Just my opinion on the way the shoes feel on my feet. I didn't measure them. There's not much change at all from the heel to just behind the ball of the foot. They aren't super light, but not heavy at all. Great training shoe imho. Some posters say they cut out the little plastic piece for more flexibility and a little less weight. Uppers hold up well.
Actually, I spend the work day in the H-Street (stretch the calves all day) and a Top-Sider, and train/race in the Mayfly. Anyway, with the T4 they lost the prominent arch of the T3. It's still a curved last, however. Curved in the "old school" sense. I mean, compared to the Mayfly, it's curved. Since each company has their own last designs, I think Brooks' curved last fits me a bit better than Nike's Streak XC, its just that they do funky stuff to their uppers, and definitely use a cheaper EVA in their midsole. Of course, the $45 tag on the Mayfly gets me happy, too.
I am a surgeon for anything from the knee down and without you even knowing you could be doing damage running in shoes this long. As a longtime runner and an olympic runner i have been around shoes for a while. i would replace mine every 400-500 mi. good luck
please specify what injuries i could get from running more than 500 miles in a single pair of shoes and tell me what surgery you would perform on me to fix these problems.
do you not think that the amount of force being imparted on the ground has more to do with injuries than how cushioned a persons shoes are. furthermore, most of the shoes that people on this thread claim to be running over 800miles on (myself included) are very lightweight and have not much midsole to pack out anyways.
what olympics were you in.
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I am a surgeon for anything from the knee down and without you even knowing you could be doing damage running in shoes this long. As a longtime runner and an olympic runner i have been around shoes for a while. i would replace mine every 400-500 mi. good luck
More like a high school punk/troll.
Less impact = less injury risk. Heel striking in "cushioned" shoes is far, far greater impact than midfoot running in minimalist shoes.
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