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Today, May 4, 2020, I celebrate the 7th<\/sup> anniversary of the start of my running trials and tribulations. A good opportunity to revisit the cost of this supposedly cheap hobby. I wrote about this in a 2016 blog post already<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the latest shoe stats that cover May 4, 2013 – May 3, 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Years of running:<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total miles:<\/strong><\/td>\n25,134<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of pairs of shoes purchased:<\/strong><\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total cost of shoes:<\/strong><\/td>\n$10,439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So, after a bit of trigonometry and derivatives, that results in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pairs of shoes per year:<\/strong><\/td>\n11.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One pair of shoes every:<\/strong><\/td>\n28 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miles per pair of shoes:<\/strong><\/td>\n318<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shoe cost of one mile of running:<\/strong><\/td>\n42 cents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And to make things worse, I downloaded my entire Amazon purchase history for May 4, 2013 – May 3, 2020 and extracted the data for all the energy gels purchased. This is what I found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Total number of energy gels purchased:<\/strong><\/td>\n3,672<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total cost of energy gels:<\/strong><\/td>\n$4,455<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

After some more confusing calculus, we obtain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Number of gels per day:<\/strong><\/td>\n1.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miles per gel:<\/strong><\/td>\n6.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gel cost of one mile of running:<\/strong><\/td>\n18 cents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

That means we’re already at 60 cents per mile just with the shoes and the gels.<\/p>\n

For comparison: according to 2019\u00a0AAA data<\/a>, the average cost per mile for driving 15,000 miles per year is 61.88 cents.<\/p>\n

So, if I\u2019d add the non-gel running food, the beer, the clothing, the watches, poles, Strava, SPOT, and magazine subscriptions, anti-chafing cream, KT tape, race fees, travel, etc., I’d be without any doubt more than doubling the 42 cents per mile of running. In my 2016 post<\/a>, I got to a whopping $1.22 per mile by making a few simple estimates.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, running isn’t cheap, it costs a lot more than you might actually think. A Runner’s World article came to the same conclusion: How much does running cost over a lifetime?<\/a><\/p>\n

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I was told running is cheap. Right!<\/p><\/div>\n

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It seems I eat a lot of gels.<\/p><\/div>\n

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