Alright, we've all heard the wisdom on retiring a pair of running shoes at 300-500 miles. It's easy to notice some loss of cushion at 100 and 200 miles too.
Personally, I stop using shoes around 300 miles because I can start feeling it in my knees (or maybe it's just psychological?). But I wish I could use them until 400, 500, or 600 because then it would be easier on my wallet.
I'm curious what your rule of thumb is
I run mine way past those miles.
I've got a pair of Asics that have well over 2k miles on them.
I use ShoeGoo to make new tread in the worn areas. Kind of like retreading a tire.
Been doing this for quite sometime now.
When my shoes get to 300 to 370. Had to retire some shoes at 80 because they were horrible on my hips and knees (hoka cavu)
When I get in the door.
I have two pairs in my rotation that have >1000 miles on them (Hoka Clifton3 and Asics Gel Tarther). They feel fine. I get rid ofvshoesbwhen they start to fall apart or I just need to make room for something new.
I retire running shoes when they show "significant" wear in the soles, which for me occurs under the big toe and under the inside ball of the foot. When most of the tread is gone I either toss the shoes or turn them into walking-around shoes, even though they don't usually feel any different to me yet. This usually occurs somewhere around 1000+ miles.