Shoe mileage

[Curlygurly2]

Do you include your warm up/cool down walks in your shoe mileage, or just the running bits?

[RainbowC Graduate]

My phone counts it all, so so do I! But I've seen a variety of figures for how far a pair of shoes should last, from 350 miles to 500 miles, so tempting as it is, I'm not replacing them as soon as they hit 350...

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to RainbowC]

Thanks! I usually just start my Garmin when I start running. Most shoes say 400 - 600 miles, which is up to 1,000 KM. I've done 600 KM in one pair, which are feeling a bit knackered, but that doesn't include walking. I wonder if I should factor that in...I've actually got new shoes, so it was just speculation really.

[RunningGeek Graduate in reply to Curlygurly2]

Always, always go for the new shoes! Surely it is one of life's pleasures to wear new shoes

[AndyD Graduate]

My Garmin clocks my shoe millage and this is based upon starting/stopping my run so I personally dont include warm up / cool down.

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to AndyD]

Thanks! Do you include walks in your decision to change your shoes? Or just your running mileage?

[AndyD Graduate in reply to Curlygurly2]

TBH my warm up walks are so short it probably doesn't add anything and probably wouldn't add any extra wear to my shoes... so running time only for me.

I did 750k in my last pair of shoes, which I felt was about right. Whilst the shoes looked OK, I think that some of the cushioning and support had gone.

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to AndyD]

I normally have about half a KM to gt to somewhere suitable for running, so 1 KM every time, that'll mount up over several hundred runs! My old shoes have done about 600 KM, not including walking, and yes, they look alright but I ran in them again yesterday and they feel like bricks!

[ju-ju- Graduate]

I dont... that is very specific....!!!

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to ju-ju-]

I do about half a KM walk before and after my runs, that'll build up over several hundred runs! Or maybe walking doesn't impact on shoes?

[Razouski]

Wow, I didn't know that I needed to keep an eye on my mileage for my shoes. As I'm a relative newbie, I guess it won't be a problem for a good long while yet.

[Bazza1234 Graduate]

I no longer keep a track of my shoe mileage ( I have 14 pairs which I alternate daily - so I think I am right for shoes now until around age 80!! However- I do know that my shoes wear differently when walking than when running. I "pronate" when walking , landing on the outside of my heels - and feet roll over as the forefoot comes into play - whereas when I run I land rather "flatly" on my forefoot/midfoot with little heel contact.

Also the walking component of my "runs" are only a very small part of the time outside - except for when I am doing run/walk HM training.

[RunningGeek Graduate in reply to Bazza1234]

14 pairs! Gee whizz! I hope you have never moaned at a lady about her shoe wardrobe

[Theziggy Graduate in reply to Bazza1234]

You are the Imelda Marcos of running Bazza!!!!

I am currently using my 'old' running shows as walking trainers so will get a few more miles out of them.

[AncientMum Graduate]

I don't include the warm up or cool down either, just the running bit that makes Garmin records. x

[MrNiceGuy]

I'd just consider the miles covered in the trainers, replacing them after 500-600 miles.

[RunningGeek Graduate]

I just count the running but then I'm using an old fashioned wristwatch!

[orchards Graduate]

Hmm, hadn't thought about mileage in shoes as I'm a long way off needing to think about replacing shoes, but I do have 2 pairs - one pair for off road/mixed and one pair for road only so maybe it is worth telling Garmin/Strava which I'm wearing!

[runswithdogs Graduate]

Because I always buy the same shoes, I have a rough idea of how many kilometers I get before my joints feel it so I know to pay extra attention. And it's very low - I am very heavy footed and hard on shoes. Around 350-400k running, I've already crunched the heels down. But that doesn't include warm-up and cool down, and the occasional walk I do in my shoes.

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to runswithdogs]

I wore my first pair out in 300 KM, I took them back to the shop! I'm normally really light on shoes, but not runners it seems...my shoes look fine, but I suspect they're knackered.

[runswithdogs Graduate in reply to Curlygurly2]

Hmm. Maybe I should try a new brand rather than Asics. I suspect it's just me though, I go at least a pair of dress shoes for work every six months, with the sole on the heel ground down to bits.

[misswobble Graduate]

Just the running bits from when the watch starts, ,ti l it stops I forget about the miles of dog walks done in my trail shoes. Doh! 😊 at least it gives you some idea of the miles put on them.

Not all shoes are the same. I found a chart on the Web about expected mileages from lots of branded shoes. My Brooks Cascadias have a long life apparently. you might feel, it when they have gone. I definitely felt it when my nike pegasus lost their bungee ☺

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to misswobble]

I've been rotating three pairs, they have all done different mileages so it's hard to tell. I've had sore legs recently, I got some new shoes, then tried the old ones again after a break, they felt like bricks!

[misswobble Graduate]

I know! Some weigh a ton 😊

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to misswobble]

Like running with a pair of breeze blocks on! About then same size too!

[misswobble Graduate]

I like less shoe these days 😊

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to misswobble]

I can't fault my Mizunos, I knew they were never right, but remember that bump I have on my foot? Mizuno's were the only shoes that didn't press. They meant I could keep running. I tried hundreds of shoes....the style of runners has changed, none of them have the bit that hurt - hooray!