The shoes I wore yesterday hurt the upper part of my left foot which happened the last time I wore them as well.  I gave them another chance because I thought maybe I'd tied them weird but I'd completely relaced them before yesterday's run and my left foot is once again hurting... so it is just time to put them into retirement.  I got about 330 miles out of them, which is a bit lower than normal, and the tread and stuff on them is still reasonable, but with my new high deductible health insurance plan the cost of one doctor's visit could buy me a couple of pairs of new shoes :-P

So penguins - how long do your shoes normally last?  Usually after I'm done with shoes as running shoes I still wear them as walking around shoes, so I generally get like 400  miles of running and then 200 or so miles of walking out of each pair.  These can't even be used as walking shoes at this point.

Later I'm headed out for 8 miles.

Lastly - did any penguins apply for Chicago?  Good luck to anyone who did :-)

Good morning Penguins!

 

Thanks for starting us off Jill.

 

I start looking to replace shoes at 300-350 miles.  There is only one kind of shoe I can wear and it is never available on the discount retailer websites.  So I go to my LRS and try on every alternative and buying the same shoe as always.  Usually ordering it because my width isn't in stock.  That is way more than you wanted to know.

Is it ever available on Amazon?  Once in awhile amazon has fire sales on shoes.  You can use camelcamelcamel.com to make a price alert and save money that way :-)

Nope, not on Amazon either.  It's alright.  I like the LRS and want it to stay in business.

I have gone over 500 on shoes.  I start shopping at 300ish miles.

Very nice run/walk this morning.   I thought I did about 3 miles, but when I went back and measured the route I did I found out I had actually done 3.3 miles.  My adductor and piriformis almost behaved themselves normally this morning so it is getting better thankfully.

Well, I work at a university so we have a pretty relaxed atmosphere, so definitely toss the shoes once in a while.  My shoes are usually off as I sit at my computer and do my work.  Very relaxing.   As far as my running shoes, usually about 300 miles for me.  But since I only run about 15 - 20 miles a week, my running shoes tend to last me a very long time - especially as I have 12 pairs that are in my rotation.

Dang, Jerry, 700 miles on one pair of shoes?   Surprised you can't really literally feel the road in those when you run.

Morning, Penguins!!  Well, my DC trip was a success, interesting work and such.  I had a train ride back home scheduled for 4:50, and I got to Union Station at 1:30, so I commenced to sitting around.  But then it turned out there was a brush fire up in NY, delaying trains.  So I called DH and asked if he'd drive up and get me.  He did, and I ended up getting home around 10:30, which was exhausting, but ok.  Then he let Dusty out to pee before bed, and Dusty came back in with both front paws bleeding freely.  We took him to the emergency vet, and it turned out he'd gashed both of his front paws way up between the pads.  She had to put him to sleep to stitch them up, so we left him there overnight.  Since I got home at 1:00 and was completely frazzled, I bailed on work yesterday too.  Dusty came home yesterday morning around 7:00, and we all basically sat around the house and cuddled him up.  Poor puppy!!  He gets the bandages off his feet tomorrow, but the stitches will take up to two weeks to dissolve.  He's on antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, but by this morning he was pretty perky.  Convincing such an athletic, high-energy dog that he can't go for a walk is going to be a problem!

Jill -- I used to wear VFF's, and you never know what you're going to get out of those.  Basically as long as there aren't holes in them that bother you, you keep wearing them!

Stone -- hey there!!  

PAD -- Wow, you're a high-mileage shoe wearer!!

Jerryb -- Laughing at the 0 miles Adrenalines!!

scotty -- glad your butt's feeling better!!

Zelanie -- Did your doc write you a prescription for new shoes? 

4:1 minute run/walk with DW, 3.3 miles.  Ran on 200 mile shoes due to the above discussion.  DW is feeling good and planning to run/walk the Illinois HM...Yay !!!

HsM, glad the puppy is okay.  What did he step on?

Jill - that's crazy. According to those averages, I should be able to run a sub- 3 hour marathon. I  averaged 40 mpw and peaked at 55. Yet I doubt I'll ever get sub-4. I wonder if those people do a couple of runs a week on the TM that don't count with Strava.

As to the QOD - I usually wear my shoes about 500 miles before retiring them or turning them into daily walkers. I currently have 6 pairs I run in. I always laughed at Damaris and her multitude of shoes, but after dealing twice with favorite shoes that were either not made any more or that were changed so they no longer worked for me, I decided it was good to have more variety, so I have a backup.  I was in a near panic when I couldn't find the shoes I wanted for my last marathon. Like SF, I have wide feet, and the shoes I like almost never go seriously on sale, though I can get discounts at Roadrunners.

StoneFence - which shoes do you wear?

PAD - I hope the rain stops so you can run.  Are you having the kind of flooding they got in Houston?

Scotty - that's a lot of pairs of shoes.  Do you have a dedicated running clothes closet?

HopesMom - do you know what Dusty cut his feet on?  That's scary.  I hope he heals quickly.

Jack - is your wife racing too?  Have a good race and trip.

Jerry - that's great news that your wife feels strong enough to run/walk the upcoming half.

AFM:  I have no idea what I'll do today.  My body says rest, my mind says it's cool and cloudy so I really ought to take advantage of the break in the heat.