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I have 4-5 different pair that I wear at any time (2-3 different models of the same brand) and when one starts to feel a little less comfortable I pitch it and rotate in a new pair. I think about logging my miles on them, or even just # runs, but can barely remember to download my garmin. If there were a way to do it in the garmin I could totally do it.
I keep track of which Ghost 3’s I’m wearing by writing a number on the inside of the tongue using permanent marker. Now I just load the data to Garmin and look at the tongue to see which of the 3 pairs it was. Of course you have to be diligent about logging your data after each run ;)
It is usually when some mysterious ache pops up that I go oh goodness it’s time for new shoes isn’t it…Still horrible about tracking it. New shoes are HEAVEN :)
Hi Rainmaker
Please read the book “Born to run” from Christopher McDougall.
In chapter 25 he says several important thing but one is ” … The more cushioned the shoe, the less protection it provides. …”
Which means if you run more than 500 miles in your shoes the better they get.
Which means you don’t need to buy new shoes so often.
By the way this book is really mind opening.
Droffen
i really need to start tracking the miles on my shoes. i just decided to retire the shoes i ran the marathon in because my big toe can almost poke through the top of the shoe, even though i only started wearing them in january!
So I’ll point out the obvious that if you transfer your foot pod to the shoe you run in each time, if you alternate, you will always know which shoes you ran in last :-)
(I haven’t rotated in a while, but when I have, the orthotics are the dead give away as to which ones I ran in last!)
Argh. Right now I have 3 pairs of shoes each a different model (gt2150,kayano,kinvara). I’m new to running and was testing what fit my foot best.
Ever since I got rid of training peaks and just use my lazy upload directly to garmin connect I havent tracked the mileage.
Problem is I don’t rotate them equally (the footpod gives very different distances if I dont recalibrate it for the specific shoe!!!) and have probably the same mileage out of the kayano as the 2 other shoes combined….
Next time I’ll just buy the exact same shoe like you do and not rotate.
I’ve been doin the whole shoe rotation thing for a while now. I know the benefits, but I honestly haven’t gotten any more life out of the shoes – about 400 miles per pair (Brooks Ghost 2). SportTracks makes it pretty easy for tracking multiple pairs and I use a permanent marker on the actual shoe to indicate which shoe is which, since I’m on my 6th pair of the same shoes. If I had the footpod though, that would complicate things for calibration purposes, so it makes sense.
I also buy more than one pair of the same shoe and alternate between pairs. Using a permanent marker, I write the date I that I place the pair in service on the medial side of the midsole. This helps me distinguish between the pairs, and also reminds me each time I wear the shoes how long I have been using them.
i have an excel sheet that has the miles of my shoes on them. sadly it doesn’t guarantee that i retire them when i should!
Tracking milage is very easy on sporttracks! I got every km tracked since I started running. I even track milage on cloths and other items such as ipod and headphones ;) …. freak! … yes I know ;)