Eugene the Ex-Drinking Machine wrote:
running is better wrote:i'm currently wear testing a pair of shoes for nike that didn't start hurting my feet until i put in about 100 miles in them.
If you think Rupp already put 100 miles on a pair of racing spikes I guess it's possible.
i've tested shoes in the past that hurt instantly and felt better after about 100 miles.
If they hurt instantly would you wear them in a race? Do you think Rupp already put 100 miles on those spikes?
i've tested shoes that just plain hurt regardless of how much i ran them.
That's acceptable. Would you wear them in a race?
strange things can happen with prototypes.
No argument there.
I doubt there is anything magical about the "100 miles" mentioned. Could be at 7 miles, could be 54 miles, 150 miles or never. I think that was his point. I did product testing and had a similar experience. Most were fine, a couple had issues. One which was uncomforatable for me made to a product line. I tried them several times in workouts but never raced in them, people I knew saved them for races and never worked out in them after their first couple of tries.
The flip side is, if you were trying to make a new shoe for yourself and get the bugs out, when would be a good time to test it in a race? At some point you have to.