I just tallied my last two pair of shoes (each Brooks Ghost 4) at 760 and 770 miles respectively.
I have a feeling this is high but I figured I'd get a thread going to see what the norm is.
FWIW I weigh about 165 and have a relatively efficient stride. The shoes don't really show much wear but it's starting to bug me when I step on large-ish rocks.
i just put 2000 miles on a pair of nike frees
they lie at running stores, or believe one
streak 3, 1200/pair
thats some pretty impressive shoe mileage!
Got about 1200 on my last pair of nike free 5.0s.
could probably have gotten a bit more (though a little hole was starting to appear at the pinkie toe on one shoe), but they stunk so so so badly that i just got a new pair instead.
I just got 1200+ miles out of my Nike Lunarglide 3's. I could probably get a little more out of them, but they make my arches hurt so I put them to rest.
the "500 mile rule" is just a marketing ploy just to get you to buy more shoes just like how nike changes their shoes every year just for funnsies-they want you to stock pile shoes in fear theyll discontinue them
I retired my last saucony hattoris at 1500 miles (but i still use them if its going to be muddy or somethnig) for a new pair of the same shoe.
+1 on junking Frees for the smell, not the loss of sole.
I never get more than 500 miles out of shoes. My Brooks T6s would make it to 500 without much trouble (T7s get a dirty, rigid upper sooner than that now).
I don't get how you got that much out of the Ghost 4 unless you're running in grass on them. I had a pair, have about the same figure as you, and wore them as a road shoe. The lugs in the sole wore out for me by about 150 miles and they're just the squishiest things ever now. They aren't desirable to wear.
I'm using mostly the Adidas Adizero Adios right now. This pair is over 250. I have holes in the mesh on the medial side of the big toe ball, but the upper holds well enough that it doesn't matter. My last pair got to around 300 before it just wasn't the same ride and this pair will continue to decline until I have to chuck it at around that.
I have records for my shoe mileage over the last several years. Across the board it's safe to say that the more minimal shoes lasted longer. Their feel and performance was less reliant on the cushion or any special features, so they lasted longer. All the trainers for me get tossed around 200ish due to just not being the same shoe I bought, whereas the minimal ones get 300-550.
I need to lose some weight so these things can start lasting longer.
heatland-runner wrote:
I retired my last saucony hattoris at 1500 miles (but i still use them if its going to be muddy or somethnig) for a new pair of the same shoe.
Are those primarily road miles or on grass/trails? That's impressive for such a lightweight shoe.