{"id":4316,"date":"2018-05-19T21:55:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T19:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2018-05-19T21:55:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T19:55:36","slug":"wear-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2018\/05\/19\/wear-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Wear patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because most of my long-distance walks are over tarmac and concrete, <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2018\/01\/28\/nice-things-2017\/\">I bought a pair of Asics Patriot 8 running shoes<\/a> to replace the more rugged and waterproof hiking shoes I had been using. They&#8217;re great, but even after a few months <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2018\/01\/28\/nice-things-2017\/\">I noticed that the inside padding was starting to wear through<\/a> at the edge where the <a href=\"https:\/\/takboprintipe.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/05\/running-shoes-and-its-parts\/\">heel counter meets the collar<\/a>. Beneath the padding of these shoes, the heel counter is made of firm but flexible plastic, and the the wear happens right at the top. Even though it doesn&#8217;t <em>feel<\/em> like my heel is slipping, the wear pattern doesn&#8217;t lie:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4317\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-1.jpg\" alt=\"Heel slip wear pattern\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4317\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heel slip wear pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4320\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-4.jpg\" alt=\"Heel slip wear pattern\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4320\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heel slip wear pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to running forums and sites, the answer seems to be that I should tie my laces with a &#8220;racer&#8217;s loop&#8221; (&#8220;heel lock lacing&#8221;), a technique that takes advantage of the &#8220;extra&#8221; lacing holes <em>behind<\/em> the standard ones.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to tie a heel lock (Racer&#039;s Loop) for a running shoe\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jG_XzEjD9Ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to - Marathon Lace\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K49kKaKdizw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The soles of the Asics Patriot 8 shoes are made of a softer material than my old hiking shoes, so it&#8217;s natural that they&#8217;d wear down a bit faster. Here&#8217;s what the soles look like compared to a brand new pair:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4319\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4319\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asics Patriot 8 soles, old vs new (about 7 months)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4318\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4318\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And the heels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As I&#8217;m walking rather then running, I can live with less grip from the soles, but I&#8217;d prefer it if the heel padding lasted a bit longer. But I like these shoes <em>a lot<\/em>, and so I bought a fresh new pair to replace them. Asics has a new model for this year (the Patriot 9), but apart from new colourways and an &#8220;Amplifoam&#8221; logo on the side of the sole, I can&#8217;t see much of a difference. The 8s are still readily available online, and being last year&#8217;s model, they&#8217;re cheaper too. I&#8217;m going to take them out for a spin tomorrow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4322\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4322\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Asics Patriot 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heel slip wear patterns after 7 months in my walking shoes: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2018\/wear-patterns-4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1773],"tags":[1824,1781],"class_list":["post-4316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walks","tag-shoes","tag-walking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4325,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316\/revisions\/4325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}