There are thousands of shoes available, to reduce procrastination and because I tend to like them, I’m using Nike this season. I am impressed with the Pegasus, but not the Structure. The React Miler will be an experiment but the few reviews I can find are encouraging.
I’m looking for opinions on those models or any alternatives I’ve missed.
I have used Nike in the past. I used structure for a few years when I started running.
IMO, nike was stale in running shoes technology for years. They didn’t had a shoe I liked. Then the pegasus 35, 36 came out. They were great. The turbos were excellent, but way too expensive. The 4% and next% were also great but again, way too expensive.
Sadly, many people didn’t discovered the wonders of the adidas supernova glide 7 and 8. Specially the 8. That was the perfect shoe. If you had only one shoe, that would probably be it. It had absolutely everything. It was discontinued in 2017 and since then I’ve looked for a similar experience. The pegasus were close, until the change to react for 37.
2 years ago i discovered the Reebok floatride energy. And this is the spiritual successor of the supernova. Another almost perfect shoe. You can do almost anything with it. Speed sessions and long runs. And to boot they are only 100! Which is insane for a shoe like that! Nike would sell the same shoe for $200! It’s a shoe that will last over 800 miles easy …
Nike has the market, but I always encourage people to think beyond Nike.
Long course triathlon was when I took shoes more seriously, Asics GT 2000 did well for my long slow running, their trail shoes were okay but the Salomon Speedcross was excellent. Back to roads I liked the Nike Lunarglide then I tried Adidas Boost and variety of relatively cheap shoes but then I managed to get a bunch of Nikes really cheap in their sales last summer and was impressed with the Pegasus. I got the 4% as well, and from my trials at the track everything they said was true - so those are saved for race day.
The pegasus changed to a much softer foam for 2020 version… It changed the shoe completely. It’s like a different shoe. So if you had a pegasus 36 and love it (like i did) you may not like the 37/38. They are fine shoes, but for the price, there are better shoes out there…
I always try to rotate from shoe and shoe brands. I try not the be exclusive of one brand… Although I tend to gravitate to adidas 
Currently my rotation is floatride for long/easy runs, Boston for workouts and adios for race pace runs.
Ah all the bargains I was after have disappeared while I procrastinated! 
With three shoes in rotations maybe I don’t need new ones yet anyway, I’ll give them a wash and reassess!
A friend of the GF and I had her pacer drop out the week before her 50 miler. My GF texted me and said “Hey, why don’t we go?”. We were only going to be 3 hours away on an MTB and running trip, so why not? We packed up after our ride Friday night and drove the 3 hours to camp out near the aid station where we would meet her.
So we “ran” the last 14 miles (and 3000’ of elevation gain) of the Bryce Canyon 50 miler as a surprise (we told her the night before, AFTER we arrived). Also meant we got to run a few miles and bike several hours at Thunder Mountain the following day.
I won’t use Nike for some of the business practices. Other than that, I have no brand loyalty, though I have found certain brands more or less favorable. I love the idea of Hoka, but they don’t agree with me, Salomon just always feel great on the trails for me. I think I have 7 difference brands of trail and road shoes right now.
I mostly agree with this… My first pare of running shoes where Nike Free’s about 10 years ago… I discovered Brooks after and stuck with Ghosts for several years. They just worked and worked well for me.
Throughout the years Nike just kept getting more and more expensive and seem to focus on lifestyle/aesthetics vs function. It wasn’t until I found a pair of Turbos on sale that I gave them a try… They immediately became my mainstay… Bought multiple pairs (on sale) followed by 4%, NEXT% and AlphaFly’s… With the later being used for racing only.
The racing shoes are expensive but worth it IMO… The others are more or less no different that most other daily trainers. e.g. Pegasus $120 vs Brooks Ghosts $130 vs Brooks Levitates $150… All of which I can get 400-500 miles from so for me they are all worth cost.
Now imagine a shoe as good, but it cost $100 and last 800 plus miles… That’s the Reebok floatride
I just ordered the Reebok Running Floatride Energy 3.0, cost me…£45 
Was tempted to buy two pairs, but also bought some Nike React Milers to hedge by bet.
I like my Nike’s too and have gone through quite a few of the Pegasus versions (and others) - - the regular 35’s were my favourite. I’ve got a couple runs in with the 37’s and they’re feeling pretty sluggish so far.
While it makes practical sense to go for the less expensive shoe that gives you more miles I suppose I’m happy to make the trade for the aesthetics.
Absolutely. If you like how it looks go for it!
I happen to also like how the Reebok looks…
With all of this shoe talk (which I love), I’m kind of wondering how much difference an expensive versus cheap shoe makes in the grand scheme of things, I guess marginal gains etc, and much like bikes and their components!
Just to throw another shoe suggestion into the mix - I love Saucony!
Agreed…massive Saucony fan here. Have 3 different pairs of Saucony for different types of running days!
That’s a pretty good comparison- like most things, the difference becomes smaller at higher price tiers. Carbon-plated shoes are a bit of a different thing IMO, but again I guess new technology always comes at a premium and with a less established price hierarchy.
I’m a poor uni student so I’m firmly on the budget end, but thankfully I have a fairly neutral stride and I know what I like in a shoe so I can be pretty liberal with my clearance purchases. (Not to mention I have pretty large feet for a woman so they are often in my size!) Used to really like the Asics Dynaflytes, but those are becoming harder to find and I haven’t found anything that I really dig to replace them yet.
It’s annoying having a ‘favourite’ and then not being able to keep finding it - happened to me so many times!
Link or is this historic?
I’m eager to try the endorphins/endorphin pros… ive read/heard many good things.
Historic (last week)/Canadian. 
