Any one out there loyal to a brand of running shoe?

Nike

I've been loyal to Asics (DS Trainer) for about 8 years now. It's not that I'm against other brands, but I've never found a reason to change as Asics shoes seem to work for me.

Only buy adidas kit, this goes for shoes,spikes shorts etc

3 stripes is sexy.

Nike. 30+ years now. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

Saucony. Bout 4 years now. They work for me (the shoes, not the company)

Loyal to Asics (fka Tiger) for the first several years of my running career, then they stopped making the one shoe that remains my all-time favorite. After that I became loyal to Saucony for a bit over two decades, but in recent years the brand has completely changed the fit of its shoes. Now I can't find ANY shoes that are comfortable, so I had to quit the sport and become a recreational cyclist.

(Sigh...) Why do shoe companies insist on fixing things that aren't broken?

I sort of favor companies I've gotten freebies from so that would be Brooks (who I'd love to buy from but I can't stand anything they make now,) Saucony, Asics, and Nike. Of the bunch, I've bought more from Asics than the others partly because they were around as Tiger before the other companies were selling running shoes and even now they have more simple shoes than other companies seem to.

I've been loyal to Saucony for as long as I can remember. They fit very well and are all around good shoes.

Whatever's cheap in my size.

I'm loyal to fit. For the longest time I could only wear Adidas. Then they changed their cast, so I had to look for a new shoe, Soucany, now I only buy Brooks, until they change their cast.

I started running in New Balance a few years ago when I learned that they still made some of their shoes in the USA. They also work just fine for me.

My employer.

HRE wrote:

I sort of favor companies I've gotten freebies from so that would be Brooks (who I'd love to buy from but I can't stand anything they make now,) Saucony, Asics, and Nike. Of the bunch, I've bought more from Asics than the others partly because they were around as Tiger before the other companies were selling running shoes and even now they have more simple shoes than other companies seem to.

hey HRE

on another thread people are saying you are an anti-vaccine person. Is that true?

(Adidas - they are the only shoes I've found that are narrow enough)

Saucony wrote:

Loyal to Asics (fka Tiger) for the first several years of my running career, then they stopped making the one shoe that remains my all-time favorite. After that I became loyal to Saucony for a bit over two decades, but in recent years the brand has completely changed the fit of its shoes. Now I can't find ANY shoes that are comfortable, so I had to quit the sport and become a recreational cyclist.

(Sigh...) Why do shoe companies insist on fixing things that aren't broken?

Interesting, I didn't really like saucony until they redesigned there shoe fits 4-5 years ago. Now I use saucony for all my trainers and flats.

We had our kids get some vaccinations but not all of them. I'd never really given the issue much thought but our doctor made a pretty compelling case for not doing all the vaccinations. They're both adults now and I think they've gone ahead and gotten everything mostly because it's just difficult to get through bits of life otherwise.

I used to only be loyal to Brooks. Then shoes got expensive and I don't run hard anymore. So now I just buy whatever is last season's shoe discounted at my local running store or REI. I get shoes for $50-$70.

Mizuno, every other company seems to be concentrating in making shoes softer, mushier and slow. Past experience has shown me that this is bad for the body, bad for form or bad for running economy. I wear the hitogami or sayonara for all my training and the ekiden for racing and have done for 3-4 years.

I float around.

I used to be super happy with new balance but they changed too much about the brand for my tastes a couple years ago. After that their designs went to hell.

I like nike but they make some drastic design changes from one version to the next. Not always pleasing.

Adidas makes the skate shoes I like (Busenitz vulc and Suciu) and I've been loyal to them before they even made skate specific shoes. They also happen to have some very good looking and feeling flats - adios. I'm currently very jazzed on the three stripes for all my athletic shoe needs.

Brooks Ghost shoes are the best. I'm on my 7th pair

Nike spikes are the best.