Lightweight Trainers

Asic Ds Trainer, Saucony Tangent 3, Brooks st 3 racer, New Balance 903, Nike elite 4, Mizuno Elixir 3. All shoes go for under 10 oz and have a touch of stability. i train full time in the axiom 2's they go for about 10.5. With the kind of mileage you are running your going to be going through shoes every 6 weeks or so.

Do any of these shoes (or any others) have anything like a straight last? I've been looking at similar shoes but they all seem to have a curved last, and feel like they're on sideways.

St racer is not a straight lasted but not curved and I would say that they are closer to straight last than curved lasted.

The Asics Gel Nimbus are a lightweight everyday trainer. They are a little pricey but worth it and about 12oz I think. The Asics DS Trainers are less than 10oz and are another great shoe but you might need a couple pairs if you run on pavement alot.

The Asics Gel Nimbus are a lightweight everyday trainer. They are a little pricey but worth it and about 12oz I think. The Asics DS Trainers are less than 10oz and are another great shoe but you might need a couple pairs if you run on pavement alot.

The nimbus is a brick. Wear one of the sub 10 ounce shoes or a marathon type racing flat if you are looking for something light and flexible.

I've run almost exclusively in the Asics DS Trainers for a while now, and they seem to work fine. I don't like to put much more than 300 miles on them. I have gotten up to 350+, but I was pushing it. During my higher mileage periods (80-85 miles/week), I was buying them quite often - about every 4-5 weeks, depending on how much racing I did the the runhing surface. They seem to last longer on grass, dirt, cinders, synthetic tracks, etc., compared to pavement, as another poster mentioned. The only other lightweight trainer I've tried was something by Mizuno. They were fine, but it bugged the hell out of me when stones would get stuck in the heel.

Nimbus is NOT lightweight! Landreth is lighter than the Nimbus and even the Landreth should not be considered a lightweight trainer.

The Adidas Adizero Tempo is about 10 oz. and offers pretty substantial support for a shoe of its weight.

Nike Hayward 3

Check out the mizuno precision. It's a neutral shoe just under 10oz and pretty durable by my experience. I usually put quite a lot of miles into a single pair before replacing them, but I wear them down pretty evenly, so I suppose someone with a different gait could possibly have problems with them.

The new Pegasus is very light...at a running store a size 9 weighed in at around 9 ozs....I agree as well with the Hayward 3 too

I train mainly in the Mizuno Precision and the Brooks Burn. They are both under 10 oz., although the Burn has been discontinued. You can still pick up a pair by calling the Brooks outlet in WA (425-402-1632). I would recommend the Precision.

And regarding the Saucony Fastwitch, I have friends who have run in them. After less than 100 miles, the soles of the shoes were trashed (almost worn all the way through).

I basically ran in the same category for a while of shoes and i really like the adidas supernova light 6, ive went throug a few pairs of those and been happy.

Now i've been feeling better in more neutral lightweight trainers and i really love the Nike katana series for those.

although people seem to love them, i did not like the DS trainers. I had a pair (XI, i think) and the rubber in the forefoot wore through to the midsole after about 150 miles, then after another 50 or so the midsole was pretty worn away so there was like no cushioning left. Also to me they felt a little squishy underfoot.

The best lightwieght trainer with a little stability that i ever tried was the Puma Heras II. felt great on, cushioning and outsole seemed to last longer than any other shoes ive had, just right in terms of weight and firmness of cushioning. Sadly Puma doesnt make anything quite like it now and you can't find them anymore.

TxXC Coach wrote:

The new Pegasus is very light...at a running store a size 9 weighed in at around 9 ozs....I agree as well with the Hayward 3 too

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probably closer to 9.8 oz, but it is the best shoe for someone who needs little control and is light on their feet.

I just started using the Saucony Tangent 3's on long runs. They're great -- about an ounce lighter than the Asics 1120s, which I've now relegated to recovery runs. The Asics feel like concrete overshoes in comparison.

The Fastwitch 3's are fantastic shoes at only 6.6 ounces (women's), but I wouldn't use them on long runs -- I suspect they'll wear out pretty quickly, so I keep them for tempo runs, track work and races only.

I looked online and the nimbus 9 were 10 oz for women...is that a heavy trainer for a female runner about 114lbs that will be running 65-75 miles over the summer?

Iv'e never used a heavy trainer...right now im training in the ds trainers and before that i trained in the nike zoom milers (R.I.P)...but i was thinking the nimbus looked good for my longer runs when forced to be on pavement