Hi
I bought some new trainers on the day Saucony launched Progrid so was entered into a competition - and I won! I've now got 2 pairs of Saucony Trigon 4 Guides. I kind of wish I'd asked for an offroad shoe as the prize now, but nevermind.
I was thinking of leaving the extra pair in their box until I wear out the other pair (should last about a year). Would it be a better idea to wear them both alternating each run though? I only run 2 or 3 days a week by the way.
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That way one pair should be slightly fresher and when you can spot the difference between shoes, its prob time to buy another pair.
I'd alternate with another brand that does the same job for you. This will reduce the risk of injury. Don't think that alternating the same shoe will achieve much. Sometimes I have 3 pairs in rotation.
I use Saucony Tangent, Saconey trigon ride and nike Pegasus all of which work for me. I would propose that whilst each shoe works for me they each stress my legs in slightly different ways. This means that whatever way on pair stress my legs the worse won't be the same on the other shoes and that by rotating them I am less likely to get injured doing a high mileage.
Surely training on different surfaces is a good idea. One of the great reasons for running off road is the variety of the terrain underfoot.
I write on them in indelible marker so I can tell one pair from another
and keep track of the mileage of each pair.
How sad is that?
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
How many miles are trainers generally supposed to be used for? I think my last pair did 400miles but the outer sole on the heel had just worn through so I should probably have changed earlier.
Pair 1: under 100 miles
Pair 2: 100-200 miles
Pair 3: 200-300 miles
As they're cushioned and to avoid injury, I bin them after 300 miles. Keeps me injury free, and to prove it I constantly run around 20 miles each weekend for marathon training and lots of other runs in between. Happy me!
Agree with pitstop crew aswell, advantages to rotation are drying the buggers out and allowing them to decompress.
Usually get bargains galore on sportsshoes.com and start fitness on the web so they don't cost too much.