Putting a ton of miles on your shoes

Every time I have gotten injured, I was running in shoes with over 400 miles.

My pains always came form running in old shoes.

And I raced in old spikes which needed to be updated.

I have expierienced similar burning sensations with new shoes although not as severe as you described. I like to break in a new pair by just wearing them around everywhere I go for about a week before running in them. But I also can't get more than about 550 miles on a shoe. All of my major injuries have came while training in post 500 miles on a shoe.

shoe in wrote:

would get this incredibly painful burning sensation.

I think you can take Penicillin for that!

I don't see how new shoes cause you injuries, but don't believe the hype on old shoes causing injuries. Would think you adapt to the changes to the shoe as they are slowly made over time due to your running. Like a very gradual shift to less of a shoe....

The burning sensation you get from new shoes is likely due to friction between the insole of the shoe and your sock. I've found that if you throw the insoles through the wash once, it'll often take care of the problem. You can also swap in older insoles that are already well worn. That or scuff the new insoles up with sandpaper a bit before running in them. Some shoes have this issue, others don't. I suspect it has something to do with a coating film they may be spraying/applying to the insole during manufacturing.

I have probably 1500 or more miles on mine and im not joking. Grips worn right off on bothbshoes near the outside ball of foot. Their are holes going right through the insole and when it rains water easily soaks through. I don't get many injuries. Some people run barefoot and have no problems

Id rather spend my money on something else than shoes. They are so expensive

Opiate for the Masses wrote:

The burning sensation you get from new shoes is likely due to friction between the insole of the shoe and your sock. I've found that if you throw the insoles through the wash once, it'll often take care of the problem. You can also swap in older insoles that are already well worn. That or scuff the new insoles up with sandpaper a bit before running in them. Some shoes have this issue, others don't. I suspect it has something to do with a coating film they may be spraying/applying to the insole during manufacturing.

Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. I'll give that a try next time I get a new pair.

vr wrote:

I don't see how new shoes cause you injuries, but don't believe the hype on old shoes causing injuries. Would think you adapt to the changes to the shoe as they are slowly made over time due to your running. Like a very gradual shift to less of a shoe....

I've never bought into the old shoes hurt you, but sure enough when I replaced mine after 900 miles, I got rid of issues. (Other measures were taken too, so you never know)

Id rather spend my money on something else than shoes. They are so expensive

Oh come on. My current favourite Puma Faas 300 is like 50 bucks. Is that so bad?

About my shoes wrote:

I have probably 1500 or more miles on mine and im not joking. Grips worn right off on bothbshoes near the outside ball of foot. Their are holes going right through the insole and when it rains water easily soaks through. I don't get many injuries. Some people run barefoot and have no problems

Id rather spend my money on something else than shoes. They are so expensive

"I don't get many injuries." Hmmmm? Exactly how many is too many?

I'd say one is too many. You might want to switch your shoes to cut down on your injuries.

I've been running 75 miles a week this winter and a couple weeks ago my legs seemed to ache more during and after the run. Looked back in my log and had 500-600 miles on the shoes I was wearing. Switched them for a new pair and my legs felt much better. A couple days later I wore the old pair and my legs ached again. The old pair will now be my walking around shoes.

I put about 1200 miles on my shoes but I run in xc flats. There's nothing to them to begin with so when they wear out its usually the upper. What I mean is that there's no cushioning in them at all and not real sole to speak of so although I beat them up badly it's not like there's some large heel on them or anything else. They don't even have arch support. I get no injuries in them. I get PF in any shoe w arch support. I'm NOT saying this works for everyone, this is just what works for me. When I was wearing shoes that were sold to me by people at the running store who did a "gait analysis", I had injury after injury. Once I made the switch to flats, all of that stopped. Again, this is obviously purely anecdotal but it is my real life experience.

I agree