Best Running Shoes

The best running shoe is a shoe that fits. low heal drop. and as light as possible.

Wrong on the low heel drop silliness.

Low heel-toe drop.

No cushion.

Maximum flexibility.

Thin strip of rubber for protection.

Very lightweight.

That's what the best running shoes have!

I worked in two running specialty shops for a span of six years. I met very hectic cycles of track, cross country, summer 5k/matathon spikes, saturday randomness and new years resolutions.

There are way too many options on the wall. Most of America can go Pegasus or 2100. If I had to field a store I would bring it down to maybe only 20-30 shoes.

Asics:

* Cumulus

* Nimbus

* 2100

* Kayano

* DS-Trainer

* Foundation

Brooks:

* Adrenaline

* Addiction

* Beast

* argument for modern equivalent to the trance

* argument for the glycerin

Nike:

* Pegasus

* Vomero

* Structure

* equivalent to Kayano (used to be Kantara way back when)

* Zoom Elite

Mizuno:

* Rider

* the Rider upgrade in cushioning

* Inspire

* modern equivalent to the Nirvana

Saucony:

* modern equivalent to the stabil

* modern equivalent to the hurricane

* maybe the grid omni

adidas:

* Boston

* modern equivalent to the rotterdam

* Supernova series

New Balance:

* stability shoes

* motion control shoes

* 993 for people to "kick around in

Screw all the other hoka, saloman and other garbage you see online. I may be opinionated but I think people could live on asics alone.

What about Altra, Newton, Vibram, and Merrell? Asics shoes have way too much support.

Mooiiiisssttt wrote:

Wrong on the low heel drop silliness.

That is silly to think a human doesn't need an exaggerated heel to be able to run.

Look, depends if you want performance or not on the road. Obviously, Nike's sub-2 research proved out that an 8mm to 10mm drop is optimal for performances lasting 2 hrs. Lower than that and there is too many accumulated trauma in terms of microtears to the soleus, gastroc, and soft tissue around the Achilles.

Zero drop is great for the track, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, maybe even 10,000m if you are strong enough. Anyone trying zero drop over these distances is risking long term injury. Remember, continuous endurance running is not normal. We were not meant for over-use sport. We were meant to sprint, rest, stalk.

I thought that humans were built for endurance running.

Born to run. wrote:

I thought that humans were built for endurance running.

Humans were not built to run for two hours at 3 min/km or faster on asphalt.

depends on the surface, runner's weight and running speed

blah... wrote:

Born to run. wrote:

I thought that humans were built for endurance running.

Humans were not built to run for two hours at 3 min/km or faster on asphalt.

Yes, and humans were built to reproduce and die before age 40. Not built to be healthy runners at age 70 for example.

Selecting the right pairs of road running shoes for your everyday jog or training run is super important, as it is likely to be the footwear you’ll spend most of your time training in. Picking the best road running shoes doesn’t have to be tricky.

In my post, I review shoes like the Nike Pegasus 37 and Nike Structure 22, The Asics GT 2000 8, The ASICS Gel Nimbus, The Brooks Glycerin 18, Brooks Adrenalin GTS 20, the Hoka One One Clifton 6, The Hoka One One Carbon X-SPE, Saucony Triumph 17 and Saucony Guide 13.

I recently wrote a post where I explore the best road running shoes, specifically for long-distance training from top running shoe brands like ASICS, Nike, Hoka One One, Brooks, and Saucony shoes. Click to read more:

https://larahamilton.com/best-road-running-shoes/