Saucony Ride 14

I tend to stick with a shoe if it works for me, even if it's not perfect. I keep buying the Saucony Ride 14 because I'm used to it and I can get good deals online.

That said, I've had a couple of issues with it. The last couple of pairs I've bought have worn away rather quickly on one side of the sole, so I felt like I was maybe risking injury by keeping running in them, even though the shoe still felt comfortable. Thus I had to buy new pairs.

The other issue is sizing and it's unique to a pair of Saucony Ride 14's I recently bought. Let me first say, I have always worn size 11 dress shoes and I still wear size 11 dress shoes. But for several decades now--I'm now 65--I have worn size 12 running shoes. I don't know why there's such a big difference. Even though I wear size 12 running shoes, I have consistently found myself getting blackened toenails (which usually fall off) because the toeboxes in my running shoes are always a little cramped. But the size 12 running shoes have always been "comfortable" in the sense that they felt good on my feet. This month I bought a new pair of Saucony Ride 14's to replace a previous pair that had erosion on one side of the sole, and I found that the new shoes were way too tight on my feet from the start. I didn't even bother trying to run in them, because they were too tight just walking around.

So I returned the size 12's and bought a pair of size 12.5 shoes that seems to fit pretty well.

I understand that some people can have their feet gradually expand a little as they age and maybe that's happened to me (although I am actually a little lighter than I used to be because I go to the gym a lot and watch my diet).

But I'm not finding my feet to be too tight in any other shoes. My older pairs of size 12 Saucony Ride 14's still fit fine. My size 11 dress shoes still fit fine. So I'm wondering if the Ride 14 model is getting smaller, or there is some quality control issue related to sizing. I don't know, just putting it out there.

I will probably keep buying Ride 14's as long as they are available because I am a creature of habit. However, I may look into getting a pair of carbon plate shoes also because friends tell me I simply gotta have them.

Love the shoes and have used many pairs for thousands of miles. Only drawback with the Ride 14 in particular is that every pair I’ve owned (about 5 now) has had the upper separate from the sole at about 500 miles.  

This is a very solid daily trainer for the money.  Just enough cushioning without being too soft, and the value for money is pretty good, as well.

Shoe was light and comfortable.  Has a smooth ride with a feel that is cushioned but not mushy. Has just enough responsiveness to pick up the pace. Shoe works well for easy and long runs and can function for tempos.