fromtheheart wrote:
A $100 shoe (2018) that typically gets me through 2000 miles at a speed of 7.5 min per mile costs $.05 per mile.
Many shoe salespeople, shoe manufacturers recommend replacing your running shoes every 300-400 miles. Many runners report needing to replace shoes every 300-400 miles.
If you get 400 miles out of a $100 pair of shoes it is costing you $.25 per mile.
A 10k race costs $1.75 in shoe costs (including some very minimal extra mileage for warm-up and cool down).
That 20 mile long training run costs $5.00
If you average 50 miles a week it will cost you $650 for shoes each year.
Shoes provide slower runners with more value per hour.
Average 7.5 minute miles and your shoe costs are $2 for every hour run.
Average 9 minute miles and your shoe costs $1.67 for every hour run.
Is this expensive? Perhaps. Many people are willing to pay expensive prices for shoes and this supports expensive shoe prices.