How can I tell if I need new running shoes if I don't keep up with my miles?
Starting to get some shin splints and wondering if this is could be a sign that I need a new pair.
How can I tell if I need new running shoes if I don't keep up with my miles?
Starting to get some shin splints and wondering if this is could be a sign that I need a new pair.
Approximate: For instance, if I run three times a week for about 30 minutes I would say that I run 10 to 15 miles per week. Most good running shoes should last you 400-500 miles. So 10/15 mpw divided by 400-500 miles comes out to about every 6 to 9 months. If I would start getting injuries in that time range I would change my shoes.
you can tell when they start falling apart, otherwise they're fine.
When you get a stress fracture, its time for new shoes.
Everyone who gives him a serious answer is an enabler.
Don't do it!!!
Teach him to count his damn mileage!!!!
How else will he ever improve?
All this "you should buy new shoes after x miles" is pure guessing. If I start to get stiff after my ordinary, every day distance runs on asphalt, then I need a new pair of shoes.
just run barefoot. Problem solved.
My try wrote:
Everyone who gives him a serious answer is an enabler.
Don't do it!!!
Teach him to count his damn mileage!!!!
How else will he ever improve?
Should he keep track of miles or minutes?
The shoe companies and their shills would love you to believe that you need a new pair every few hundred miles. Its like a car dealer saying that you need to trade in your new car every year. If shoes are that flimsy that you can only get a few miles out of them, dont buy them in the first place.
Arthur Newton didnt start to think about replacing his "shoes" until about 4,000 miles and had a lot few injuries than todays runners. So, relax and keep running with as minimal a shoe as you can get away with, hoping that someday you will reach the ultimate: barefoot running.