How often do you retire your shoes?
I have retired Nike eclipse+ @ 290 and Mizuno Inspire 7 @ 380. Now Asic DS trainer 16 is at 480M.
Reired the Nike when I feel some soreness on my inner calf and the heel is wear off at any angle.
Retired the Inspires when I took it oversea and feel that 100M more than Nike is good enough
Currently shoes in rotation. Elixir @ 199, new Inspire @ 104, Nirvana @ 373 and Kinvara2 @ 10M
Still felt the DS is going strong. Should I just retire it before it cause me problem?
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I run my normal easy runs in Asics Nimbus. To make them last longer, I rotate between three pairs. I am approaching 700 miles on each pair. When I only had one pair, I'd have to get new ones after 400 miles. I'm sure part of it is that I weigh less these days but I doubt that accounts for all of the additional wear I get since I started getting multiple pairs at once.
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Every shoe wears differently and each person is a bit different (foot fall, weight, etc). Some shoes need retiring faster than others. Go by feel. I can tell when my shoes are about at the end of their life by how they feel on a run. Then, when i add the miles, it is always similar.
I get between 640 to 680 on my Asics Blurrs.
Marjorie
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Depends on the shoe. If they still feel fine, they
can stay on rotation.
Damaris
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My shoe of choice for all my runs is the New Balance 1400. It's a light racing flat, but I wear them for everything because they are comfortable. They tend to wear quickly, and part of that is probably because I'm about as graceful as a rhino when I run. If I get 250 miles out of a pair, I'm lucky. Fortunately they are not that expensive as shoes go ($90 full retail) and I have been picking them up for under $50.
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With the Asics 21xx series I got about 1000 miles before I'd retire them, more from a conservative injury prevention approach than because they were causing problems. Since I've switch to the Saucony Pro Guide series, which is a lighter weight shoes, I got about 700 miles on the Guide 5 before retiring them and have 365 on my Guide 6s and expect about the same for them.
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These days I have two pair in rotation (one pair of Saucony, and one pair of New Balance), and they're pretty good up to 500 miles each. Once they get to 500 miles I start paying extra attention for any unusual aches or pains, and rotate in the new pair as soon as I notice anything. Or if the shoes just feel funny. So somewhere between 500 and 600 miles.
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My highest pair has 376 on them right now. I haven't retired that pair but I do use them less often and not for longer runs anymore.
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I usually get ~500 miles out of a pair of Adrenalines. I retire them for long runs a bit before that, then stretch out their life with short runs. Eventually, I find myself a mile or two into an easy run and I suddenly become aware of the fact that my feet hurt. And that is when I decide to completely retire the shoes
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300 is usually my max. I run in NB outlet shoes so don't feel bad about retiring them. I have probably bought 10 pairs of 580s which I stocked up on when I saw them on sale various times.
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I normally aim for mid 600s on a shoe, although I have a pair of Mizunos at almost 700 miles, and going. I do have a more racing flat type of shoe (Brooks PureConnects) that has 157 miles and I don't really wear them outside of races. Honestly if I could pick up a different racing shoe I'd retire them because they're at end of life.
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Shoes can rebound when not used.
A couple years ago I thought I was having a bad run of shoes and they were feeling wiped out at just 200 miles per pair. After experiencing this with 3 pairs in a row of Brooks I was almost ready to switch brands entirely but decided to give the first pair another try.
Ran in the first pair for a week and they felt great. Ran each pair for a week after that and discovered they all felt awesome and kept running in them and rotating them out each week. I wound up getting over 600 miles out of each of those 3 pairs of shoes. Before when I was using just 1 pair at a time I could only get about 300 per pair of shoes.
Dig out an older pair from the shoe graveyard and give them a try for a week and decide from there.
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I was wondering also, Bin about the effects of heel wear v.toe wear. And check the insoles as they get pretty flattened out too.
1 pair of Asics Cumulus, about 650 miles on them - they are now my "work around the yard" shoe.
1 pair of Asics Kayanos, maybe 150 miles and then I retired them - inside lining came separated from the shoe and I found them fairly uncomfortable to run any distance in.
2 pairs of Brooks Pure Flows, well over 700 miles from each pair.
1 pair of Altra Torins, about 350 miles & they are just about ready to retire. I think. They still feel fairly comfortable but the inside lining on the left shoe is starting to tear. Why I don't know.
1 pair of Montrail Mountain Masochists II- about 300 miles & still going strong. Heavy (compared to the other shoes I've had) but they are like running in a tank. I have the "outdry" model.
I wear an uber-minimalist shoe. I retire them when they wear holes in the sole, usually about 350 miles.
ETA: Though I have taken to wearing them with socks for treadmill runs, to get more miles out of them.
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