
How to tell when your running shoes are actually finished
Not by the tread, and not by the mileage on the box. There is a better test, and it takes about thirty seconds on a kitchen counter.
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Not by the tread, and not by the mileage on the box. There is a better test, and it takes about thirty seconds on a kitchen counter.

Ardent's foam has always been good on day one. This is the first version that is still good on day two hundred.

Twelve trainers, 400 miles each, and a digital gauge. Most shoes in this category are good new. We were looking for the ones still good in March.

For three years we had a budget pick in every guide. Then we went back and measured what happened to them, and changed the policy.
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