Adidas Supernova Glide 6 and 7 for easy days Adidas Boston Boosts or Adios Boosts for track days. I quit running in Adidas when they discontinued the Supernovas and went with Solar Glides and Solar Boosts which were terrible shoes.
Same with me. I trained in these shoes for all of college. I loved the Adidas Supernovas, when they went to the Solar glides I hated them. The back of the shoe was too high and it was giving me pain in my Achilles. After that I bounced around in Nike Pegs before finally switching to the Hoka Rincon 3s which I have run in ever since.
They're old school "running" shoes. Super minimal. I wear them for almost all my gym work. They last damn near forever. I've run in them a handful of times when I've forgotten my running shoes and it's like wearing a pair of flats.
The Skechers GoMeb speeds with the pseudo Flyknit uppers and carbon fiber shank. Mine were in forest green, which is an awesome color way not often used. Amazingly durable and comfortable in all paces. Spent a couple of years trying to find more, but alas.
Eldoret II's for spikes, in black, silver, and white.
More recently, Adios Pro 2's in the release white color.
Honorable mention to the original Nike free rn... must have gone through 5 pairs of those.
Most hated: anything from Asics up until the present moment. Gel garbage. Had to run in them because of school sponsorship.
I'm going to say Onitsuka Tiger Marathons, circa 1971 or so.
Prior to them, my running shoes had leather uppers, which took time to break in, were terrible when wet, and cracked over time. The Marathons were so light and flexible that running seemed so much easier. I've had better shoes, but none that were so lights-out better than any previous ones.
I've been running in these lately, they're great. I'm not sure if I really have a favorite trainer, but they're up there for sure. I liked the Nike lunar racer as a racing shoe back in 2010.
I'm going to say Onitsuka Tiger Marathons, circa 1971 or so.
Prior to them, my running shoes had leather uppers, which took time to break in, were terrible when wet, and cracked over time. The Marathons were so light and flexible that running seemed so much easier. I've had better shoes, but none that were so lights-out better than any previous ones.
I had a pair of Nike Cortez leather back in 1975. They were the cutting edge of running shoe technology back then.