Shoe Rotation at the Moment

Easy: Brooks Ghost 10 and 11 (I don't love the 11s, wish I had more 10s)

Faster training and 5k/10k races: Adidas Boston

Half/Full: 4%s (the originals, one full and two goal halfs - may use them more often now that the flyknits are easy to get)

a;lsdkfj wrote:

Easy: Brooks Ghost 10 and 11 (I don't love the 11s, wish I had more 10s)

Faster training and 5k/10k races: Adidas Boston

Half/Full: 4%s (the originals, one full and two goal halfs - may use them more often now that the flyknits are easy to get)

How stiff are the Ghosts?

Looking for a replacement easy shoe...

Easy:

Currently Vomero 10 (last pair)

Pegasus 35 (don’t rate them)

Easy/quicker stuff:

Zoomfly

Racer 6 (sexiest shoes ever)

Streak 6

Boston 6

Racing:

Streak 6

VF

Easy:

Kinvara 10

Freedom ISO

Pegasus 35

Ghost 11, hate these things, too clunky, work well for long runs though

Tempo:

adizero sub2

Zoom Fly Flyknit (current pair is dead and waiting on them to drop in price)

Kinvara's sometimes too just depends

Race/Hard Days:

Nike Streak LT 4

VF 4%, once they're worn out I'll probably start racing in the sub2's or the hoka carbon rockets, waste of money

GOAT shoes:

Saucony Ride 7, Zoom Fly Flyknit, Ghost 10, probably some more I can't think of now

Easy

Hoka Bondi

Tempo

Hoka Bondi

Speed work

Hoka Bondi

Race

Hoka Bondi

I have a "rotation", though it's just a collection of shoes. For training at least, it doesn't really matter to much p match a shoe to a purpose. I used to do sub-5 pace tempos in 12 oz. trainers.

Something different, kind of anti-consumerism or just being cheap: I hate not fully wearing out things before throwing them out, and I still have a lot of old shoes that I'm using every day. So I've mostly abstained from buying new trainers last year, and will continue to do that this year. I'm the guy that sews up holes in uppers, if the shoe still feels good to me otherwise. So here are my current shoes, what year I got them, how many miles are on them.

NB Zante original '16, 660 miles, sewed up uppers once, looking/feeling good

Puma Trailfox 4 '12, 1612 miles, uppers finally starting to split a bit... will go for at least 2,000 miles

adidas A16+ Ultraboost '18, 213 miles, causal slip-on shoes, my newest shoes

Inov-8 Trail Talon 250 '18, 486 miles, my next newest shoes, unrepairable large hole in upper, so I'll get to 500 and toss them out.

adidas takumi Sen 3 '17, 81 miles, mostly use them on treadmill

adidas Adios 2 (before boost) '12, 377 miles, look/feel newish

Merrell Bare Access Trail '14, 552 miles, large hole in upper, ran in them today, and felt fine, so I might not toss them yet.

Merrell Bare Access Ultra '14, 320 miles

Hoka Speedgoat 2 '18, 1023 miles, sewed up uppers a few times, could probably go at least 2,000 miles, but I haven't been wearing them lately in favor of trying to wear out the other shoes first.

Montrail Mountain Masochist II outdry '13, 611 miles, mainly use them for deep snow

Salomon S-Lab Sense 3 SG '15, 252 miles, I'll probably have to put these in the donation bin, try them out a few times per year, but they're too tight.

toomany wrote:

Easy:

Kinvara 10

Freedom ISO

Pegasus 35

Ghost 11, hate these things, too clunky, work well for long runs though

Tempo:

adizero sub2

Zoom Fly Flyknit (current pair is dead and waiting on them to drop in price)

Kinvara's sometimes too just depends

Race/Hard Days:

Nike Streak LT 4

VF 4%, once they're worn out I'll probably start racing in the sub2's or the hoka carbon rockets, waste of money

GOAT shoes:

Saucony Ride 7, Zoom Fly Flyknit, Ghost 10, probably some more I can't think of now

I was looking at the ghost. Maybe not now...

With the emergence of the next% and NB/Hoka having carbon plate shoes, thought I’d bump this thread.

Easy/speed: Floatride

Long: zoomfly

Racing: streak (5k) and 4% (8k+)

No rotation. I run (and walk) in the same shoes for years and thousands of miles.

Easy: Salming Miles

Workouts: Salming Distance

Easy/Long run: Pegasus Turbo

Short race/Intervals: Zoom Streak 7

Long race/Tempo/Progression: Boston 7

This year,

putting in the miles: solarboost

going fast: wave shadow 2

Next year (already purchased),

putting in the miles: floatride forever energy

going fast: boston 8

My opinions on these shoes,

solarboost: heavy, slow, not worth the premium price

wave shadow 2: like the drop, but the cushioning under the forefoot is very hard

floatride forever energy: not a huge fan of narrow forefoot, if it becomes intolerable may have to find something else (maybe waveknit r2)

boston 8: seems pretty good so far, definitely notice the upper folding and wrinkling and pushing into the top of my foot with each step though, this is a common problem I have with a lot of shoes, hopefully it will be more of an annoyance that I can get used to rather than something that becomes more of a problem long term

normal running - Altra Solstice / NB Zante v3 / Saucony Freedom ISO

2hr+ runs - old 4%s

Races - Next %

zzzz wrote:

NB Zante original '16, 660 miles, sewed up uppers once, looking/feeling good

adidas A16+ Ultraboost '18, 213 miles, causal slip-on shoes, my newest shoes

Inov-8 Trail Talon 250 '18, 486 miles, my next newest shoes, unrepairable large hole in upper, so I'll get to 500 and toss them out.

Merrell Bare Access Trail '14, 552 miles, large hole in upper, ran in them today, and felt fine, so I might not toss them yet.

Hoka Speedgoat 2 '18, 1023 miles, sewed up uppers a few times, could probably go at least 2,000 miles, but I haven't been wearing them lately in favor of trying to wear out the other shoes first.

Salomon S-Lab Sense 3 SG '15, 252 miles, I'll probably have to put these in the donation bin, try them out a few times per year, but they're too tight.

6 months later, an update on some of the shoes:

Zantes are now at 912 miles

A 16+ Ultraboosts are at 810 miles

Inov-8 Trail Talon 250s are at 805 miles

Bare Access Trails are at 705 miles

Speedgoat 2s were retired at 1214 miles, uppers too mangled to mend again.

Salomon S-Lab Sense 3 SGs are at 812 miles

Its not having what you want its wanting what you got

Two adidas'

1x @sics gel tarther iii

All about that tread Yo, major factor in dem shoes, good tread good traction good times

Time for an update:

Easy/Long: Floatride Energy (1st version still)

Tempo: Next% (old pair) or Floatride Energy

Speedwork: ASICS Seiha/Nike Speed Racer

You?

Easy/Long: Nike Invincible

Tempo: NB Rebel 2

Speedwork: Adidas Adizero Pro

Race: NEXT%/Adizero Pro

Easy Day: Nike Pegasus 37 / Nike Infinity React

Tempo/Fartlek/Longer reps: Nike Zoom Fly 3 / Nike Vaporfly NEXT%

Track workout (depending on type): Nike streak lt4 / Nike air zoom Victory / Nike Superfly Elite

Long Run: Nike Pegasus Turbo 2

Bump bump bump