How many shoes does a elite/sub-elite runner wear out?

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  • oliverbrown

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    7 years ago 03/22/2017 4:57pm EDT

    Howdy!

    With all this shoe-stuff-talk goin on these days I am kinda curious how many shoes the elites (or subelites) use and wear down in a season or month.

    When I was going serious about running I usually wore down 2 pairs of the Asics GT series (roughly a little over 625 miles on each) in a season and had a racing flat or light trainer which I maybe used for 300 miles (but never felt wore out - from what I can recall).

    Now, during the last 2-3 years I have purchased and assembled a bunch of shoes and I am kinda doubtful whether or not I am gonna be able to wear them all out.

    Anyways, enough about me now, how many pairs do you wear out and what do you think about the elites?

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    Jimmy21

    Member since 09/01/2016.

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    7 years ago 03/22/2017 5:59pm EDT
    re: oliverbrown

    Probably greatly effected by whether they get free shoes or not

  • Enola

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    7 years ago 03/24/2017 7:35pm EDT
    re: oliverbrown

    I don't think that an elite runner needs in fact very many shoes, also the most expensive in case of brands, the high price doesn't mean always the good quality :)) Personally I have four pairs and it's enough for me :) Two of them are my favourite old ones, it's Nike and peak shoes like here (I have the fourth model from this list)

    http://stylemann.com/best-peak-shoes-review/

    , I usually wear them for training and short marathons... And I have two Asics pair with a bit better quality, it's for the serious marathons :)

    I like all my shoes and I don't think that I really need a pair of the new ones i the near future :)

  • Um....

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 03/25/2017 8:36am EDT
    re: Enola

    'Short marathons'...? 🤔 That word may not mean what you think it means.

  • Manny Peoplesuck

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 03/25/2017 9:41am EDT
    re: oliverbrown

    This is a trick question. The answer is two.

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