What shoes you wearing now and what next?

The speed 3 is the most disappointing shoe I've ever used. After the amazing game changing 1 and good version 2 this shoe is absolutely awful. No rocker, no energy return no use..

If Boards was a running shoe shop, we’d have sold you a pair of Brooks adrenaline gts weeks ago and sent you on your way! Maybe even the Ghost if you were fancy 😃

Ive put about 1000km on all my Speeds. The 3 is a weird one - with the 1 & 2 it was a session & tempo shoe for sure, whereas with the 3 I find myself using it for the easy+strides runs, or a long run, and I use something else for the sessions.

Also, most shoes feel lovely on their first run, but the Speed 3 feel noticeably ‘off’ on the first run or two and then they settled down and are just fine.
I liked them, but with so many choices now, I’ll get the New Balance Rebel v4 for the easy+strides runs instead, the Speed 4 @ €200 is too much for that

The saucony triumph are a very solid daily trainer, you won't go wrong.

Saucony have form, they ruined the speed range with the 3 and by some accounts the pro 4 is getting a lot less love than the 3.

hard to get deals on Carbon shoes - I’ve seen the Adidas Adios Pro 3 and the Saucony Endorphin Pro 3 both on sales in most of the usual places

I finally gave up last night and paid the €160 on the official NB site - they got stock in last night. im running on wooden shoes for the past few weeks waiting for a deal anywhere. Its mad there’s no deal anywhere, but I’m sure thats linked to the fact that all the sites are out of stock for the normal sizes - I don’t think I’ve ever paid sticker price for a pair of shoes ever 🙄😀

I made a similar comment a few posts back, it's bizarre. Thankfully I went mad enough picking up bargains over the last two years that I still have some stock, but I've been keeping an eye out for months and haven't seen any good deals, I'm mostly looking for new balance fuelcell, the super trainers or rave shoes, and addidas prime, have picked them up previously heavily discounted.... would like to try asics superblast but no hope !

onto my 2nd pair of Clifton 9’s, most comfortable pair of runners I’ve ever had. Couldn’t recommend them enough, just be careful if you have a wide foot to order the wide fitting one online, shops here don’t tend to stock them.

Seems fairly slim pickings on the ASICS outlet too. I definitely picked up a pair of novablast 2 around this time last year for €90, and then even got a couple more pairs over the summer at €70, they don't have any novablast 3 left In my size on the outlet at all, so don't think I'll be doing the same!

I bought a couple of pairs of 3s last October and I still have an unopened pair, so I'm fine for a while, but I'm pretty sure I'll need to pick up another pair of something over marathon training.

how many miles were you getting on the Guides before they were done?

Anyone got a pair of Saucony endorphin elites, i cant get a pair of aplhaflys anywhere and was wondering are they an equal alternative.

Crap, just looked and only 7s now. I would have chanced the 9.5, im a 9.

Thanks for the tag

alphafly 3 available today on the Nike site/app.

The run testers just did a comparison between the neo vista and the Superblast 2. They concluded that they are very similar but the neo vista is better for daily easy miles whilst the SB 2 is better for more up tempo stuff. Also they cited the big price difference as the main reason to go for the neo vista over SB 2.

I have a pair for €170 from December, they’re a great shoe.

What (or who) is Y-3? It says these collab edition shoes are reduced from €360! 😀

marathon season about to start. For those of you with the Alphafly 3, what are your thoughts?

I’m a tall lanky stride runner (long stride, lower cadence). I’m told my mechanics are more suited to a bouncier super shoe, to make that stride even longer as I speed up - which the alphafly would obviously be.

They’re more freely available now on Nike and sports shops, elverys etc.

Y-3 is apparently a famous Japanese fashion designer. They collaborate with Adidas over a wide range of products that are priced at a big premium. Not something I'd have any interest in personally but I did pick up a pair of the Y-3 Adios Pros as the price was pretty good. They arrived the other day in a very plush package. Wouldn't be that keen on the look of them to be honest but they're a great shoe so I'll not worry about it.

I wear the same size in Adidas and Nike super shoes and have found them both to be true to size.

My expensive Asic Metaspeed Edge arrived earlier in the week,I have only managed a fast(for me) 5 mile run….

So light, fit great, look great and decent laces and lacing. I hate the Vaporfly lacing. Eventhough I set my Marathon PB in them…

I will report back after a long run…it will be a while as ForestFest is going to stall everything !!