what is the most miles you've put on shoes.

600 miles max. Just me though. I like buying new shoes, it's incentive to put in the miles.

I prefer changing out my shoes every 600 miles or so. However my Freshman year in college the coach would supply me shoes so I went almost 3k miles (my body was pretty resilient to injury) on a pair of Nike's before I proved myself and he got me a replacement pair. Then I was back to the 600 mile range.

I don't keep track, just buying new shoes when I feel like it and not recording the purchase, but I would guess 2-3,000.

1650 miles on a pair in 2006. ASICS Gel Trainer 2100 series

5-6 years ago I started running in a Brooks Adrenaline. I put about 1500 miles on them and figured I should get another pair (even though the originals felt great). The second pair started out feeling too bulky but felt fine after a few hundred miles. I put about 2000 miles on the second pair before the holes in the upper got too big (rocks and sticks kept getting inside), and I went back to the original pair and put another 700-800 miles on them. Once the uppers on both pairs fell apart I moved on, but got a more minimal shoe since I was used to the thin soles by that point.

I decided to count the miles on my last pair of shoes: Asics Piranhas - 138g or so they say.

They have just cracked 1000M (on this morning's run) and I have taken them to my shoe guy who will resole them where I tend to wear them (mostly under big toe, but also (sadly) still on the heel a bit too).

I expect I'll get at least another 500-600M out of them once that is done.

When you run in minimalist shoes with very little cushioning, what is there to lose? I find my shoes tend to get thrown out due to upper wear - more often than not due to the upper drifting over the inside of the outsole. I am hoping with the Piranhas that will take much longer to happen as the upper / midsole / outsole seems to be a single mould.

Hoping to survive on beat up shoes until the NB Minimus range and the Innov-8 racer arrive next spring.

About 150 miles, I usually toss them after 100 miles tho

About 2000 on a pair of Nike Waffle Racers. Had to change them because the uppers ripped away from the sole.

Any of you guys that put a lot of miles on your shoes have trouble adjusting to a new pair of shows? When I used to get new pairs fairly frequently it was never a problem, but now that I wear my shoes for a long time it feels like I have 2x4s strapped to my feet and I walk around limping for a few days. I'm usually fine after that though; never had an injury problem.

I don't really keep close track, but I definitely have at least 3000, maybe pushing 5000 on my old New Balance trainers and probably 2000+ (hard miles) on my Asics flats. I run mostly on dirt and have an economical stride though.