Ghost Max is the perfect shoe for me. The low drop and the cushioning does wonders for me.
Ghost Max is the perfect shoe for me. The low drop and the cushioning does wonders for me.
Trainer: Tigert Epirus
Lightweight trainer: Nike Elite Classic
Racer: Nike American Eagle
I think I know you.
Same with me. I trained in these shoes for all of college. I loved the Adidas Supernovas, when they went to the Solar glides I hated them. The back of the shoe was too high and it was giving me pain in my Achilles. After that I bounced around in Nike Pegs before finally switching to the Hoka Rincon 3s which I have run in ever since.
A slightly different answer.
Onitsuka Tiger Serranos
They're old school "running" shoes. Super minimal. I wear them for almost all my gym work. They last damn near forever. I've run in them a handful of times when I've forgotten my running shoes and it's like wearing a pair of flats.
No gimmicks. Who wants to spend $$$ on no gimmicks?
There are plenty of other minimal basic shoes with no gimmicks. But now people think they have to land on a thick mattress or their legs will break
trainer: nike structure 24/pegasus 38
workout shoe: turbo 2(controversial but I enjoyed these more than any iteration of the vaporflys)
spike: nike xc rival 5
Adidas Marathon Trainer circa early 90's.
Wearing those for an 8x400m workout in high school was a rite of passage.
Nike Invincible Run 1 and 2. The only shoe that's as soft and squishy as advertised.
The Skechers GoMeb speeds with the pseudo Flyknit uppers and carbon fiber shank. Mine were in forest green, which is an awesome color way not often used. Amazingly durable and comfortable in all paces. Spent a couple of years trying to find more, but alas.
Eldoret II's for spikes, in black, silver, and white.
More recently, Adios Pro 2's in the release white color.
Honorable mention to the original Nike free rn... must have gone through 5 pairs of those.
Most hated: anything from Asics up until the present moment. Gel garbage. Had to run in them because of school sponsorship.
Adidas Adios 4
I personally hate the feel as a trainer or longer tempo/MP workout shoe.
the late 90s/early 2000s adidas supernovas....still have a pair ill busy out for alumni events and everyone loses their mind
I'm going to say Onitsuka Tiger Marathons, circa 1971 or so.
Prior to them, my running shoes had leather uppers, which took time to break in, were terrible when wet, and cracked over time. The Marathons were so light and flexible that running seemed so much easier. I've had better shoes, but none that were so lights-out better than any previous ones.
I've been running in these lately, they're great. I'm not sure if I really have a favorite trainer, but they're up there for sure. I liked the Nike lunar racer as a racing shoe back in 2010.
I had a pair of Nike Cortez leather back in 1975. They were the cutting edge of running shoe technology back then.
The original NB Minimus was awesome
Racing: Nike Zoom Jasari for Track, Nike Ventulus for XC
Training: Nike Free 5.0
trainer: ASICS gel-lyte, adidas marathon trainer
flats: Nike air edge
spikes- adidas distance LA 84 (yellow)
spikes- Nike Olympic zoom d
Adidas Cubato racing flat for those sub 14 Turkey Trots
Nike Zoom Steak XC for Shamrock Shuffle sub 14
Nike Jasari for sub 3:30 1500s
Nike Zoom Marathoner for 6x800 in sub 2:10 with 60 sec rest