileage with RunningAhead. I love that site :)

    Same and same :)

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