Is it time for new running shoes?

jojorunner wrote:

I have now run just over 600 miles on my Brooks Ravenna 9’s. The bottoms are definitely worn down but the tread is still there. They do not feel uncomfortable to wear also. I recently just bought the Ravenna 10s so I can switch over when I’m ready, but should I really? My feet feel fine so I’m not so sure.

Sure get some new ones. It one of the few guilty pleasures we get as runners. Without good shoes you are more prone to injury. You wouldn't drive your car on worn out tires would you?

I like to keep (at least) 2 in the rotation, one newer and one older, so you can really feel the difference in the older pair once it starts wearing out. If you wear the same pair every day, you won't notice the gradual degradation

600 miles is way too much. Don't cheat yourself! Start wearing the new shoes and you will feel so much better in every respect. I used to go hundreds of miles in a shoe too. But now I go no more than 200 miles. What a big difference. Plus I can run more days in a row with taking a rest day.

It's always best to rotate several pairs. Use different shoes for various kinds of workout and always have new ones on hand.

I've put over 550 miles onto a pair of Brooks Launch 3's (the neutral equivalent of the Ravenna). I keep planning to replace them, but they feel fine when I run in them. My other Brooks shoes (Ghost/Glycerin) have gone 450-525 miles. 600 is pushing it, but if your legs feel okay, you're fine for now.

I rotate five pair of shoes, the oldest I use for the mud and rain and slush conditions, this way I can wear the others to a nightclub if I so wanted, and I do.

2,758 miles on my Hoka Bondi

You should still have plenty of miles left!!

There is a test you can do. Wait until you are going to do a couple similar maintenance runs in a row. Run one in new shoes and one in old shoes. You will know if it is time to switch yet.

take the new shoe test...... wrote:

2,758 miles on my Hoka Bondi

You should still have plenty of miles left!!

There is a test you can do. Wait until you are going to do a couple similar maintenance runs in a row. Run one in new shoes and one in old shoes. You will know if it is time to switch yet.

What Bondi? 5? 4? 3?

I picked up the Bondi 5 on ebay, used. Basically new but one small piece of outsole rubber missing.

gsdfgsdfg wrote:

take the new shoe test...... wrote:

2,758 miles on my Hoka Bondi

You should still have plenty of miles left!!

There is a test you can do. Wait until you are going to do a couple similar maintenance runs in a row. Run one in new shoes and one in old shoes. You will know if it is time to switch yet.

What Bondi? 5? 4? 3?

I picked up the Bondi 5 on ebay, used. Basically new but one small piece of outsole rubber missing.

Bondi 5

Was running in the Clifton until they finally got too heavy and too little cushioning. I actually started with the Bondi 1 so I was pretty shocked at how light (and stylish) the 5 was. They were really really soft the first 800 miles. After 1,200 miles I ran a couple runs in the Napali but the Bondi felt just as good. I've been running 70 mile weeks in them right now and they are still feeling pretty good.

probably too soft to race in...... wrote:

gsdfgsdfg wrote:

What Bondi? 5? 4? 3?

I picked up the Bondi 5 on ebay, used. Basically new but one small piece of outsole rubber missing.

Bondi 5

Was running in the Clifton until they finally got too heavy and too little cushioning. I actually started with the Bondi 1 so I was pretty shocked at how light (and stylish) the 5 was. They were really really soft the first 800 miles. After 1,200 miles I ran a couple runs in the Napali but the Bondi felt just as good. I've been running 70 mile weeks in them right now and they are still feeling pretty good.

Thanks. My understanding is that the 5 is the most firm Bondi. The 4s were losing their cushion within 300-400 miles, so Hoka made the 5 more firm. A lot of people flipped out because the 5s were too firm, so they went back to pillow soft in the 6.

But I guess a big benefit of the firmer foam in the 5 is that extended life of the cushioning.

They were really soft for me but I was coming from the firmer Clifton. Don't know about the 3 or 4 Bondi.

take the new shoe test...... wrote:

2,758 miles on my Hoka Bondi

You should still have plenty of miles left!!

That's unbelievable! 500 miles is the max I can put on my Bondi's before my back and legs start hurting.

How can yours last for an entire year? Are you young? I'm in my 50's and have 75,000 miles on my legs.

2500+ miles on adidas boston 7

2200+ on adios 3

still going

Sure, better buy a new pair.

jojorunner wrote:

I have now run just over 600 miles on my Brooks Ravenna 9’s. The bottoms are definitely worn down but the tread is still there. They do not feel uncomfortable to wear also. I recently just bought the Ravenna 10s so I can switch over when I’m ready, but should I really? My feet feel fine so I’m not so sure.

Rotate between them so you have a better sense of whether the 9’s feel noticeably worse. If they don’t, you’ll probably be fine injury-wise. The injury risk is primarily because it is easy to overlook a worsening shoe as it happens slowly over weeks and months and your body might also be accordingly adjusting to their changed running feel until it insidiously hits a breaking point seemingly out of the blue.

Every day another shoe. The foot has to learn to adjust. Different brands even better.