Hi I have a pair of nike frees that I wear twice a week for calf development (& also because they're light, which I like for tempo runs & such. I want to move towards running in them every day, but what's the most mileage I can run in them without getting injured? Obviously it varies from person to person, but what is the most that you would do?
I'm @ appx 35mpw now, with 10 mpw being in nike frees. Eventually I plan to be in the 60s or so... all in the frees. Good or bad idea?
Last winter I switched off between Nike Frees and Kinvaras. I was putting in 70-90 miles a week. Probably 10 of those miles were in racing flats, the others were split about equally between the two trainers. So I definitely was putting in 30-40 miles a week in Frees. There is a legendary old thread on here with a guy who ran 140 miles a week ENTIRELY in Nike Frees.
I got ~1200 in my first pair before my pinkie toe wore through the uppers.
got about ~600 on my current pair.
Nike Free Run +.
daesdxsf wrote:
There is a legendary old thread on here with a guy who ran 140 miles a week ENTIRELY in Nike Frees.
Really? Last summer I did seven consecutive weeks of 105-115 miles per week in them, and have a 135-mile week in them as well. I made it without injuring myself at all.
Why do you think you'd get injured?
You realize the frees only have like a 7mm drop, right? it's not like you're going into a minimalist shoe or something.
how would you get injured?
I did about 95 miles/week for a summer in Frees without any issues. I did find them to be pretty bad for trail running, though (things will get stuck in the grooves constantly). Go for the 3.0, though, the other versions are too built up.
Freelove wrote:
I did find them to be pretty bad for trail running, though (things will get stuck in the grooves constantly)
I find this to be true and was frustrated with it, luckily I just found the new Puma Faas 250 trail shoe. Very light, responsive, roomy toe box and has cushion. No rocks/stones getting stuck. I think this will be my new trail shoe for LRs. I've already put about 45 miles in them and only had them less than two weeks.
OP, I exclusively wore the Nike Frees for LRs and marathons. It took me about 6 months to get used to them, especially after wearing heavier trainers. Ease into them.