gladize wrote:
I also like the Nike Free 3.0s, but wear mine without the insoles. Amazing how much more feel you get without the stock insoles. I highly recommend it.
Agree that the heel is too high on the 3.0s. Looking the next step without going to VFF.
Should also add that I'm coming up on one year in the same pair of 3.0s. It's also the first running shoe that I wear when not running.
come on man wrote:
Saucony Kilkenny XC flat. Have almost 1000 miles on the ones I'm wearing now and they cost $40 and don't look creepy like the five fingers.
Any difference between XC2 and XC3?
Asics Piranha sp2
how long do those mizunos hold up? what kind of mileage do you run on those?
what model wrote:
come on man wrote:Saucony Kilkenny XC flat. Have almost 1000 miles on the ones I'm wearing now and they cost $40 and don't look creepy like the five fingers.
Any difference between XC2 and XC3?
No difference.
I ran in Nike Air shoes in the '80s.
silly old fossil wrote:
Remember, Nike ruined running in the 1990's with their line of "Air" shoes.
silly old fossil wrote:
I defy you to use consistently correct running form over an extended period using the Brooks Beast, Nike Shox, or Nike Air.
I defy you to start watching pros race again, then you'd see marathons won in Nike Air shoes and xc and track races won by runners who train in Nike Air shoes.
come on man wrote:
I've had both Frees and they are not that good. The 5.0's heel height is out of control. The Kilkenny doesn't have much heel and no support. You can easily put a Kilkenny in your hand, close your hand and the shoe will curl up easily and flex in the middle of the shoe. That's the difference with the Kilkenny and most other racers is that it's extremely flexible. Most flats will flex at the ball of the foot but in the middle of the shoe it's rigid. The Kilkenny flexes all over.
Do the Kilkennys have plenty of toe/forefoot room?
I agree about heels being out of control. I just removed the insides and height of two different pair of shoes the last couple of days.
Kilkenny is very narrow.