I have never gotten 400 miles out of a shoe. I’m 190lb runner and have gotten as low as around 200 miles and looking back through my Garmin retired shoes managed 370 once. At any rate, shout out to these Brooks Ghost 13’s :)

Normally something (knees) let me know it’s time to switch. These I retired due to running out of sole! At any rate, 95 activities, and 444 miles is a record for me!

  • @Henrik
    2•2 years ago

    I get consistently high miles from my shoes. 1200-2000 km. I recently got 2300km out of my altra LP 5s and I think there are some factors (n=1)

    • Weight - I’m 70-75 kg. Less weight = less wear
    • Shoe rotation - I have 6 pairs which I try to rotate. Gives more time for shoe to rest between runs
    • speed - I tend to run at easy paces, so lower speed = lower wear
    • stinginess - I am stingy, so I don’t mind a shoe feels a bit dead towards the end of its life. It will still do well as a everyday running shoe. It just won’t be used for races.

    It’s the upper that wears out first for me as I have quite wide feet.