350-400 miles. If I’m just running 1-2 daily over a year, I’ll lean more towards 400. If I’m running longer runs, like 4-8, then I’ll usually aim for 300 miles.
I don’t just toss my shoes out though, they become chore shoes, beach shoes, hiking, etc. They just aren’t used for running any more.
Your feet should be able to tell unless you are under say… 25-30 and or under 165lbs…
I have friends that are in their late 30s and 200-220lbs and they need extra cushy shoes like Hokas …and after about 200km they are not doing their job anymore. Time for new shoes.
I suppose it also depends how far you run each time and if you’re a heel or toe striker
Be good to your feet (knees, hips) Your future self will thank you
Hi OP. Every 300 -> 500 is good advice. I’m usually at around 450 but I should probably be a bit earlier. Every 1,000 is somewhere between extremely impractical and foolhardy.
I ran with Jaybird Vista, but started using some shocks open air run after being chased by some dogs that I didn’t hear and almost getting ran over on a night run. The shocks don’t sound as nice, but it’s nice to be able to hear everything around while you’re running.
I have a Garmin. I mainly use it as a time measure. Yeah it has stats and stuff, but it also lets me store some music on it so I don’t need to run with a phone.
Don’t get tiny in-ear pods. They have a habit of popping out during outdoor activities, and due to their size they are likely to get irretrievably lost when they do.
If you’re outdoors, being aware of your surroundings is very useful. Traffic, bicycle bells, dogs, other runners, etc.
I started out with some cheap Bluetooth buds with a linking cable between them. They served me well for about six months before I decided I was getting serious about running.
I have an older pair of Aftershokz Aeropex (the previous model to the OpenRun, before the rebranding to Shokz). I can’t fault them. I also wear spectacles and have no problems. The initial set I had a firmware bug which would mean they didn’t charge if you turned them off when they weren’t idling (ie. whilst they still had an active audio session with the phone).
About 20 months into owning them, my set developed a fault where they sounded like clashing cymbals on every movement (one of the transducers must have detached internally). The manufacturer sent out a brand new pair without argument. That has different firmware without the charging bug.
Note that many race events do not allow the use of earphones, but some will make an exception for bone conduction earphones which don’t block outside sounds.
On the other hand, if your routine solely consists of running on a treadmill in a gym, ignore all of the above.
I think the biggest problem is strava and the subliminal pressure to impress. I cherish slow runs, in between fast ones, but rarely post anything on strava, only monster workouts if any
I had that issue with Strava, especially coming back after an injury or hiatus. I just stopped checking the social aspect of it completely and just use it for tracking, though I use Garmin connect more for that now though.
Not using any kind of data made me a better cyclist imo. At my peak this year I rode 80km daily on average and pretty fast. Keep in mind that I was overweight at that point, started out obese this year and that I've never been fit in my entire life. If you only listen to your body your body will take you close to its limits. The first time I felt that my mind wasn't capable of keeping up with what my body wanted to do was on my first 120km ride.
Currently I'm more focused on running and I'm still figuring some stuff out. I think I just got my diet right.
But I'm starting to look for fitness trackers now as I think that I'm getting to the point where I'll run into a barrier without tracking my performance in the foreseeable future.
It always blows my mind that people just can’t tell themselves no. Notice you’re looking at your Watch for every little thing and don’t like it? Then train yourself to not do it. Jesus.
The COROS PACE 3 could be worth a look at for that budget. I love COROS. All the fitness metrics without any of the pseudo-health over-medicalisation BS of most other manufacturers. The only downside is that they’re almost entirely focussed on running (although you can log other stuff).
Whatever they’re experiencing, I have the opposite. It’s the numbers and the data that keeps me interested and focused. It’s learning to align what my body is telling me with what my watch is telling me.
If I lost access to smart watches, I’d probably not stay active
100% same for me. I’m a data geek. I don’t even need to actually be using the data to train by to get enjoyment just out of seeing it there. Seeing my averages change, or my monthly time grow, or just looking at the relationship between pace, cadence, and stride length. That’s part of the fun of it all!
Same, it was getting a Garmin that got me into tracking steps, fitness etc. I didn’t even run initially. I walked for 18 months first. Slowly progressing to jogging bits of it, then more until eventually I was jogging the whole circuit.
I’m no elite runner. The first kilometer of my circuit has a 130m ascent of staircase up an escarpment. It’s brutal and I love conquering it. But it stifles any hope of breaking time records.
I’m not a runner, but I lift and I’m very goal and data oriented much like yourself. I love to see objective measurements of improvement in what my body is capable of. I love track the sheer tonnage that I pick up off my basement floor then put right back down on my basement floor. I live to look back at my numbers from a year ago and see the difference and I think I really would lose a lot of my motivation if I couldn’t.
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