The graph shows the number of times I ran the various distances in these shoes. There were 62 total runs covering most distances from 1 to 26. It looks like my fave distance to run with these shoes, the mode, was 4 miles, the median is 7 miles and the mean is 8 miles.I started wearing these shoes on February 24, 2009 for a 3 mile run around the neighborhood. My pace that day was a nice and easy 9:25. This was when I was still in the middle of rehab for the IT Band Seize Up suffered at the St. Jude Marathon nearly 3 months before. Tonight's pace for the easy 7 miles was 9:05.
I obviously used these shoes to train for a marathon as evidenced by the nice progression of at least one run at 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 miles, culminating with that nice 26(.2) there at the end. When the marathon rolled around, the Heart of America in Columbia, Missouri, these shoes already had 355 miles on them. By the time I realized it, it was too late to start out on a new pair. The old blue GTS9's served me well that day. Since then they've been in the rotation mostly used for 5 and 6 milers. Today, 42 weeks to the day after their inaugural run, they are getting relegated to the garage with all the other pairs of 500 mile shoes.
This makes the fourth pair of shoes I've retired in 2009. There are two others in the rotation that won't make it far into 2010 before joining the stack in the garage; a pair of red Brooks Trance 6 with 474 miles and a pair of red Trance 7 with 437 miles. The fourth pair in the current rotation is an Adrenaline 8 with a mere 185 miles and there's a brand new pair of Adrenalines waiting in the closet for their turn to join the rotation.
Do you think I know too much about my shoes?
11 comments:
lol. nice shoe stats! I don't think I've ever made it over 300 on any pair...
You certainly do NOT know too much about your shoes! I say this only because I also track the mileage on my shoes, and if I thought you were weird, then . . .
The hard part is not tracking the running mileage, but riding herd on the old pairs to keep them from winding up in absolutely EVERY corner of the house. I also have a box in the garage, but I always hesitate to send them to this final resting place.
wow, Drew has his in a BOX... just saying... :)
hahaha! I've retired two pairs of shoes in three years :-) Runners and triathletes are numbers peeps. Coming from the choir, I think that is a good thing!!
After my foot cramping for the entire marathon on Saturday, I came home and added up the miles. 606 on that pair - whoops. Let it go a bit too long!
Nice shoe stats, definitely a post for Joe!
Boy, you got my attention with that title!! And I enjoyed every word and the graph!! How often do we deal with mode and mean in a running post???
I remember your discussion of the "high mileage" on those shoes at HOA. You got your money's worth.
You can tell our relative weights...you get 500 miles per pair. I seldom get 400...usually closer to 360 or so. You skinny dude, you.
Four shoes in rotation at once...wow... I only keep two (rarely three) at a time. You have quite the level of sophistication. The scientist in you, for sure.
GREAT POST!! Thanks! And enjoy breaking those new Adrenelines in!!
Amazing that you got almost 500 miles out of that pair of shoes, far more than most of us do. You must tread lightly in them.
Hi Darrell! Hope all is well with you and your family and your other family in Wellington :) Just wanted you to know I'm back to blogging, I started a new one here:
http://sub-thirty5k.blogspot.com/
good to see you still running!
-Neese
I've got two brand new pairs of Adrenaline 9's just waiting to enter the rotation. I like the 8's better, and still actually have a pair of the 7's with a little life in them. But I have worn the same pair of Brooks Ravenas for my last 3 marathons. So I totally hear you on the shoe thing!
Wow.
That is some serious data you've got on your shoes, Darrell! Good stuff!
Congratulations on such a successful year of running, and I hope you and your family have a fun and memorable holiday season!
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