Why are you running2win?

[davbro]

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{First post for me. Been lurking for ~290 miles}

According to the shoe log on this site, my Nike Vomero 4 shoes have an expiration mileage of 300 miles. Where does that number come from, and how important is it? My shoes are less than 2 months old, and feel fine. Lots of tread and even look pretty good for twice-a-day use.

How important is it to renew your shoes on a schedule vs. when they just fall apart?

Thanks in advance,

DavBro

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[NickTUXC]

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The amount of miles per shoe will vary per person, I usually will buy a pair toward the end of track season (May) break them in walking for a couple weeks then use them for summer miles only, then do the same thing before I go to cross country camp (August). I will wear a new pair for a couple weeks before and use them for the whole season. I change them before I train for indoor (December) and if needed I change them before outdoor (March), but since my miles are usually lower for track I can go December to begining of May on one pair. But this will vary per person and shoes I train with Mizunos I have no idea for Nike's. I can typically get 500-600 miles on a pair of shoes.

Again this will vary on how you run and where you run.

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[billbradski]

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the number 300 came from you. when you add a shoe it asks you to insert what you want the max miles to be on your shoe. the max number of miles always pops up as 300 to begin with, but you can change it to whatever you want.

you probably didn't notice this when you added your shoe so it used 300 miles. most shoe store dudes or chicks say, "yah these are good for 3-500 miles." it depends on you, man. when my shoes hit around 300-350 i can feel it in my feet, so i always renew around 260 and start mixing the new ones in until i kick em out whenever they seem shot.

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[davbro]

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Yes, broke my first rule of forum etiquette and didn't search the topic first, sorry. Thanks for all the replies though. I will start shopping for the new shoes now and look toward getting them by 400 miles. For the record, I am 6'4 and 195, with a size 14 shoe. The shoe size is the killer, as nobody stocks them.

db

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[IWright]

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For some strange reason, it's extremely hard to get the Vomero 4 in a size 14. Working at a running store, every time I go to order them, they have 100+ stock in a 13, and 100+ stock in the 15...but for the most part the 14s are zeroed out. We can only get them when someone cancels their future order...

That didn't really add to the conversation, just a strange side not.

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