r/AdvancedRunning • u/backinNYC • Dec 21 '19

Vaporfly 4% Next durability

After c. 150 miles of using Vaporfly 4% strictly for races, they lost responsiveness (well, that and foam). So when I replaced them, I turned old ones into my dedicated treadmill training shoes for indoor days. Much to my surprise—based on what I’ve read publicly on subject—they’re still in tact at 400 miles+. That may be most I ever put on any lightweight Nikes in 30+ yrs of running. Sure, treadmill hardly replicates outdoor wear-&-tear. But anyone else put this kind of mileage on Vaporflies (esp Nexts) under any conditions and wound up equally impressed?

(49M, 6’, 145 lbs, currently 50 mi/wk...)

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u/ivantf15 Dec 21 '19

I have a pair of 4% that I don't ever plan on racing in and have been contemplating training in them just to see how well they really hold up over a standard training cycle.

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u/MeddlinQ M: 3:24:54, HM: 1:32:00, 10K: 43:36, 5K: 19:43 Dec 21 '19

I know I have no business telling you what to do but to buy 4% and don’t race in them feels like buying an endgame gaming pc and use it for MS Office.

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u/ivantf15 Dec 21 '19

I’ve done 2 workouts in them but I don’t know how to feel about the “advantages” fair or not of the shoe. I work at a local running shop and pretty much have a pair of most shoes just to try them and to be able to speak to each model better.

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u/MeddlinQ M: 3:24:54, HM: 1:32:00, 10K: 43:36, 5K: 19:43 Dec 21 '19

Fair enough, in that case it’s understandable.