Worst shoe you have ever tried?

LOL, my first running shoe ever....in 1979.

Wave rider. Messed me up, bad.

I bought these too and they are absolutely atrocious. Felt like bricks on my feet and rode terribly. Was coming from pegasus turbo 2 with nearly 1000km on them and they felt 100x better. Unfortunately I wasn't able to return them because I mistakenly thought they would break in and ran in them for about a month before giving up.

Same here. Boston 8 and Nike Invincible get me through my worst time, although I like the later a lot more.
I kept spraining my ankle 2 years ago, at that time my favorite was Endorphin Speed and Glideride. But I kept twisting my ankles with these shoes with firm roller, like every month. And I gained ~15kg during the down time.

Worst - Boston 8: I did not twist my ankle anymore with Boston, so I kept running in it even I hate it. Is not a minimalist shoe but I cannot feel any cushion at all. Every stride just feel so effortful. And I just feel so beat up after anything > 12km in this shoes. if i did not "have to" use it, I wouldnt hate it so much. I still use it during rain, nothing wrong with that continental rubber outsole.
Favorite - The Invincible Run: On paper, every spec of this shoes is not what I wanted, but it just feels so good for me. ZoomX not known for stability, but something about this shoe...maybe the big & wide outsole, I just never twist my ankle again it in. And the bouncy zoomx just kept the last bit of fun to running for me during the time I feel like sh#t .The upper is thick, the lace is way too short for runners knot that I usually does, but It fits comfortably.

I have only heard bad things about durability of Invincible Run, or Nike Shoe in general. But I actually got 1800 miles in this shoes and I can still feels the bounce. I have since then recovered and cut back the weight, and I still going back to it occassionally. Not buying another one because it is quite expensive though.

It is not the shoe with most enjoyable ride, nor it is getting the best out of me. But it gets me through my worst time, I might have quit running if I did not have this shoe.

Nike invincible run - crap

Nike tempo next - crap that causes shin splints

Reading several of the posts reminded me of that awful Nike sock racer. I had a pair of those back in 86, raced and my feet literally felt like they were on fire, the friction was so bad and they wore down really fast. They ended up in the garbage after using them maybe 3 times. I think shoe dog will be doing some time in purgatory for some of the garbage that has been peddled.

The invincible run is amazing what are you talking about dude. It feels like marshmellows

Nike Pegasus back in 2008 or 2009. There was a big overlay in the toe box area that rubbed on my little toe. A few years later (I think when they started using flywire) they went to a more socklike toebox without any overlays, and I've run in them ever since.

Curious... very curious. Whenever someone posts a negative remark about Nike, the comment gets downvoted. Why? Do Nike produce perfect shoes every time? No, no they don't. So what's going on here? If you are a 25 minute 5k runner you will probably love the invincible run. For people who actually have a modicum of talent, we can see this £160 shoe for what it actually is...

I bought a pair of Reebok's circa 1990(?) the entire arch was a graphite/carbon fiber plate. They were so stiff and every little rock or stick would cause you to roll your foot or they would crunch under you.. they were terrible and they were expensive. I think they were around $100 and back then most decent shoes were a good $30 cheaper.

Nike. Don't remember the model names. Would give me, for the lack of a better term, hot spots on the ball of my foot. Switched to NuBalance shoes, never had that problem again.

This!

Think It was '98-'99. In over 30 years of running I never came close again to this level.

From the first day those soles felt as if they had already 1000km on them.

Invincibles aren't bad but they're cleanex boxes. Far inferior to the Peg 2s which hit the pinnacle of shoe perfection.

Worst shoe out there is a toss up between the NB Rebel or the Saucony Endorphin Speed.

Two of the most over-rated shoes I've ever seen. Only fake runners who post shoes for karma in reddit like them. Any real world people I can't even give them too (tried each for a couple runs never hated a shoe more - give them away - hated them tried to give them back to me - tossed out).

I'd seriously pay nike $200 for a new pair of turbo 2 or more. However I refuse to pay some f'd up ebayer that much or more. Fck those scalper.

Personally loved the tempos, definitely have trouble going fast paces but I never really used them for anything faster than a tempo. Only con to them is that they are LOUD.

Worst shoe I've ever worn was definitely the hoka carbon x.

Some version (I don't remember) of Altra. I had only had them a month or so, and the side of one of them split open in the middle of a long run. I was 5 miles out, and had to walk back because my shoes literally fell apart. I called them, and they were very kind and apologetic, said "yeah, sometimes that happens" and they replaced the shoes with a brand new identical pair. A short time later those shoes did the same damn thing. Never again.

Hoka’s and ON shoes are doo- doo. Good for walking around though.