Anyone run in Asics gel ds racer 10's?

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Never tried them, but they look like the type of flat I wear every day. I might actually check them out.

To your question about the marathon, that is impossible to answer without knowing if you train in this type of shoe everyday, or do you train in standard trainers and want to know if switching to flats (of any kind) just to run a marathon is a good idea - and the answer to that is a big no if it's the latter. I wouldn't even recommend it for a half.

If you train in flats all the time and just want to know if it's a good shoe to run a marathon in, I'd just simply buy them and use them for a week or two to get the answer. Then run the race in them. They look good to me but appear to have a little of that hard medial-posting that some flats have as a bit of support. Sometimes this doesn't work for me, sometimes it does, depending on how aggressive they are with it.

They are terrible. I tried them and I also know of a decent marathoner who tried them and got plantars... (first injury of their career).

If you are looking for a good marathon shoe I would look towards some of the Adidas Boost shoes. I use the Adidas Boston 5 with Boost and they are great. Also, I remember reading an article that kept track of what shoes elite runners were wearing at a major marathon. Most were the Adidas Boost.

I'm not saying "shop by the logo", but instead by the material of Boost. Adidas has some shoes that were major misses, but they nailed these ones.

I'd totally disagree here, I have worn the DS racer 10 and I love it, it's firm and lightweight and quite springy, it's also about 2 oz lighter than the adizero adios boost.

By the way I have just recovered from a 12 month abdominal injury which my physio was pretty sure was caused by the boost shoes. I wore the adios and boston boost for about a year, during that time I developed a hip flexor problem which then affected my abdomen and lower back. After several trips to various physio's they all thought the boost material was too soft and could lead to late stage pronation through the toe off, putting pressure on the lower back/hip and abdomen, this is because of the high heel drop and very soft boost material. Anybody running lots of miles and with he tiniest hint of a biomechanical issue is going to have problem with these shoes. I had never had an injury of this kind before, I am quickish (sub 30 10k) ligtwight (140lbs/6'1').

I use them for workouts and racing up to the half. Im slow, 1.24 half but I can race 13.1 in them with zero problems whatsoever and regularly run tempos etc.

I find them very light and responsive without being harsh. A nice shoe. As with all Asics the toebox is quite narrow and this has caused me some blistering but im prone to that, so I would recommend a half size up. I personally wouldn't risk them in a marathon as the idea of doing a 3 hour run in them isn't appealing. If you're fast enough or are used to wearing flats though id say they should be fine.

It's my favourite running shoe for half-and full marathon! I have worn them for several marathons without any negative effects, whatsoever. They just work, and very fine too! Lightweight, responsive. I am a lightweight 140 lbs, 45-years-old and run about 35 miles/week. When I ran my PR in 2014 (2:50:43) I wasn't even thinking about how my feet felt during the entire race, possibly the best verdict a running shoe can get, I was not especially worn out due to thin shoes in the end of of the race. My previous favourite was the Asics Tarther but that is not available any longer. Now I really don't hope that the DS Racer will change too much, something that often happens and seldom leads to improvement...