In my book hands down its the New Balance 890v4, that is one awesome shoe that is light yet excellent forefoot cushioning along with good response on the road!
In my book hands down its the New Balance 890v4, that is one awesome shoe that is light yet excellent forefoot cushioning along with good response on the road!
Asics Gel Noosa Tri is a good brand for this. I had Asics Gel Noosa Tri 7, now also consider buying new ones. I found a good review for Asics Gel Noosa Tri 9 www.squidoo.com/asics-gel-noosa-tri-9-review and very impressed with what I read. It might be of help to you as well.
bigmeats wrote:
the nike free is the worst "running" shoe in existence.
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That's funny, I think it's the best "running" shoe in existence. I do have to re-lace them to take some of the pressure off my forefoot, but I find that they are softer to run in than to walk in.
I've had 13 pairs of the Free 5 and 4 pairs of the Free 3. The only Frees that haven't worked for me are the Flyknit Free. They make my left foot go numb after 6 miles.
The second version was the one that worked best. When the third version came out I bought up all of the second versions I could find. Nine of them.
Light, flexible and soft. The only problem has been some pain on the outside of my right forefoot. That's why I've had to re-lace them.
Saucony Kinvara's are a good choice also.
Merrell Bare Access.
Wow...i thought this thread was dead.
i've had serious achilles issues since running in college. i ruptured one and the other got so bad that i quit running and have been bike racing for 10+ years.
but in the off-season, i've been able run just a bit. i've been running in mizuno precisions, brooks launch, and brooks ghosts.
these have been serving me well but this year, i'm healthy enough to able to do some speedwork and i found that my stride substantially to where i strike the ground on the outside of my little toes. i've always had problems finding shoes that didn't tear up my forefoot, especially on the outside.
maybe stack height isn't the correct term, but i've never run in one of the more recent light weight trainers/racers. i've talked to people who have run in the kinvaras and brooks pure flows and they tell me that you feel like your heel is lower than your toes. for speedwork, this would be fine, but unless i were to warm up in my trainers then go switch to this type of shoe for speed, i can't imagine that this would not put a lot of strain on my one intact achilles tendon.
i could be wrong but i've been running for 35 years and i'm running pain free for the first time since high school so i'm afraid of this dramatic a change in shoe structure.
People are going to laugh, but I think the Skechers GoRun Ride (version 3 now) is one of the best mileage eating daily trainers ever. Very light, no nonsense, nothing getting in your way - just a nice "ride" for lack of a better term. Their other GoRun (lighter version) is also good but tends to wear out in the forefoot quickly for me. I never thought I'd be caught dead in a pair of Skechers but these are now my go-to shoes for almost all easy/moderate runs.