Sorry, but when I was a kid my shoes had to last all the course long (from September to June), and they did. I wore them everyday and playedin themfootball and other games before starting classes and during the midmorning half an hour break. I had an additional pair of sports shoes that I exclusively wore in gymnastics and other physical training classes.
I usually had to replace my shoes because they didn't fit anymore.
When I grown up I never replaced my shoes more often than a year either. In fact some of them lasted far longer.In 1997 I purchased a pair of classic(classic = with flexible soles, 1-piece leather uppers, with laces up to the front)high mountain boots (Bestard Colorado). I started wearing them only for hiking and during backpacking trips.
Since 2000 I wore them everyday as my regular shoes, and in several years even along the summer. In 2007 I had to replace them because a plastic midsole below the ball of the foot had a crack that make the replaceable rubber outsole also cracked broken, as a result my foot get soaked under heavy rains.
I replaced them by a pair of Meindl Perfekt boots (a similar kind of boots but heavier and sturdier) that I was wearing everyday for more than 2 years (all that time I've been usually walking more than an hour about 6-7km, and a couple of days a week 2 or 3, 12-18km). These boots also stood "perfectly" for more than 2 years. In fact, they're still looking in very good condition, but since last May I haven't wore them anymore.
Now I only wear minimal shoes (VFFs Sprint and Trek) to help stretch my Achilles tendons, strengthen my foot arches, muscles and joints and so on, you know.
I must admit that as I became wealthier, I started to buy running shoes and I exclusively used them to run. I replaced them every year even though the cushioning midsole didn't last that long, while the rest of the shoe could perfectly last much longer. Now that I have a hole in my pocket I've got a good bunch of minimal shoes that may last forever. I have no intention of throwing them away until they break into pieces (a hole in the sole would be also a good excuse). I don't expect to leave them aside when they become old-fasioned. Either wanted or involuntarily, I never followed fashions.
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