Trainer: tempus. A good shoe but will be changing to the novablast 4 ride or triumph 21 once im finished. Speed : endorphin speed 3. really fun shoe Racing: metaspeed sky paris a cheaper alphafly cushion: dont currently have one but if i were to get one it would be the nimbus most likley.
I am glad you didn’t pick any plated "super trainers". There’s nothing wrong with them. Some are great and I have two of them that I occasionally use. But I feel a plate in a running shoe and premium pricing make them gimmicky. After all running should still be the poor folk’s sport.
What would be the first choice for shorter distance trail runners then? I do no more than 5 miles over the countryside/trails and not looking for a long distance shoe.
@@Runningshoesgurucom Thanks for reply. I'm in the Scottish Borders and the terrain is mainly over grassy fields. I'll check out the Pegasus trails. Have the Asics Trabuco Max 2 at the moment but find them too 'clumpy' and heavy for the short distance I run. Very comfy though.
my lineup: long/recovery runs: Ultraboost 23. comfortable if you get the size right, which is particularly tricky with this shoe, it comes smaller than expected. at 800 km, foam looks and feels decent, though prone to chipping on impact with pretty much anything that isn't stadium terrain/not covered by the undersole. upper material is starting to become abrasive, a few blisters have started to pop up on 25+ km runs. speedy shorter runs: Adizero SL. not great, not terrible. foam's a bit stiff and even hard, so definitely not a shoe to wear when fearing injuries. at 250 km, foam looks wrinkly like an 80 year old smoker but I've hardly noticed a change in stiffness if there was any. plenty of undersole material, typical for Adidas. raceday shoe: Novablast 3: absolute banger of a shoe, fast, responsive, soft and stable, without any fancy tech though and with alarmingly small undersole patches. takes about 50-80 km to break in and get used to. at 150 km, foam feels noticeably different to how it felt in km 20, though not in a bad way... it still makes you wonder though how much this shoe will change and how durable it is. the shoe is cosmetically pretty much new though and is absolutely comfortable for 21-42 km. trail: Akasha II: a wild beast. soft midsole with an extra stiff and grippy undersole material. is the speedgoat's undersole feels like an eraser the akasha feels like a bloody suv tire. undersole is a bit stiff, however, which can give you speed but takes away some feeling of the terrain if that's important to you. has very effective toe protection. at 85 km it's basically brand new but I've only taken it on 20+ trail runs and it has been consistently stellar. thanks for the recommendations. that saucony looks great for chill runs. cheers :)
