Infinite miles on a pair of shoes...

This is exactly what I do. Unfortunately, you still have to worry about wear and tear on the upper.

I do this on my Nike Air Triax TC(+). Nike discontinued them so I went out and bought every pair I could find online. I cycle through a few pairs and shoe goo each pair after about every 4-5 runs. Thanks to the shoe goo I can get as high as 1000 miles on a pair but by around 600-700 I start tearing a hole in the upper. Eventually I have to throw them away. I guess it has to do with the way I run.

doesn't the expense of the shoe goo add up eventually? It makes sense if you want to save a discontinued pair of shoes, but if you're applying it after every run to a normal pair of shoes, is that really cost-effective?

agrees. until the shoe is virtually unwearable, keep on wearin.

the shoe goo costs about 2 bucks per tube. The tube lasts a couple of months. If you pay 50 bucks on average for a pair of shoes, thats equal to 25 tubes, and 50 months, or a little over 4 years of running. thats 50 bucks to get 4 years of running on one pair of shoes. worth it in my book.

Shoe Goo has been around for at least a couple of decades and, yes, it extends shoe life significantly. I usually wear a pair of new shoes once or twice to check the wear patterns, then apply the goo in the places where the wear occurs. When the goo wears thin, I apply some more. I generally find that the shoe goo is more durable than the shoe outsole.

Some will claim that the shoe life is determined by how long the midsole retains its resilience. But I've found that if you run properly (i.e., contact the ground well under your center of gravity), you don't need to rely on the midsole for shock absorption, even if you do all your running on roads.

So if you use Shoe Goo to prevent outsole wear, your shoes should last a very long time.

glue wrote:

the shoe goo costs about 2 bucks per tube. The tube lasts a couple of months. If you pay 50 bucks on average for a pair of shoes, thats equal to 25 tubes, and 50 months, or a little over 4 years of running. thats 50 bucks to get 4 years of running on one pair of shoes. worth it in my book.

You apparently aren't running much in those 4 years. WHat is your weekly mileage average?

(I'm not knocking your shoe goo theory, but honestly, 4 years? You'd better be a millionaire from all that money you're saving by never buying shoes)

Midsole breakdown/compaction stops around 300-500 miles, with most of it occuring in the first 100 miles, hence why shoe people say you should switch around 300-500 miles. Also, gel, air, and other midsole additions won't break down nearly as quick. In my experience Nike shoes last the longest because of air, as long as the pocket doesn't burst or get puntured.

Alan

$50 for shoes? I thought you had to pay $129 for the top of the line NBs or Kayanos or else you'll get injured.

no seriously, even cheap racing flats cost about $60 unless you're running in XC waffles.

the uppers?

24 hours to solidify...what about those who run doubles then?

Have two pairs of shoes that you rotate.