Mid D spikes for wide foot? Saucony any good?

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11 years ago 04/23/2013 6:52am EDT

Last year I tried the Adidas AdiZero MD 2 Shoes AW12 spikes for middle distance. I usually only use Adidas shoes while running, first time trying their spikes. They were far too narrow for me, strange as I can use all their other shoes.

My question is, what kind of spikes is wide and great for 800m? I have the Asics Turbo Phantom 3 and they fit great sizewise, but other than that I really don't like the shoe.

I'm wondering if anyone know how the Saucony Endorphin MD 3 spikes are?

Hows the support? (I land fairly much on the outside of my foot, very bow legged).

11 years ago 04/23/2013 8:01am EDT

re: sSpikes

My son has these and loves them. However, I don't think there's any real support - there is almost nothing to them (which is why he likes them for the 800 and 1600). He won't wear them for anything over 1600, as he feels he needs a bit more support for that, so he wears flats for the 3200 and road 5ks. He's a moderate pronator though, so your experience may be different. He wears a 12D in a trainer, so I think they are fairly wide.

11 years ago 04/23/2013 8:51am EDT

re: CCMom

Thanks.

I'll probably order them online as I have no place to buy them in a store, how are they sizewize?

11 years ago 04/23/2013 8:54am EDT

re: sSpikes

I have pretty wide feet and run in the MD 2's and LD 2's. I can't really say they are "wide" because I like the tight feel of a spike on my feet.

As for the design, absolutely love the shoe compared to the Adizero MD's I used to run in and the Victories i ran in this year.

11 years ago 04/23/2013 8:56am EDT

re: sSpikes

They seem to be true to size....he wears an 11 or 11.5 in street shoes, and so a 12 in trainers and spikes, and these seemed to be right on with other running shoes he's had in a 12. No heel slippage or tight toes or anything.

11 years ago 04/23/2013 8:59am EDT

re: BadgerMiles

If you loved the MD2, you will love the MD3 even more, according to my kid. Fit is the same, but they are WAY lighter than the MD2 (he had those for a couple years)..comparable with Nike Victories. Saucony totally redesigned the shoe to be much lighter for the MD3s. (And I would assume the LD3s as well).

11 years ago 04/23/2013 9:09am EDT

re: sSpikes

I found that the Endorphin MD 3s had a pretty wide toe-box, and I would agree that it is about a half size bigger than street shoe size.

I wear 10.5 street shoes and 11s for the shoe.

I run in minimalist shoes for my normals training so I thought that all spikes were too tight throughout the shoe for me, but these were really different.

It's a negative heel-to-toe drop, but I like them. I think I can wear them for my 8k cross country races, but I would not advise that for anyone who's not used to a lack of support

11 years ago 04/23/2013 9:14am EDT

re: CCMom

Hmmm only thing that concerns me is this message from Eastbay:

"Length: 0.5 SIZE SMALL: We suggest you order a 0.5 size larger than your normal shoe size."

In what type of shoe? Saucony? Nike? Asics? Adidas?

My Turbo Phantom 3's are in US 9 and 1/2 (28.cm)

11 years ago 04/23/2013 9:32am EDT

re: sSpikes

Hah, nevermind. Can't find a shoe in either Eastbay, Amazon, Saucony.com or Runningwarehouse in the right size, decided on size 9.5 US.

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