New Balance Zante Pursuit (2pairs)- an all-around shoe that is also good for tempos
Altra Escalante Racer - racing flat used for shorter track work
Nike Zoom Fly - Longer track work and tempo runs
Skechers GoRun Ride 8 - Long Run shoe (good cushioning and bouncy. Get over the stereotype!)
Brooks Glycerin 17 - Easy day shoe (don't use it too much, the cushioning is too mushy for me)
My newest shoes are three-year-old Adidas, and they're too firm to run in, so I don't.
My running shoes are 10-year-old Skechers. Though I've got a pair of 2015 Zoots I'll start wearing soon. Ya'll have to have the lastest stuff, huh?
Shoes wear down with time, but yes... when it comes to buying new shoes i usually go for their current iterations, unless i particularly like an older model and reviews seem to indicate that the newer models go into a different direction as i did end of last year when i got me 2 replacement pairs for my Altra Escalante 1.5 (2018 models), as the newer ones seem to be stiffer, narrower, and firmer cushioned.
Hoka Carbon X- using this shoe for pretty much everything. Long, short, faster tempo runs
Hoka Rincon- shorter runs, put them on on occasion. Not reaching for these all that often
Sketchers Horizon Vanish- Shorter tempo runs, haven't raced in this shoe yet. Will use as 5/10k races most likely. Not enough miles on these to fully review yet
Nike Kiger 5- All my trail running needs
Will be buying a pair of Hoka EVO speedgoats this week most likely. Also would like to try the VaporFly Next% as a novelty shoe and see if it enhances anything or not for fun.
Hoka Rincon - daily drivers
Old 4%s - anything over 13 miles
Saucony Kinvara - speed work / < 10 mile runs
Altra Solstice - <= 5 mile runs, use much less now
Next % - race shoe
Easy Floatride Energy
Tempo Turbo 35’s
Speed Speed Racer 6
Racing...what’s racing?
Trail Torrent
This being said. I’ve ran all of the above in the Floatride Energy - most versatile shoe I’ve ever ran in.
Trail: just added the Arc’teryx Norvand LD 2 to the line up. Big fan so far, grip is amazing.
Is anybody running Asics anymore?
Easy Days - Reebok Forever Floatride Energy 2
Tempo/MP work - Adidas Adizero Boston 7
Intervals - New Balance FuelCell Rebel
Long Runs - Adidas Adizero Tempo (but switched to Floatride as these are getting old..). Need another shoe - any suggestions?
Trail - Salomon Speedcross (less than 10 miles, get blisters on my arches otherwise) / Innov8 Mudclaws
Taken me a while to figure these out. Got some Reebok Forever Run Fast on order as focusing on mile to 5K. Might try the Pro out as well..
For marathon next Spring I will get the Adidas Adizero Pro.
Also have some Nike Peg 36 (have run a HM in these but I don’t really like them); Mizuno Waveriser (found these too clunky); Adidas Solar Drive (hated every moment in them).
"Is anybody running Asics anymore? "
In the last several months I have ran in a number of Asics models. The have some great qualities to them but overall did not work for me.
I’ve enjoyed the Rincon and Carbon X also. I go for the Rincon more often though and save the Carbon X for faster efforts.
I’ll run once or twice a week in a pair of Altra Torin Plush on easy runs. I like the feel and think it’s good for my feet.
Pegasus 35 for most treadmill runs and occasional other runs to change things up.
For trails I’m running in the Altra Timp 1.5. Super comfortable shoe but not enough cushion for real long efforts. Lone Peak for anything over 12 miles or so.
These are the shoes I own.
Adidas pulse boost hd Ltd m
Nike vomero 14
Sketchers ultrarun R-road
Saucony hurricane ISO 2
How should I rotate these shoes? Which ones to use for easy, long, intervals, tempo?
Easy runs - Brooks Ghost 12
Recovery runs - Nike Peg 36
Fast work-outs - Nike Zoom Turbo
Fastest work-outs - NB 1400v6
Not sure how I feel about the Turbos. First run - my right arch ached terribly the last few miles, but after a couple runs they feel fine. But they just don't seem to have the spring in them people report. They seem to hone in on HM pace, but they don't feel "Right" at speeds faster than that.
Easy runs: Adidas Ultraboost, Nike Infinity Run
Tempos / intervals: NB FuelCell Rebel
Long Runs / general aerobic: Nike Pegasus (35s way better than 36s)
Racing: Still searching. Don't love the 4%/Next% as they beat up my calves/quads too much
Recently got the NB FuelCell TC and they are awesome so far, so they might be my new racers (or the RC when they come out)