The Running Thread --2025

[Herding_Cats]

I will just tack on that DS2 got around 500 miles out of his Saucony speed 3s. He would have kept running in them, but he completely ripped out the upper where it attaches to the foam, and the rubber on the sole was peeling off as well.

 

[michigandergirl]

September total: 91 miles

My goal for the past 3 months was to get back to half marathon shape and I finally feel like I'm there. I ran a 10 mile race on 9/14 and was able to comfortably complete the race at a pace that was a bit faster than my usual long run pace on a warm & humid morning. Now if we could just get rid of this unusually warm weather...

ATTQOTD: I can get about 300 road miles out of my Novablasts, then I move them to the treadmill where I can get about another 100 miles out of them. After that they move to dog-walking shoes or yard shoes.

 

[camaker]

ATTQOTD: It depends on the model for me. When I ran in Brooks Glycerin, I could get ~250 miles out of a pair. After switching to the Brooks Ghost, I found I could get ~300 miles per pair. It's eerily consistent, too. Like clockwork, I start to get unexpected ankle and knee pain that I can't attribute to any other source, around that 300 mile mark. As soon as I change the shoes out, the pain goes away. I track the mileage on my shoes in Garmin Connect, so it's easy to verify where I am in the life cycle of a given pair.

 

[Dopey 2020]

I will just tack on that DS2 got around 500 miles out of his Saucony speed 3s. He would have kept running in them, but he completely ripped out the upper where it attaches to the foam, and the rubber on the sole was peeling off as well.

That’s one of my high mileage pairs, I have 560 miles on a pair of them and keep them in my owners locker for a backup and or 10k shoe. They are awesome yet the speed 4 hurts me, go figure.

 

[nancipants]

FYI: some Shokz are 30% off soon in coordination with the Amazon sale.

 

[JediKnightXan]

I only "recently" (last year or so) started tracking miles on shoes using my Garmin, as prior I only ever had one pair that I would retire to be my treadmill shoes when my legs/knees are feeling more beat up than "normal", and then the treadmill shoe becomes the lawn mowing shoe, in a never ending chain...

For my current road shoes that I have been tracking currently have 240+ on a pair of Boston 12, and then 130 on a pair of EVO SLs.

I have a pair of Wave Inspire 19s that are now the treadmill shoes, I wouldn't be surprised if they are close to the 500 mark, including treadmill time, those things are tanks. But that number is just a guess at this point.

 

[AZMermaid]

This is perfect timing! I’m right at about 300 miles with my Rides. They’ve been fine, but I don’t love them. I just got a pair of Novablast 5 and one three mile run in, my left ankle hurts and has been for two days now. I’m stressing. My training for the marathon has been really on track. I’m gonna try to run in the Rides tomorrow and see how it feels.

I’m probably brining them back. The store didn’t have Rides but did have saucony Triumphs. Those were my second choice. Anyone run in those?

I also Just ordered some Ghosts on sale on Amazon.

 

[FlyingDonut]

I get 300-350 miles out of my New Balance 1080 V13s. I'm on pairs 4 and 5. They're extra poppy for the first 30 miles, then fall off around 250, then eventually cause aches around 300 when it's time to retire.

I run with inserts and have been using one pair of inserts over two pairs of shoes (so 600-700 miles for the inserts.) How do you manage mileage on inserts?

 

[Dopey 2020]

This is perfect timing! I’m right at about 300 miles with my Rides. They’ve been fine, but I don’t love them. I just got a pair of Novablast 5 and one three mile run in, my left ankle hurts and has been for two days now. I’m stressing. My training for the marathon has been really on track. I’m gonna try to run in the Rides tomorrow and see how it feels.

I’m probably brining them back. The store didn’t have Rides but did have saucony Triumphs. Those were my second choice. Anyone run in those?

I also Just ordered some Ghosts on sale on Amazon.

I’ve always been Mizuno or Saucony for the most part. Around the time the endorphin series started I was using triumphs for long runs and continued for a few versions. All were very comfortable and got over 400 for me but I did find them heavy so I never raced in them.

 

[Herding_Cats]

I get 300-350 miles out of my New Balance 1080 V13s. I'm on pairs 4 and 5. They're extra poppy for the first 30 miles, then fall off around 250, then eventually cause aches around 300 when it's time to retire.

I run with inserts and have been using one pair of inserts over two pairs of shoes (so 600-700 miles for the inserts.) How do you manage mileage on inserts?

This is my actual experience (with the 1080s), and also a question that I've wondered about (the insoles.) I have 2 pairs of powerstep insoles that I've been using for uhhhh....3? 4? years now? Makes me wonder if I even need them any more and if they're pancaked at this point. But I have no desire to get PF again, so I just keep shuffling them between pairs of shoes.

 

[camaker]

I get 300-350 miles out of my New Balance 1080 V13s. I'm on pairs 4 and 5. They're extra poppy for the first 30 miles, then fall off around 250, then eventually cause aches around 300 when it's time to retire.

I run with inserts and have been using one pair of inserts over two pairs of shoes (so 600-700 miles for the inserts.) How do you manage mileage on inserts?

My PT makes custom inserts for me to help with my posterior tibialis issue. I get two pairs made at a time so I don't have to constantly switch them between shoes as I rotate and target a lifespan of 1200-1300 miles for each. Their mileage gets tracked in Garmin Connect just like shoe mileage. These inserts are modified Brooks insoles, so not the most durable material. Your mileage may vary depending on what your inserts are made of and how quickly it wears.

 

[Naomeri]

I really think Mother Nature hates the TCMW runners. Why else would she be holding the cool down until right after the weekend is over??

 

[AZMermaid]

It’ll be warmer in MN than AZ this weekend!

The first cool weekend we get and my ankle will probably not let me do my long run. I tried this morning and stopped less than a mile in. I’m crossing my fingers for Sunday but not hopeful. I probably shouldn’t have tried today.

 

[Dopey 2020]

Ha, Mother Nature is against runners everywhere it seems. Not as bad as that but Wineglass is now forecast as 139 T and D to start with temps rising in the full sun but humidity dropping to a T and D of around 127 toward the finish. Not horrible, but not my version of an ideal “A” race.

 

[dobball23]

September totals

Distance 52 miles

Time 9hrs 54 mins

13 runs total.

Just back from a week on the Fantasy

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Enjoyed a few runs on the promenade deck in the low 70s.

Have been catching up on forums and reading the posts regards Boston. When I ran my first Marathon in 2004 the qualifying time for my current age of 55 was 3.45.

Now it’s 3.30. It has always been something I wanted to try and achieve even if i was somewhat fanciful given my track record over the last 21 years.

Still until I give it 100 percent effort over multiple years to see what I can do I won’t have an an answer but for sure time is running out and it won’t get any easier.

There's nothing like running on Deck 4!

I had a fun experience on the Magic this summer. I got done running and a fellow Guest asked if I was a performer on the ship. I said "no", but he insisted he had seen me before. After some discussion, it turns out we were both on the Magic in May of 2024, and he remembered me from running then. I guess I'm pretty noticeable (I run at a decent speed and sweat A LOT).

 

[dobball23]

QOTD: It's late in the day, but it can work for tomorrow as well. I am curious how many miles you folks are getting out of your running shoes?

ATTQOTD: I aim for about 350 miles. Same pair or shoes, one made 350 without much issue, the other pair made it to about 310 before I noticed a difference and finally retired them to walking and hiking when I got to 325.

ATTQOTD: I run in Brooks Adrenaline and I typically get about 600 miles out of a pair. In fact, I crossed 600 miles in a pair today. I might continued to try to use them for shorter (3-5 mile runs) on occasion and see if I can get them up near 700. But that would be the absolute limit.

 

[SarahDisney]

QOTD: It's late in the day, but it can work for tomorrow as well. I am curious how many miles you folks are getting out of your running shoes?

Belated ATTQOTD: I can get 300-400, depending on the shoe. I even once wore a shoe that I could get 425-450 out of (NB 880v6 - the newer models I couldn't get as much out of). My marathon shoes I only got about 250, but I also only wore those for runs longer than 10 miles and retired them right after my last marathon so I probably could have gotten more if I had wanted to.

 

[avondale]

ATTQOTD: I have a pair of road shoes and a pair of trail shoes at any particular time. I'm pretty good at tracking mileage on them using Garmin. When I started doing this on my Garmin app, it suggested 400 miles for the length of time to use the shoes, so I just went with that. This generally means I need two pairs of road shoes and two pairs of trail shoes per year, roughly, which I don't find to be a huge outlay of cash, so fine by me.

I wear Brooks Adrenaline for road and Brooks Cascadia for trail.

When the road shoes are retired, I move them to walking shoes. When the trail shoes are retired...well, they are usually really dirty and filled with dirt, and so they are literally retired.

 

[avondale]

VENT: Does this discussion board make anyone else's web browser crash regularly? It is not uncommon for me to be typing in here, and my browser freezes up - all windows - and I have to restart it. For the second week in a row, it has done this as I'm typing up my long training blog entry.... and of course if I restart the browser, I lose everything I've been typing. SO FRUSTRATING!

It's probably just the specific lucky combination of my laptop + web browser + whatever else...but geez,

This is the website it happens most often with, and honestly, it's not where I spend most of my time in my web browser, so it seems like there's something "special" about it.

 

[Naomeri]

Twin Cities Marathon Weekend Loony Challenge--Day 1
Just a quick recap of Day 1 of Loony, which was the 10K at 7:15am and the 5K at 8:45am. The weather wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be. Obviously I wish it had been cooler, but the wind kept me from overheating.

I chose to race the 10K because I wanted to start the 5K on time (though Loony challengers have until 9am to start the 5K and still have it count) I managed to finish with about 5 minutes to spare, but it ended up being almost 10 minutes because it took a while to get everyone across the 5K start line.

I decided to walk the 5K because I was pretty wiped from the 10K, and the 5K has a 25 minute/mile minimum pace, so I could go as slow as I wanted. It turned out I was feeling pretty fast at walking, because I ended up with negative splits, and actually ran the last .2 (I always have extra mileage ) at an 11:03 pace (I did this piece at a 10:20 pace in the 10K)

There are definitely pros and cons to the TCMW 10K and 5K. Pros: great crowd support--there's hardly any place where there isn't at least a few people cheering (also a great dogs/mile ratio--I didn't count, but there's lots of dogs), the course is lovely going up and down Summit Ave with all the rich people's houses and the great big trees, and you finish by running down a great big hill toward the state capitol building. Cons: you start by running up a great big freaking hill (and if you do Loony, you get to run up it twice ), they don't even try to give any course etiquette lessons--I know most people will just do what they're gonna do anyway, but it would be nice if the attempt was made to tell runners and walkers where they should be on the course.