500 Miles on Pegasus too Much?

How old are you?

List your previous running related injuries.

All depends on how prone to injuries you are, your running style, weight, surface you run on.

1 mile is too much

bulky, heel-raised training shoes are a sham

do your running in racing flats, your body will adapt to the initial soreness

after it does, you will be significantly less sore from track workouts and races as well

9-waNqopuJH d wrote:

How old are you?

List your previous running related injuries.

im 19

Had a hip related injury 3 years ago.

Tibial Stress Frax 1.5 years ago, spent all that time changing form to a solid forefront strike..

(Got my fracture when pounding 65 mpw for a summer only on roads)

12 weeks averaging 45 mpw feeling fine

500 miles is way too much for any shoe. Research shows that most shoes lose 50% of their ability to absorb shock after 90-100 miles.

I wouldn't wear any shoe beyond 350 miles max, usually 300.

thanks DC Trainer. The mileage kind of got away from me this round...was thinking early august I would need new ones and when I added it up recently it was 500 so I missed the boat I guess haha

Replacing shoes after 350 miles is absurd and a waste of money. If you run on soft surfaces, your shoes should last well beyond 500 miles.

It's not about how they look or what number of miles are on them. How do they feel? If they feel fine and nothing in your body is aching then you're good to go. But if you feel your body breaking down or the shoes just feel worn toss them and get new ones. Some shoes last me 600-800 miles and some shows last me only 300-400 miles.

who cares how many miles you get on a shoe. for me (and a lot of people I know) I stop running in the shoe once it starts to feel like im running on overchewed bubblegum. or the upper has a really big hole that prevents running it or whatever. dont count the miles on your shoes tho just go by feel

DC Trainer wrote:

500 miles is way too much for any shoe. Research shows that most shoes lose 50% of their ability to absorb shock after 90-100 miles.

I wouldn't wear any shoe beyond 350 miles max, usually 300.

Research has also shown that running on a hard surface causes no more injuries than soft. Both contradict each other

I don't believe either

Would a 100 mpw runner really bin their shoes after 3 wks unless they got them free or have money to throw away

I put 675 on my Pegasus 28 and 600 on my last Pegasus 29 and honestly, they could have went further.

oh please wrote:

I put 675 on my Pegasus 28 and 600 on my last Pegasus 29 and honestly, they could have went further.

this ^^^

Never worn pegasus but I feel better when my shoes are older. I think it may go along with the whole barefoot thing. When you have shoes that absorb shock (new shoes) that could be a bad thing but when you have ones that dont (older) they dont absorb shock and cause you to distribute your weight evenly but are probably much safer than just going straight barefoot or 5 finger whatever. For the first 150-200 miles on my new shoes I struggle with small injuries, and feeling very uncomfortable. Im in that stage now where Im running on old shoes (probably about 550) and I feel great but I just got new ones (I run in the supernovas btw) and I just dont feel right running in them so Ill probably do the majority of my mileage in the old ones while little by little moving into the new ones and by August I should be good to go. I think I could push 700 miles on these supernovas.

Believe me, Im not some barefoot junkie trying to promote the cult so im just putting my opinion and wanting to know what you all think and if anyone else has ever felt this way before.

I usually get 300-350 miles but I weigh 175 and heel strike.

I have 1,200 on my current pair of Pegs. No injuries to speak of, typical for me to get that kind of milage on a shoe, even on a Free 3.0. About a third of my milage (50-60) is on grass and that probably helps.

unless your a 150+ lb. fat@zz you'll get plenty more miles out of your shoes.

It's your legs and body, and you can certainly decide how many miles you put on a pair of shoes. I'm probably in the minority on this for sure, but my attitude on shoes is shaped by being a 48 year old competitive runner trying to maximize my ability to train, recover, and keep fresh.

That said, the price of running shoes is getting a bit absurd as more and more shoes now list well over $100 new. I always buy shoes on discount from wherever the best source is.

I put 664 miles on my last pair of Kinvara 4s. Probably was too many, but most was on unpaved surfaces. No injuries. Based on that 500 miles on Pegasus is not too crazy as long as you are healthy.

I retire shoes after 10 miles to be on the safe side. If I'm going to do a run longer than 10 miles I'll bring another pair to change into with me in my fanny pack. Yes, it's expensive but so are injuries.

typical lestrunner wrote:

unless your a 150+ lb. fat@zz you'll get plenty more miles out of your shoes.

not everyone is a midget