If you underpronate, under pronate or have self-diagnosed underpronation, this thread is dedicated to you. My shoes wear on the outside midway of the sole and I tend to rip the upper on the outside. Here are some shoes I've trained and how they worked out for me.
I have size 11 D width feet(wide-ish). Run ~70 mpw. Mileage pace is ~8:00/mile.
PRs: 2:08 800m, 4:18 1500m, 16:12 5K, 22:18 4 Mile (xc) 34:30 10K, 1:28 Half-Marathon
All shoes listed were used as primary trainers, not special-purpose.
Brooks PureFlow 1 (10.5D)
Pro: Fit was amazing as advertised. Unbreakable - even thin rubber sole "pods" were pristine after 700+ miles mostly on concrete. Wear pattern was dead-center, unlike most of my other shoes.
Con: AWFUL traction on wet surfaces. Very awkward to run fast in. Uglier than sin.
Nike Lunar Montreal (a Lunarracer sole on a mesh upper): (10.5D)
Pro: Comfortable at all paces (especially speedy). Good traction on different surfaces. Light.
Con: Fit was narrow (not uncomfortable during runs, uncomfortable to walk in), wear pattern indicates it exacerbated my weird under-pronation (striking on outside of foot), became trash after ~600 miles (outside of upper blew out)
Nike Lunaracer+3 (11D)
Pro: Same as above
Con: Even narrower than Lunar Montreal, outside near pinky toe blew out w/in 150 miles causing blisters (cheap upper), short shoelaces, BRS1000 fell off ~300 miles leaving raw EVA
Note: I developed chronic metatarsal pain (not fracture) while training in Lunaracers. Possibly incidental - trained on a defective, brittle track during this time.
Saucony Kinvara3 (11D)
Pro: Comfy fit (unlike Lunaracer I could wear these walking), deeper traction on forefoot, wear pattern indicated I was striking closer to center. Really liked running in this shoe.
Cons: Upper exploded after 120 miles and two ~12 mile races (one on trail)
Nike Vomero 6 (10.5D)
Pro: Great upper construction, comfortable fit, soft underfoot, great traction from full-length tread, wear pattern indicated I was close to center
Cons: A little too squishy, Weird Air (cushioning) placement at extremes of heel and toe made it hard to engage either (only really felt it at full stride), kinda dead feel underfoot, thighs and butt felt really sore after long runs (maybe incidental)
Nike Pegasus 30 (11D)
Pro: Less squishy than Vomero, Great upper construction, comfortable fit, great traction from full-length tread, wear pattern indicated I was close to center
Con: Same post-run soreness as Vomero, Air in heel only; I felt like I had to run a specific way (high turnover, short-ish stride) to avoid engaging monster heel
Saucony Cortana 3 (11D)
Pro: Nice traction, no exposed EVA at sole, light
Con: Upper exploded after ~100 miles(ripped midway on outside under Saucony swoosh), had to cinch laces waaaay down (kinda extra-wide fit)
Note- I duct-taped this pair after the rip and got 700+ miles without further breakdown - I changed trainers after discovering the Cortana has a medial post wtf)
Brooks Ghost 6 (11.5D)
Pro: Durable upper (so far @200 miles), great traction, surprisingly GREAT for speed-work (200m/400m felt very light and responsive) and mileage
Con: Wearing at extreme outside - treads falling off heel. Kinda soaks up sweat.