I saw various articles saying you should get new shoes every 300-500ish miles, but I’m skeptical if they just want you to spend more money by saying that. Do you follow this advice, or do you put more miles on your shoes than this? Do you think 1000 miles on a pair of shoes would be too much?
Edit: Thanks for the feedback everyone. I’ve probably run a few shoes close to 1000 miles without injury, but perhaps I should be more careful as I age.
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My body tells me when my shoes are wearing out. Gradually I’ll get a new ache/pain and I’ll check my mileage and it’s about 400. Tread wear also reflects this. My old trainers become my new walking around shoes but my trainers are for running only.
350-400 miles. If I’m just running 1-2 daily over a year, I’ll lean more towards 400. If I’m running longer runs, like 4-8, then I’ll usually aim for 300 miles.
I don’t just toss my shoes out though, they become chore shoes, beach shoes, hiking, etc. They just aren’t used for running any more.
Regular running shoes really do lose their cushioning. I’m a bit heavy for a runner so it goes extra fast for me… Maybe like 300km and I start to notice.
It does feel like such a waste to constantly be swapping shoes though. I usually like wearing shoes until they literally fall apart, but that takes longer than it takes for a new pair to get run-trough. :/
I’ve switched to barefoot shoes about 6 months ago. They can’t lose cushioning cause they never had any to begin with, so in theory I should be able to run in them until they completely fall aprt, whenever that might be. Their company promises at least 2.5k miles if I recall!
I too am a heavier runner. How do you find the barefoot shoes?
Honestly, I just ordered some online and hoped that they’d fit lol Not a big fan of shoe stores and stuff
My oldest current pair is at 1200 km. I don’t notice anything strange so far, but I only use them for short runs (and I’m rotating four to five pairs).
Hi OP. Every 300 -> 500 is good advice. I’m usually at around 450 but I should probably be a bit earlier. Every 1,000 is somewhere between extremely impractical and foolhardy.
Depends on the shoe, but I rarely get more than 3-500 miles. Just tossed a pair with only 3:16 on them, but they were worn down on the heel, and had started to make me excessive fatigue after even short runs. I got 500 from a pair of Hoka bondi 7’s. I’m pretty hard on shoes, I have an aggressive wear pattern due to a shorter leg. I try to compensate by buying shoes on sale and rotating them as much as possible. But your milage may totally vary. But replace em when you think you need to, many ultra runners get 1k +
I usually run my shoes for around 1100km usually a bit more. The shoes I took the furthest was a pair of saucony triumph 18 that I took to just over 1600km. But they were past their usefulness at the end.
It really depends on the shoe. For me I start to notice slightly more impact (most in my knees) when the midsole starts to go dead. Not to the degree that it hurts or I get any injuries though. After that the shoes typically still look fine, but kind of lost their advantage as a running shoe.
Some random amount of time past 700km. Garmin tells me that it’s time to replace the shoes, but it’ll be a while before I remember, and I find a sale…
I keep an eye out for the style I use going on sale then buy enough to keep me going for at least a year. I tend to start the swap around 600km or when the runs bring out niggles.
Your feet should be able to tell unless you are under say… 25-30 and or under 165lbs…
I have friends that are in their late 30s and 200-220lbs and they need extra cushy shoes like Hokas …and after about 200km they are not doing their job anymore. Time for new shoes.
I suppose it also depends how far you run each time and if you’re a heel or toe striker
Be good to your feet (knees, hips) Your future self will thank you
