Gear Tracking
Running shoes don't last forever. GoAnd.Run tracks the distance on each pair so you know when they're due for replacement. Add your shoes, assign them to runs, set a distance warning, and the app handles the rest: totalling up kilometres automatically and alerting you when a pair is wearing out.
You'll find your gear collection under the Gear page, accessible from your profile menu.
Adding a Shoe
Head to Gear and click Add Shoe to register a new pair.
Brand
The manufacturer: Nike, ASICS, Hoka, Brooks, and so on.
Model
The specific model name, for example Pegasus 41, Gel-Nimbus 26, or Clifton 9.
Colour
Helps you tell pairs apart when you have multiple shoes of the same model.
Carbon Plated
Tick this if the shoe has a carbon fibre plate. See the section below for why this matters.
Starting Distance
If the shoe already has kilometres on it before you start tracking in GoAnd.Run, enter the estimated distance here. It's added to the tracked total.
Warning Threshold
The distance in kilometres at which you'd like to be reminded to replace the shoe. Leave blank if you don't want a warning.
Shoe tracking is independent of Strava. GoAnd.Run does not sync shoe data from Strava. You manage your shoe collection entirely within the app, giving you full control over what's tracked and when.
Plated vs Non-Plated Shoes
Carbon-plated racing shoes (the Vaporfly, Alphafly, Adios Pro, MetaSpeed Sky, and their many relatives) have transformed road racing since 2017. They offer measurable performance gains, but they come with trade-offs that matter for training.
What makes a shoe "plated"?
A plated shoe embeds a rigid carbon fibre plate between layers of highly responsive foam. The plate acts as a lever, returning energy on toe-off that the foam alone would absorb. Combined with a rocker geometry, this design reduces the muscular cost of running at a given pace. Studies consistently show a 2–4% improvement in running economy.
Why it matters for training
Shorter lifespan
Plated shoes typically last 250–400 km before the foam loses its responsiveness. Non-plated daily trainers usually last 600–800 km. Tracking distance separately for each type helps you replace them at the right time.
Masking true fitness
Running all your training in plated shoes can make your pace look faster than your fitness actually is. When you compare runs or track progress, knowing which shoe you wore gives context to the numbers.
Muscle and tendon adaptation
The rigid plate reduces the work done by your foot and calf muscles. Training exclusively in plated shoes may reduce the natural strengthening that comes from running in conventional footwear, potentially increasing injury risk over time.
Race day advantage
Saving plated shoes for races and key workouts means you get the performance benefit when it matters most, while also preserving the shoe's limited lifespan for the sessions where speed counts.
Recommended approach
Plated shoes: use for
Races, time trials, race-pace workouts, and key interval sessions where you want maximum performance.
Non-plated shoes: use for
Easy runs, long runs, recovery runs, and general training. This builds strength, saves the plated pair, and gives you honest training data.
Set a lower warning threshold for plated shoes
If you set a distance warning, consider 300–400 km for plated shoes and 600–800 km for daily trainers. The foam in plated shoes degrades faster, and once the energy return drops, the performance benefit disappears, sometimes before the shoe looks visibly worn.
Assigning Shoes to Runs
Once you've added a shoe, you can assign it to any running activity. The shoe picker appears on the detail page of every run and trail run.
Open a running activity
Navigate to any run or trail run from your Activities list.
Find the shoe picker
Look for the Shoe card on the activity detail page. It shows a dropdown of all your active shoes.
Select and save
Choose the shoe you wore for this run and click Save. The activity's distance is immediately added to that shoe's total. You can change or clear the selection at any time.
Only active shoes appear
Retired shoes are hidden from the picker. If you need to assign a retired shoe, reactivate it first from the Gear page.
Runs and trail runs only
The shoe picker only appears on running activities. Rides, walks, swims, and other activity types don't show the shoe selector.
Distance Tracking
Every time you assign a shoe to a run, that run's distance is counted towards the shoe's total. The calculation is fully automatic and you don't need to enter distances manually.
How total distance is calculated
Total Distance = Starting Distance + Sum of All Assigned Run Distances
If you set a starting distance when adding the shoe (for pre-existing mileage), that's included in the total. The rest comes from the actual GPS-recorded distances of every run you've assigned to that shoe.
What you'll see on the shoe detail page
Total Distance
The combined distance in kilometres across all assigned runs, plus any starting offset.
Activities
How many runs have been assigned to this shoe.
Starting Offset
The pre-tracking distance you entered when adding the shoe, if any.
Activity History
A paginated list of every run assigned to the shoe, showing name, date, distance, duration, and pace.
Replacement Warnings
Set a distance threshold and GoAnd.Run will warn you when a shoe is due for replacement. Running in worn-out shoes increases injury risk because the cushioning and support degrade long before the outsole looks worn.
How it works
Set a warning threshold
When adding or editing a shoe, enter a distance in kilometres in the Warning Threshold field.
Track progress visually
The shoe detail page shows a colour-coded progress bar. It starts green, turns yellow as you approach the threshold, and turns amber when you've exceeded it.
See warnings on the gear list
Shoes that have exceeded their threshold show a Replace soon warning directly on the gear list, so you can spot it at a glance without opening each shoe.
Suggested thresholds
Daily trainers
600–800 km. Most non-plated running shoes last comfortably to 600 km, with some lasting to 800 km depending on your weight, gait, and the surfaces you run on.
Plated racing shoes
250–400 km. The super-foam in plated shoes breaks down faster. Once the foam flattens, the plate can actually increase stress on your legs rather than reduce it.
Trail shoes
500–700 km. Terrain matters: technical rocky trails wear outsoles faster, but the cushioning may last longer than on hard roads.
Lightweight tempo shoes
400–600 km. Shoes built for speed sessions with less cushioning tend to wear out faster than heavier daily trainers.
Retiring Shoes
When a shoe has reached the end of its life, you can retire it rather than deleting it. Retiring preserves the shoe's history; all past activity assignments and distance data remain intact.
How to retire
Open the shoe from your Gear list and click Retire this shoe at the bottom of the edit page. You can also use the retire button directly from the gear list.
What changes
Retired shoes show a grey status badge and are hidden from the shoe picker on activity pages. They remain visible in your gear list for reference.
Reactivating
Changed your mind? Click Activate this shoe to bring it back into rotation. It will reappear in the shoe picker immediately.
Deleting vs retiring
Deleting a shoe removes it permanently and clears the shoe assignment from all linked activities. Retiring keeps everything, so prefer retiring unless you added the shoe by mistake.
Your activity data is always safe. Deleting a shoe only removes the shoe-to-activity link. The activities themselves, including their distance data, are never affected.