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yoshy
Sorry to hear that but, as you say, there are positives to be taken from it. There will be plenty of other events to do in the future.
I generally have 3 pairs of running shoes on the go at any one time:
I swap between them regularly (especially if one pair gets wet) but mainly so I get to feel the differences in cushioning. When I start noticing the cushioning going in the oldest pair, or the tread starting to fall off, I start looking for a new pair in the sales. When I eventually find them, order them, and they arrive they become the new pair and everything shuffles down the list. The old pair then go to shoe recycling.
New shoes are used for a few shorter runs first just to make sure there isn't some oddity/defect that will rip my feet to shreds on a long run.
It costs a little more up front (since you have to buy shoes sooner than you would normally) but doesn't cost any more in the long run (no pun intended) since each pair of shoes still get used until they shouldn't be run in any more (which is entirely subjective). Knowing you've always got dry shoes to run in is also a nice psychological boost.
FWIW a pair of my preferred non-trail shoe (Saucony Jazz [not the retro/fashion version]) lasts about 750km before they get recycled. My preferred trail shoes (Saucony Peregrine) are all still going at 800km+, I don't think I've had to retire a pair of them yet.