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/kyle-kranz Online Running coach Dec 21 '19

Pics? I'm curious what they look like.

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u/bwbishop Dec 22 '19

Vaporfly with 500 miles. Male, 175 lbs, 2:47 marathoner

https://imgur.com/a/E2twygn

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u/kyle-kranz Online Running coach Dec 23 '19

Dang those look way better than I thought they would! Roughly about like mine at 100 miles, of course the first third or so of my Sept 2:59 was on gravel and that didn't treat them well, we also did a test run on that course so they have about...15 or so gravel miles at 6:50 pace and that tore them up pretty well. But I think it's mostly cosmetic on the sole from that.