Hello letsrun,
I am a college freshman running track and xc. I run in a pair of Brooks ghosts as a daily trainer. I've always just used those or a similar trainer for all my running (outside of racing). But I was wondering if I would benefit from getting a second pair of shoes to wear for workouts, tempos, and generally faster training? If so could anyone recommend a good lighter shoe for this purpose?
Thanks
Nike zoom Fly Flyknit...only if on sale for 100$
Adidas Boston, Nike elite are both more aggressive but still decently cushioned, good for longer workouts. Another option would be to get a pair of racing flats for shorter workouts and continue doing longer workouts in trainers - Nike streak, Nike streak lt, adidas adios, new balance 1400 are all good choices.
Explain to the world how a shoe is "aggressive"? Stop using nonsense words to describe shoes. "Responsive" is a dumb term, too.
STOP IT!
Yepper Depper wrote:
Explain to the world how a shoe is "aggressive"? Stop using nonsense words to describe shoes. "Responsive" is a dumb term, too.
STOP IT!
Aggressive is a dumb adjective to describe an inanimate object in any way other than how it looks.
Responsive isn't a bad adjective. If you've ever worn a pair of running shoes in your life then you'd know what it meant.
Converter wrote:
Adidas Boston, Nike elite are both more aggressive but still decently cushioned, good for longer workouts. Another option would be to get a pair of racing flats for shorter workouts and continue doing longer workouts in trainers - Nike streak, Nike streak lt, adidas adios, new balance 1400 are all good choices.
+1. I struggled for a while to find a shoe I liked between the Ghosts and Takumi Sens f(track work/very short road races), the Boston is that magic shoe. There's a few older colors on sale now too for great prices, which is nice since they're only replacing them with new colors - same boston 7 model
Skechers GoRun 4
some some wrote:
Yepper Depper wrote:
Explain to the world how a shoe is "aggressive"? Stop using nonsense words to describe shoes. "Responsive" is a dumb term, too.
STOP IT!
Aggressive is a dumb adjective to describe an inanimate object in any way other than how it looks.
Responsive isn't a bad adjective. If you've ever worn a pair of running shoes in your life then you'd know what it meant.
Really? Exactly how is a shoe responsive? I understand what "closer to the ground" or "wider" or "less squishy" or "firmer" or "stiffer" or "lighter" or "tighter" mean, but please do tell me how show "responds" to me running. Dumb dumb dumb.
Thanks all for the helpful replies!
The adidas bostons and nike zoom elites both look nice. What is the difference between these two? which would people recommend?
Yepper Depper wrote:
Explain to the world how a shoe is "aggressive"? Stop using nonsense words to describe shoes. "Responsive" is a dumb term, too.
STOP IT!
I'm going to get a little responsive here and say you are being a little to aggressive...please calm down.
The Boston has a very pointy toe box .
I think responsive and aggressive tells me a lot, I guess it all comes down to if the person receiving the message has enough imagination to grasp emotions in abstract ways.
Dr Shoe 2 wrote:
The Boston has a very pointy toe box .
So would that be a good thing if I have a pretty narrow foot?
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