Adidas shoes that sponsored elites/Adidas NCAA schools wear

Adidas stopped making real running shoes about 5 years ago. It is sad if you walk into a running store and ask to see what Adidas they have.

Great tactic wrote:

Adidas stopped making real running shoes about 5 years ago. It is sad if you walk into a running store and ask to see what Adidas they have.

Adidas these days seems to be heavily into making performance shoes for real athletes, so I guess if you're an old fart loser with bad biomechanics (heel striker) because you never learned to run right, you might not like them.

Eastbay, list 95 Adidas running shoes, but only 1 for low mileage, and only 7 stability. The vast majority are light weight performance (i.e., real shoes for real athletes). Adidas has a much higher percentage as lightweight performance and trail than does Nike.

The one I have, one of the climacool series, is 7-8 ounces (size 12) on my scale with more cushioning than a flat, but the the overbuild blunderbusses for non-athletes that Nike and New Balance sell. I've had it for about 2 years.

I.e., Adidas schools have a lot to choose from for regular running shoes. The spikes, many from Adidas having very hard plates, are a bit trickier.

It is funny as hell that you call the previous poster a jogger and then mention EASTBAY. The irony is astounding.

To give you a serious answer, the current adidas equivalent of the Pegasus (traditional mid-weight neutral shoe) is the Supernova Glide 4. For a lighter training shoe it would be the adizero Boston 3.

looks like the Glide costs about $30 more than the Pegasus..the Pegs always wear out quickly for me. Do you think the Boston/Glide are more durable?

I found the Boston 2 to be very durable. Im at around 450 miles on them and have retired them. I could of gotten more but I felt like trying something new.

fromniketoAdidas wrote:

looks like the Glide costs about $30 more than the Pegasus..the Pegs always wear out quickly for me. Do you think the Boston/Glide are more durable?

I've had 2 pairs of the Glide 4's now, absolutely love them. Durability is very good, and as far as feel, I prefer them by a long shot over the Pegasus. I prefer a slightly firmer shoe anyway (I used to run in the Mizuno Wave Riders, but switched when the updated it from 13 to 14), and find the Pegasus way too soft.

A roommate of mine trains in the Boston's, and overall they fit and feel relatively similar, though having slightly less cushioning. Durability is similar to the Glide's.

I suggest the SL-72 or the Country. Those were the last quality shoes made with 3 stripes.

I used to run for a school sponsored by Adidas; the only running shoe I liked after they canceled the Boston classics was the latest Glide model that came out in 2012. After getting a small sponsorship with a Nike sponsored running club, I moved to (and like) the Pegasus. So if you used to run in the Pegasus and are moving to Adidas, I recommend the Glides.

assless chaps wrote:

It is funny as hell that you call the previous poster a jogger and then mention EASTBAY. The irony is astounding.

No its not.

The Aegis and the Mana are both great neutral running shoes. Even the Adios for more efficient runners is good. I haven't seen one of those shoes break down in under 500 miles on a neutral runner. Runners that pronate excessively can even get 350+ before the Adios starts to cave in (the luna caves around 250 from what I've seen on similar runners.)

I usually put 500-600 miles on a pair of Adios (145lbs.). Then they still look good and I wear them casually for walking or hiking around or whatever. (well, I did this before they started making the in hideous colors only...)

Adidas school runner here.

Anyone who says the Adios or Mana is nuts. Those are essentially flats, (we use the mana as flats). My school runners use the latest Glide which seems kinda bulky to me. I prefer the Boston 2 or 3 which are very light and fit very well.

Boston is the best Adidas trainer in my opinion if it fits well.

The aegis is probably the best running shoes that is at the moment. The new spikes are great, except for one thing:

They are too narrow and they have reduced their usual sizes with 0.5cm, which is ridiculous.

assless chaps wrote:

It is funny as hell that you call the previous poster a jogger and then mention EASTBAY. The irony is astounding.

What's wrong with Eastbay? Do you not like inexpensive gear?

The Adidas Boston is a great shoe. I also like the Tempo. I ran for a University that had a deal with Adidas.

You can't beat Nike spikes, but Adidas has some great trainers. Even their cushion shoes are nice.

I also like the Nike Pegasus. I would compare the Pegasus to the Boston, but the Boston feels a little faster.

Is the sizing the same for the Pegs/Boston?

Oh, I don't know about that. Around these parts, we like the Adios as a daily trainer quite well. It is super light, but it has pretty much a standard trainer design and offset, so there isn't a huge transition necessary. Several of the elites around here (OT qualifiers) wear them regularly too. Personally, I like the previous version better (the green ones). I'm not fast, by any stretch of the imagination, pretty heavy (160) and I wear them three or four times per week. My first pair lasted well over 500 miles. They're the shit.

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