oh no!!! A hole! Is this the beginning of the end for my Altras Lone Peak 5 Trail shoes?
Runkeeper tells me I’ve run 404 km of a life expectancy of 563 km, and I’m sure I ran less in them as I switch shoes at times without switching in Runkeeper.
Noticed this today in the middle of the run!
Any experience out there for how to patch this? Or will it hold indefinitely?
UPDATE: 5 months later and my shoes are all patched up! See healthunlocked.com/bridgeto...
It's not happened to me for a while but I frequently used to wear out my running shoes very quickly that way (it's when your big toe gets stuck in the hole that it matters) I don't think those 'life' expectation things apply to uppers.
I bought a pair of Vibrobarefoot walking shoes a few years back; walked them in and then took them to France on holiday. Wore them everyday only when out for our two hour morning walks. Before the end of the fortnight they had a hole like this. I got a refund on return. So by those standards your mileage is pretty good!
Ha! Yeah. Thanks. It just never happened to me before and I wonder if it’s because I intentionally changed to a roomier toe box, and maybe this is the consequence of this. Humph.
Sorry to hear about your shoes.
And it's funny; I got a pair of Brooks "on trial" from Amazon, tried them on and thought they'd be susceptible to this exact kind of damage. I'll try them on again today, but I think they'll be returned.
That has happened to a couple of pairs of my running shoes too. I continued to use them until they became uncomfortable-by which time I had exceeded recommended mileage in any case -but wore black socks to match then so noone noticed !!
Yeah, if my experience with my first set of C25k shoes is to be believed, which were my ancient tennis shoes, I’ll be running my Altras until the soles come off. 🤣🤣🤣
(ok, ok! … just joking … I will replace at an appropriate time 😏)
I’ve got a 2 pairs of altras like that purple and orange but nothing happened yet. Don’t use them as much as my Brooks which use for walking. Have just bought new pair of brooks ghost 15 wide peacoat navy but not worn yet, they are on standby. Plan to wear around the house first. I sized up on my Altras and Brooks for roomier for my 2 nd longer toes I have.
This has happened to mine. I've used Velcro (the hook side) on the inside of my shoe fairly successfully.
This is quite a common occurrence for some runners CBDB , and it often happened to UTS’s shoes, but fortunately not to his latest Mizuno Wave Inspires (so far). It doesn’t affect your running though. I tried darning the hole in one pair but it didn’t last long.
Our local independent running shop has a service where a reinforcement patch can be added inside when you buy new shoes.
Calf stretches might help!
If your calves are tight, the muscles that lift your foot have more work to do which can result in your big toes lifting and fighting their way through the uppers of your shoes.
Doesn't really help once you've worn a hole, but it could stop it happening again.
I haven’t tried them myself yet but I recently learned of pairups.co.uk/ “Pair Ups is a tried and tested process which has been developed and created for runners like you to extend the life of your favourite trainers.”
That is brilliant! Thank you! I think might just try these!
A “Naked” 5K in the rain 🌧 and the Wreck of the Hesperus 😊
End of the Magic........(Plan, that is !!)
Parkrun PB
End of the road for this pair!
