How many running shoes do you have?

Too f*cking many. I picked up a part time gig at the local running store about a year ago, so it gave me access to lots of perks and discounts. I went a bit crazy trying new things because it was easy to just pick up a new pair for like $40 every now and then, but I was only locked into certain brands(Asics, Brooks, Mizuno, Sauconcy, Salomon). Turns out I hate most of those brands after trying their shoes and now have a bunch of shoes I don't want to wear. It was pretty bad when I've got brand new pairs of shoes from those brands, and I would choose to run in my year old pair of Beacons I already had, with like 500+ miles on them instead.

I actually just started cleaning and donating the shoes I don't wear. I shelled out for some new Beacons, no special rate, just regular sale that anyone else would have access to, because I know those shoes work for me and that's gonna be my go-to pair. Decided to just cut the BS, and just be done with it. I had my little adventure and learned my lesson.

Moral of the story, run in what's comfy for you. Don't follow hype or sales.

Too many. Eight to 10 pair at a time, and I don't even run big miles anymore.

Running shoes are an affliction that I love.

1 pair. I've used them for over a year now. Will keep using them until the fall apart.

Five pair in rotation right now:

- brooks launch

- Saucony rides

- Adidas adios

- Hoka speedgoat

- Salomon sense rides

Shoe closet is otherwise maxed out with wife’s 1000 shoes.

2x Brooks Adrenalin 17

2x Asics GT2000

1x Asics GT1000 (homemade winter shoes with 1/4" hex heads for ice)

Keep a set at work, and at home.

I try to keep shoes until about ~2,000 miles. Shoe Goo helps me repair or "retread" them.

The ice shoes, I replace the hex heads once a year, unless needed.

Five pairs that I use semi-regularly: three Saucony Kinvaras of various vintages and models, one Skechers, one Nike Lunartempo II. One pair of Lunartempos in the box that haven't been worn yet. I really think that's enough, or more than enough, for someone who doesn't need track spikes or shoes for icy conditions.

I also have several pairs that I've retired from running and turned into everyday wearing-around shoes. I have a bad insertional Achilles tendonosis so I've chopped the backs out of the right shoe in all of the retired shoes. I can't run in them that way, but taking all the pressure off the back of my heel at all times except when running has made the condition manageable.

3 for me

Main trainer the Boston 8

Tempo and racer Adios 3

Causal/easy day Ultra Boost 19

damn too many

Highelf wrote:

damn too many

Ain't that the truth!

I use two pair for actual training. The rest are used for working around the house. Walking the dog in the rain, etc.

5 pairs. All of them adidas adios, with 2 of them the boost version. Oldest pair is 8 years old, newest is 4 years old. They all have in excess of 800 miles on them, the oldest having at least 1500 miles. I’ve retired maybe 4 other adios shoes in the last 5 years.

I have a brand new pair of mizuno flats in the closet, along with a takumi sen. I’ll break those out as soon as I lose 30 lbs or so.

I developed a shoe habit working in a running shop...at least running shoes are cheaper than bikes.

Kinvara x3

Freedom

Boston

Epic React x2 (Got the second pair before I realize react turns to jello after 75 miles and brick when the temp goes below 30)

Adios x2

Sense Pro

Sense Ride

TNF Ultra Vertical

Streak LT

=14. Not including spikes.

I might have a problem. Glad I'm in good company.

Or , you know, 13 if you can count well. Apparently I have two problems.

A dozen, but I probably have a much different buying pattern than others with this many. I buy very infrequently (1 pair this year, 2 pairs last year...), but keep the shoes around until they are blown out several times over, sometimes mending uppers multiple times. I try to hit at least 1000 miles per pair, and some of my shoes that I still use date back to 2012. The 5 pairs that I'm wearing the most at the moment have at least 800 miles on them.