My little toe destroys running shoes

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Northern Exile Apr 2013 9:52am, 24 Apr 2013 2,253 posts	0 Northern Exile Dave, your experience with Inov8 295s sounds very similar to mine (same area, same size too). I don't normally knacker my shoes this way, but I did contact Inov8 and they told me the same thing - use a deeper footbed! I bought some 309s after that (same uppers) and they went exactly the same way with less than 200 on the clock. I think it comes down to this: some shoes do, some don't (if you'll excuse me for stating the bloody obvious) and you have to find ones that suit/fit. I have wide feet and for years ran in Asics 21** series, the mesh around the big toe always started to go around 350 miles. I've since switched to Mizuno (which have a wide standard toebox) and they seem indestructible.
fetcheveryone Apr 2013 9:54am, 24 Apr 2013 12,639 posts	0 fetcheveryone Your holiness Is there any reason beyond aesthetics that you can't carry on running in the shoes?
Little Nemo - slightly broken Apr 2013 9:56am, 24 Apr 2013 2,494 posts	0 Little Nemo - slightly broken Sorry DD, didn't realise you were replacing them when they get holes. I carry on using mine as it's just on the upper part of the shoe so doesn't really affect the shoe's performance. Also it can happen as early as 100 miles and I definitely couldn't afford to replace them at that point. It does look odd though if I'm wearing pink socks with white trainers
GregP Apr 2013 9:57am, 24 Apr 2013 66,651 posts	0 GregP Fundi is as fundi does. These trainers? They have a cloth upper and a rubberised sole?
GregP Apr 2013 10:02am, 24 Apr 2013 66,653 posts	0 GregP Pesto still there? I was thinking Lev 19:19.
Pestomum Apr 2013 10:19am, 24 Apr 2013 2,810 posts	0 Pestomum Certainly is a clear breach of shatnes.
GregP Apr 2013 10:26am, 24 Apr 2013 66,658 posts	0 GregP Fartoost. Don't bring the Yiddish unless you know what you're doing.
Discovery Dave Apr 2013 11:02am, 24 Apr 2013 12,044 posts	0 Discovery Dave Fetch: good question. I guess it depends on how big the hole gets. On the 320s it was fairly self-contained, so I kept wearing them for another 300 miles. On the 255s it's not a functional problem yet, but the hole's growing fairly rapidly and there's not much to stop the upper eventually splitting right across the top of my toes. Plus, you know, aerodynamics and that...
Discovery Dave Apr 2013 11:03am, 24 Apr 2013 12,045 posts	0 Discovery Dave NE: Mizuno trail shoes?
Scott S Apr 2013 11:04am, 24 Apr 2013 681 posts	0 Scott S My toes have worn out pretty much every pair of Asics I've run in. Holes in exactly the place - obviously rubs more when I lift my toes up.