Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
Running shoes only last about 500 miles. I used to try to push that but easily surpassed anything I saved by not buying new shoes with podiatrist bills. My Achilles tendons are still screwed up decades later.
Let that be a lesson to you. Seriously, that's devastating. But rest assured I know the feeling. I had a related incident when I first began running in a pair of Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars figuring "what's the difference?" My shin boar the brunt of my ignorance, and was swollen for 2 weeks. From that point on I learned to treat my feet like royalty.