adidas adizero Boston 12

I have approximately 200 miles in the Bostons, doing everything from short recovery runs to longer, faster runs (10 at half marathon pace), to track work (300s @ ~42). Out of these types of runs, they felt best for the longer and faster runs as they were too aggressive for easier runs. On the track stuff, they felt too unstable for going around the corners on the track and slightly too soft for sprinting. However, they really forced me up onto my toes which helped me to increase my cadence and decrease over striding. I would recommend these shoes for someone working to get their foot strike underneath them as it heavily rewards forefoot striking. This feeling does not properly kick in for about 30 miles, before which point they feel overly firm. I would recommend getting these shoes half a size down because they fit quite long and wide, so it is difficult to get a good lockdown.

Overall, these are an incredibly good long distance uptempo trainer that feels good even if you do end up doing reps closer to mile pace.

I did my first three marathons in the Boston 4, 5 and 6 then switched to On to change things up.  I tried the 10 and 11, both were terrible - super clunky.  The 12 is a completely different shoe, it’s fast, light, the right amount of torsion and looks nice.  It’s my go to training shoe for tempo days.  (Have two BQs and completed multiple full IMs).  There’s too much technology in other shoes to make this a race day shoe, but if carbon plates didn’t exist, this would be my shoe.

I love the balance of fit (perfect foot shape, forefoot room) heel lock down.  light weight , durability, versatility. Responsive, Bouncy and protective Cushion and performance. I use for all runs, short, long, slow , fast and road and trail. I do mountain, ultra trail running and racing. But also train for road half/marathons. This shoe is my go to most of the time. 
the lacing system and lockdown are the only flaws I see. 7-10 score there. But it’s not a deal breaker. The softer light strike 2.0 is great. Still I would love to see in the next version a better lockdown/lacing and a version called Boston Pro 13 with all lightstrike pro cushion! That would make this shoe the best! Also a trail version with same upper But continental trail grip with 3.5 mm lugs. Hallelujah! 

This shoe is so ugly. My first high stack height shoe, and honestly, I almost couldn't pull the trigger to buy them. I've always run in lower, lighter shoes from Adidas. But, wow! Once I got these on and put in a few miles, the ease with which these roll through the toe was just obvious. It is so much less effort to keep the cadence up and get this aging frame through those easy miles. While I won't convert to this shoe entirely, a pair will certainly remain in the shoe rack for easy distance runs in smooth terrain.

Great show bit toe box is large and has a break in period of 50-100 miles. Otherwise, great shoe. 

Great for long runs and speed workouts. Bought them for road races and paved tempo workouts, but they preformed surprisingly well for grass speedwork and other XC training although that isn't their biggest strength. Most of the miles on these are from Long Runs, typically 17 miles around 6:00. Some of my teammates use them as a daily trainer and that works for them but I prefer to keep them for long runs and speedwork.

I've been in Adidas shoes for decades. With the advent of higher stack height trainers, I just couldn't find something that didn't look chunky and didn't feel clunky on easy runs. As I've aged and gotten heavier, I need something with room for my forefoot to move and some decent cushioning. I was pining for the Response model from the 90s. Along came the Adios Boston. Great shoe. Great cushioning. Excellent comfort. And not too "chunky/clunky".

A fantastic do it all shoe. Only minor criticism is the weak heal counter. 

Great shoe and probably the most durable shoe I’ve ever owned which is nice because I tend to over supinate and put a lot of wear on my shoes quickly. I also have rather wide feet so I ordered the wide version and found that it works very well. The cushioning is soft enough for easy to mod distance long distance days, I probably wouldn’t take it faster than 6:00min mile pace to be honest. 

Just bought a second pair as back-up as I liked the first ones so much