Easy - Brooks Ghost / Hoka Rincon / Nike Peg
Tempo - Metaspeed sky
Long Interval - Endorphin Pro 2
Short Interval - NB Rebel
Race - Dragonfly
Easy - Brooks Ghost / Hoka Rincon / Nike Peg
Tempo - Metaspeed sky
Long Interval - Endorphin Pro 2
Short Interval - NB Rebel
Race - Dragonfly
Is it worth it to you to waste super shoe mileage on easy runs? Relying on them too much can lower muscle tone in your calves
Hmm... I think at this point with all the new shoes, you are going to get some form of plate or super shoe materials integrated in them. Perhaps, just get the shoe that will motivate you to perform your training consistently. Then barefoot strides or foot strengthening I guess.
Easy: Nike Pegasus
Everything faster than Easy Pace: NB 1500
Race: Endorphin Speed 2
Easy/Recovery: Nike Invincible Run 2
Tempos and long runs: Asics Superblast
Intervals, hard tempos and time trials: Adidas Prime X Strung
(casually training to lower my mile time on the road-can you tell I like high stacks and cushioning?)
Pretty much always: Pegasus 40
Occasionally: Mambas for 400m
I dabbled with the Streakfly but I don't like how fragile it is
Ghost for most runs
Speedgoat for hilly trail
Cascadia for dirt/limestone trails
I only recently discovered the concept of a rotation, so this has really only stood in the final few months of the year, but my current one:
Saucony Axon 2- Daily miles on road, also used for interval/speedwork, as well as race day(before getting a race-specific shoe for my rotation)
Saucony Excursion TR 15- daily miles on dirt road/rougher trails.
Saucony Endorphin Pro 3- Race day(typically 5k road races)
Nike ZoomX Rival Distance- track race day(between 800m-3200m)
I don't have any brand loyalty to Saucony, mostly just the nicest budget options the sport store near me had. I've begun to explore different companies and different types of shoes.
Recovery: Nike structures
Easy runs: Pegasus 40
Long runs: Nike invincibles
Sessions: Adidas Adios Pro 3
Shorter faster stuff:Adidas Takumi Sen’s/ Adidas Adizero avanti TYO’s
Racing: Dragonfly’s
My shoes last forever as you can probably tell. Favorite trainer is tied between the Nike Invincible and Nike structure. Structures are so money.
streakflys are an underrated shoe from nike. not necessarily a super shoe but good for speed days except i probably put too many miles on mine.
Easy/Long: Streakflys or Vaporfly 4%s
Track: OG Vics (mid) or Dragonflys (long)
Road: VF Next%2s
The original 4%s feel too slow for racing now. Occasionally use them for workouts but they don't feel as fast. They are great for long runs though. The Streakflys have replaced Streak LTs. Really hated them for road racing, so they devolved to a daily trainer. It feels like the first Peg Turbos but a tighter upper.
Long easy runs - Hoka Rincon
Tempos and 1km repeats or above - NB Fuelcell Rebel V3
Speed sessions Saucony Sinister.
Easy/long: Hoka Clifton 8 & 9
Workouts: Saucony Kinvara 13
Races: Saucony Endorphin Pro 2
Easy: On Cloudmonster, On Cloudrunner, Various Pegs from 35 to present
Workouts: Artist
Races: Vaporfly
Currently running 90% of mileage at easy pace, often on wet ground, so I've got about 5 pairs of shoes in my easy rotation.
This brings up a philosophical question I always have. Why do we need a "speed work shoe"/ 3rd shoe? You wear, say dragonflys or super shoe for a race (that's speed), why not wear training shoe for training +/- your race shoe for faster workout? Why a 3rd shoe? Are we trying to set PRs in training? Why not use the training shoe for all training for the same reason you wear for longer runs? Ostensibly for protection. If you want to strap on the dragons or your plated shoe for some speed every now and then I get it. But why a unique shoe for these workouts? We dont recommend HS kids get 3 shoes?
Daily: Novablast 3
Race Day: Vaporfly
training: on cloudrunner
racing: Nike dragonfly
(looking for a tempo/speedwork shoe, any suggestions?)