How much mileage can you put on the vaporfly next %’s? And how much of which would be optimal for racing? Could I still use them for tempo runs even if they’re past their prime? Or would the benefit of quicker recovery be useless at that time (obviously the responsiveness would be shot by that point too lol.)
For reference I have 30 miles in them (and probably 70% of that is just from racing). They feel a tad less responsive, but still feel bouncy.
Insamity1 wrote:
How much mileage can you put on the vaporfly next %’s? And how much of which would be optimal for racing? Could I still use them for tempo runs even if they’re past their prime? Or would the benefit of quicker recovery be useless at that time (obviously the responsiveness would be shot by that point too lol.)
For reference I have 30 miles in them (and probably 70% of that is just from racing). They feel a tad less responsive, but still feel bouncy.
I used my 4%s for a long time. I retired them from racing at around 150 miles. But I used them for tempos for another 350. They definitely did lose their “effect” as the ZoomX compressed and wore down, but I would stay until 250 miles they performed just about as good as they did out of the box, and then after that it was a slow breakdown to 500 miles when I retired them, but even at the end of their life they were still a nice tempo shoe.
Agree with this. 100-150 is usually when the fall off becomes most noticeable. After that, they are still great for long runs / random workouts. And, for me, they became sensational track flats around 250 miles (and lasted another 200 miles or so until the plate stated to show through the outsole).
I bought my first pair a couple of months back and I’m trying to figure out what kinds of runs I should be wearing them on. Races only? Long runs too? Tempos and other workouts? They cost about double what I spend on trainers, so I don’t want to use them up too quickly. I also want to benefit from having them.
I have 97 miles on mine. They still feel amazing. What should I do?
DevinChaulk wrote:
I bought my first pair a couple of months back and I’m trying to figure out what kinds of runs I should be wearing them on. Races only? Long runs too? Tempos and other workouts? They cost about double what I spend on trainers, so I don’t want to use them up too quickly. I also want to benefit from having them.
I have 97 miles on mine. They still feel amazing. What should I do?
Why would you use them for workouts? For speed or to save your legs?
I felt like mine lost their "pop" around 80 miles. They were still good to run in, just not as magical. It could be that Im a little heavier (70kg).
Run6556 wrote:
DevinChaulk wrote:
I bought my first pair a couple of months back and I’m trying to figure out what kinds of runs I should be wearing them on. Races only? Long runs too? Tempos and other workouts? They cost about double what I spend on trainers, so I don’t want to use them up too quickly. I also want to benefit from having them.
I have 97 miles on mine. They still feel amazing. What should I do?
Why would you use them for workouts? For speed or to save your legs?
I don’t know. Haha. That’s why I am asking. If the shoes are fast AND reduce the amount of time needed for recovery, one could justify using them for every run. But is that necessary? Probably not.
Should I just buy Brooks Ghosts for every run I do but then race in my Vaporflys?
DevinChaulk wrote:
Run6556 wrote:
Why would you use them for workouts? For speed or to save your legs?
I don’t know. Haha. That’s why I am asking. If the shoes are fast AND reduce the amount of time needed for recovery, one could justify using them for every run. But is that necessary? Probably not.
Should I just buy Brooks Ghosts for every run I do but then race in my Vaporflys?
Imo it ain't. Save the bucks by using the expensive ones for races only.
Train easy runs in Ghost, run workout in a faster shoe but not more expensive than Ghost (e.g. Brooks Hyperion Tempo) and race in a super shoe. Fast shoes aren't necessarily more expensive than daily trainers.
Once mine lost their pop I started using them for both road fartlek and track. The extra recovery after hard sessions is very noticeable.