Coffee and tea count:
Starbucks: 9
Caribou: 5
Third Place: 3
Whole Foods: 1
Food count:
Sports Beans: 112
PurFit Bar: 5
Whole Foods Brunch: 6
Carolina Cafe Lunch: 1
Slim Jims: 4
Packages Beef Jerky: 6
Lifesaver Gummies: 1
Ice cream: 4
Chocolate bars: 1
Gatorade (2.5 serving bottles): 9
Shoe count: 5
Sticks Body Glide: 3
Miles completed/remaining: 716.3 / 1,459.9
Average number of miles/day remaining: 7.05
I've had two pairs of shoes not go for very long. One had a burr in the toe box that ended up removing a toe nail. I should have returned those but I didn't have the energy for it. And then the last pair went bad after about 100 miles. The left heel went flat and the uppers never did properly hug my feet. I think I may have had "food problems" in the past that were really shoe problems- if I weren't going through shoes so fast right now I would have thought it was me and not the shoe. So, lesson learned, if having a foot problem the first thing to try is a new pair of shoes.
Now that's a failure rate of nearly 50% for my shoes. Should I be expecting better? Well, one thing I frequently point out is that shoes are not medical devices. Because they can't be marketed as medical devices, doctors are woefully ignorant about them and frequently prescripe orthodics that won't help- some people say as few as 10% of people that get orthodics actually need them. And putting the orthodic in the wrong shoe yet again won't get you anywhere. Anyway, if shoes were manufactured to medical device standards they would probably cost around $2,000 a pair I am guessing. So, a failure rate of 50% for my $80 shoes is probably about to be expected.
