What shoes you wearing now and what next?

So after 100K of joyous tempo and session running there's a fupping split in the sole 😭😢

Not massive atm but I'm not expecting it to heal itself 😅

Was using them very sparingly and only for certain sessions.... absolutely love them so pretty p1ssed off tbh.

Until the split appeared they were probably my favorite shoe I've ever run in.

Not sure if they made me faster or not (I think they did) but the recovery after a run is where they really excel.

Anyway, Nike are offering a refund which is something I guess.....still half tempted to blow my refund on another pair 😂😆 Goddammit Nike!

I only found out about the known flaw in Tempos after I bought them....I already have Vaporflys and Zoom Flys which I've been keeping for races.

Will have a think about going back to the Tempos....will Nike keep replacing/refunding them infinitely if they keep splitting?

Regarding Vaporflies, is there any real difference between mens and womens version?

I'm a uk8 in Nike and can see the women's version for €50 cheaper?

Edit - Question still stands but it appears to be only the bright pink version that's reduced.

I've got a pair of Nike React Infinity Run Flyknit 3's on the way as they seem to work well for me as an everyday shoe, well at least versions 1 & 2 have. They live at home & I've a pair of Reebok Energy runners in a locker at work. The Nike's always show up on the app for €79 at some stage during the year instead of the more normal €160 price tag.

Anyone tried the new Decathlon carbon plate shoe yet? Apologies if discussed before, this thread moves too fast for me.

Pegasus 39s came over the weekend, looking forward to testing them out.

Anyone have the Saucony endorphin pro 3, bought a pair a couple of weeks ago and have struggled with them. Left shoe gave a little rubbing on the achillies, and seemed tight across the top of the foot where the laces are knotted.

I've never that any problem like that before, so I ran with them in Berlin, after about 7 miles I had a pain across the left foot, but it went after a mile. But when I finished both feet were sore on top and still are. It's like the laces were too tight but they weren't, maybe the very thin tongue obviously doesn't offer too much protection

It's very much dependent on your foot type. Personally I find the vaporfly narrower in the toe box than the alphafly so I need half a size up in vaporfly.

I have them and struggled with Achillies and blisters on the first couple of runs. They seem to have broken in now and no issues up to HM. Going to take them on my LSR this weekend and see how they are.

I noticed some discomfort in the ball of my left foot last week towards the end of a 20 miler. A couple of folk on the improvers thread said they also had some issues.

A review I read mentioned wearing a half size bigger due to the tight toe box, or wearing thinner socks.

Hoping it's simply a 'breaking in' issue, and also, I've never ran in a high stack shoe before so hopefully it's just the foot getting used to that difference.

Could do without the stress of it tbh though.

I’m the same size as you I’ve two pairs of VF and a couple of pairs of AF, the VF definitely fit smaller I went a half size up in VF perfect. AF fit true to size for me.

Me and the Novablasts never got along - enjoying the Puma Velocity as an everyday trainer as well as Reeboks Floatrides.

A couple of random shoe questions:

Do Reebok do half sizes?

Was interested in trying out the Floatrides but from what I saw they only had full sizes available (unless I'm missing something obvious)

New Balance store in Kildare Village.

Haven't been to Kildare Village in a couple of years....will probably pop in there on the way back from DCM. Does anyone know if they stock 880s or 1080s?

I don't think they had them the last time I was there and I'm looking to diversify from Nike a bit... although I'll probably end up splurging in there as well 😂

Thanks for all info.

That makes sense about the Reeboks...it was the carbon plate ones I was looking at alright

Which shop is LS?