Week ago I got foot pain that made it somewhat painful to walk and run. Since I am preparing for an upcoming race I did not want take time off running but I did not want to make the injury worse either. I thought - if VF4% can save my legs after HM, they should be soft on my legs during every day running as well. So I tried them on for couple of easy runs and it was much better. Now I feel like I want to run all my runs in them. Does anyone here also run in VF4%'s daily?
Those shoes are a double edge sword.
I do my longer runs (anything over 15 or so) in a pair I have that are pretty worn in, maybe 210 miles or so, just because it saves my legs and they're really light and comfy. I do speed work in a different pair, a newer pair. I have some Next % I am saving for Chicago. My wife is cool, and has reluctantly let me sink way too much money into the variations of the shoe but I like them so it's cool to have multiple pairs. I'm a 3:09 loser.
garrettb wrote:
I do my longer runs (anything over 15 or so) in a pair I have that are pretty worn in, maybe 210 miles or so, just because it saves my legs and they're really light and comfy. I do speed work in a different pair, a newer pair. I have some Next % I am saving for Chicago. My wife is cool, and has reluctantly let me sink way too much money into the variations of the shoe but I like them so it's cool to have multiple pairs. I'm a 3:09 loser.
I do pretty much the same. So what if some $250 sneakers show up a few times a year. My wife certainly spends.
I have some next% that I bought because I get about 40% off. But I was saving for NYC so I bought another pair that I can fart around in and wear to some other races coming up on my schedule. I like having $$$ to spend.
My oldest pair of 4% have about 250 miles. I ran 22 in them the other day and still feel okay but I might retire them soon. I have friends who'd rather have a skunked out pair of 4% than have nadda.
Sounds expensive...
MediocreHSRunner wrote:
Sounds expensive...
Agree. I run about 4000 miles per year. If I got 300 miles a pair, that’s over 13 pair a year. At $250 each that is $4250 a year for shoes.
I currently run in old model Saucony’s that run me $50 each and get about 800 miles a pair. Add in one pair of racing shoes and I’m about $320 a year on shoes right now.
I don't run every day, but currently they are the only shoes I have for running. But I get all the nike stuff free, so I guess it doesn't matter. I asked for 3 pairs of other more normal shoes, and someone at nike said "man you gotta try the 4%'s too." So I said sure why not. Then they were the only ones that showed up so far. Still waiting on the three pairs I actually want to run in.
They just feel like shoes to me. Definitely "racey" sort of like driving your 911 to go get groceries, but still just shoes. I wish I had something less aggressive to run in because I don't race and most of my runs lately are just 4 mile out-and-back slogs which I have to force myself to do.
I found that after 100 miles they lose their vaporfly magic and go a bit dead (in comparison to the out of the box feel). However I’ve found that they make for a good shoe for days I’m just feeling beat up anyway. I’ve got 2 pairs of 4% and an unused pair of next%. One of the 4% is still under 50 miles so I keep it for racing duty. The other pair is just under 400 miles now and I do 1-2 runs in them a week, and really enjoy them for those days.