500k Time to start breaking in the new shoes.

[Tabbles]

500km clocked up on my original blue wave riders 24. I have replacement ones in red. Well more of an orange.

What is the best practice, should I alternate or carry on with my originals.

I tend to run two 5k in the week and longer run at weekend (currently 11k and increasing)

[Tabbles Half Marathon]

Side view

Wave runner 24 red

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

New shoes need very little breaking in and as they are the same model as your old ones,you won't need time to adjust to any changes either. If it was me, I would start with the two shorter runs. Any issues and you can alternate, but I suspect you'll be able to then go straight to your long run in the new ones. Enjoy!!!

[sTrongFuse Half Marathon 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

I've never needed to break in a pair of new shoes. Largely this is because Brooks Ghost and Divide are my goto road and trail shoes and they just fit me. There's also the fact that I generally put 500 miles through a pair so by the time I replace them, it's safest to make a clean break. My previous pair of Divides are now enjoying their retirement as a lightweight hiking shoe. I always find the best thing about new shoes is the fact that the extra springiness tends to give me an extra kick of speed, probably because the degradation experienced in my old pair mean I've been working harder to keep the same pace going.

[nowster Metric Marathon]

Have you ever had a gait analysis?

Those old shoes tell the tale of a heel-biased gait.

Mine always wear out in the forefoot area and I tend to get 800km out of them before the rubber gets too thin.

My current pair is at about 630km. There's probably about another month left in them.

[SkiMonday Ultramarathon]

As others have written, there’s generally not a problem switching to new shoes (especially if they’re the same model).

My local running shop advise wearing them around the house first (because they’ll change them for something else if they haven’t been used outside).

Due to bad planning on my part, the first outing for my current pair was at ParkRun and I ran a Marathon in them the following day where they were fine.

[Kevtrev Marathon]

The old ones bin you have no grip and it will make you run different and can lead to injury I’m surprised you only got 500k out of them I’m now on my 3rd pair but I do have other pairs in total 7 pairs but all for different brooks launch 8 races and tempo and reps. Brooks divide trail. Brooks Ghost 13 road. Mizuno waveknit S1 road Mizuno wave rider 25 road best ever up to marathon. Adidas Adizero Boston 10 road runs tempo reps races everyday running up to half marathon. More miles fell running and cross country.

[Tabbles Half Marathon]

Thanks for the replies, I had gait analysis when I bought my first pair. I was told I had a neutral gait but favour one leg. I was surprised as all my shoes wear on the heel

The other shoe still has the blue on. So I think this bear that out.

I have noticed the new shoe bounce. May see about Gait analysis again.