Your favorite 3-shoe rotation?

Not sure why you got such an obnoxious response on the first replay but mine is

In College (Adidas School):

Daily Trainer: Adidas Glide Boost Super Nova

Spike: Adidas Avanti (Great shoe, nearly like a super spike)

Flat/Workout Shoe: Adidas Adizero Adios

Post College:

Daily Trainer: Hoka Rincon 3

Spike: Nick Dragonfly

Flat/Workout Shoe: Nike Vaporfly Fly Next Percent 2

Daily: Endorphin Speed 2

Recovery: Novoblast 3

Race: Nike Alphafly 1 (less favored racers Endorphin Pro 1/2 and Vaporfly 2 for speed runs)

everything except workouts -pegasus 39

Tempo - Vaporfly

Track work - Dragonfly

Nike zoom streak LT

ADIDAS Takumi Sen

Saucony type A6

Here's what I am doing right now:

Easy days: Nike Vomero 17

Threshold work: Asics Novablast 3

Race day: Nike Next% 2

Easy Runs - Saucony Kinvara 13

Tempo & Long - Saucony Endorphin Speed 3

Road Race & Track Work - Nike Next% 2

I also use several spikes for specific track work and track races. (Far more than I need as a 30 year old hobbyjogger!)

Adidas Adizero Adios Pro for road racing and hard workouts.

Saucony Endorphin Speed and Endorphin Pro for my moderate and easy runs.

I gave up on finding more "practical" base run shoes. The Sauconys just feel so good.

Daily Trainer and Tempo Runs: Superblast

Threshold/Interval: Endorphin Speed 2

Race Day/Track Work: Alphafly

I'm a hobby jogger sort of have a 3 shoe rotation. Sort of, but not really, because I don't have shoes that are dedicated to racing or speed work and I don't own a pair of spikes.

Saucony Triumph 20 & Hoka Challenger ATR 6 - most of my runs are in these shoes. For running on dirt trails I usually go with the Hoka.

Saucony Kinvara 14 or whatever the latest Kinvara may be - speed work, road races, community XC races.

I have thought about getting a pair of plated shoes but TBH, I enjoy cycling more ad doubt that they would help much. Also, I don't really care if I run faster.

I do some 5K & 10K road races and there are some community XC races in the summer that range between 2 miles and 5K. I probably only race about 6-8 times total throughout the year. My 5Ks are typically in the high 16:00 to low 17:00 range. On a flat course and if I'm feeling good I can run in the low 16s. About 5 years ago I was typically in the 15:30 range. 10 Ks are normally in the 36:00 to 38:00 range.

I don't understand the posters who use Novablast 3 for tempo runs. What kind of paces do you run these at? These do not seem like fast shoes to me. I can't imagine wanting to run faster than marathon pace in them.

My tempo runs are typically somewhere in the low 7's. I'm not sure if it's the rocker or the trampoline effect or what, but they really feel great to me at that pace. I'm around 185lb, so that may make a difference as well.

On the flip-side, I don't like them for easy runs because they make me want to run too fast.

Thanks for your reply. Yeah that's about the pace I see them working at, but maybe a lot depends on the runner and the footstrike.

By the way, have you tried the Saucony Triumph 20?

I have not. Why type of run do you recommend them for?

Daily/recovery: Hoka Clifton 9

Long/tempo: Saucony Kinvara Pro

Intervals/race: Nike Vaporfly Next% 2

What do you think of the Kinvara Pro? I've been wanting to try it out. Have you compared it to the Endorphin Speed 3 at all?

They're highly cushioned, so good for easy runs and long runs but they do have a good bounce to them and can work for tempo runs as well.

They can be found for really cheap too.

I never wore the Speed 3, but I did run in the Speed 2 in the past. I like the Pro a lot, it's not as fast as the Endorphin, but it's very cushioned and comfortable while still providing that forward roll that Saucony has perfected. To me it's an ideal shoe for a long run with some marathon pace work.