Adizero Adios 6

I assume he is implying without saying that adding stability to the SL would break the technology and is not possible? While the Edge has some pop with more stability? I'd like to know if there's any internal debate about the pros and cons of creating shoes with more pop vs shoes with more stability. But I doubt they'll talk about this. I haven't been able to wear a Boston since the 10 due to the medial cutouts (we shall not speak of the 11).

Wow, welcome to the confusing mess that is purchasing shoes in 2026. More models, more manufacturers, and now more shoes direct from China. I know how you feel about the Wave Riders. I ran for two years on some Air Zoom Elite 4s, and I still have never found a shoe that I thought I liked as much. I used my fairly firm Boston 10 as dailies for a few years, but they aged out and I had to go down this same rabbit hole this year looking for a new daily. What I did discover this round of shopping is that my needs continue to evolve as I am aging, and that there are a whole whack of pretty stellar shoes out there. What opened my eyes was a pair of EVO SL purchased on spec based on their amazing reviews. What I discovered was that responsive cushion is different that just cushion, and its "trampoline" effect was so much easier on my joints. Although the EVO SL are fun to wear, they are simply too unstable for me to use them as a daily. But there are shoes with Clifton-level comfort and (close to) EVO SL levels of responsiveness. I recommend going to the runrepeat website, and looking at shoes with both good shock absorption scores, and good scores in energy return. This is how I ended up with my current "test dailies", a set of Salomon Aero Glide 3 GRVL and Under Armour Infinite Elite 2. I've taken both straight out of the box on to the treadmill for a 5k run, and both have good bounce, yet decent geometry for dailies. Jury is still out, but my joints certainly appreciate the impact absorption more than I miss ground feel. Two shoes with larger fan bases as dailies are the Asics Novablast 5 and Nike Vomero Plus.

The Megablast is a great shoe, and it can do it all, but it's expensive, and I'm not sure I'll get 250 miles on mine before the outsole on the heel wears through. You can still find the Adidas Boston 10, it's cheap, it will last for 500 miles, it's the most underrated shoe of the last 5 years, and that's a hill I will die on. It's not the greatest for easy/recovery days, and it takes about 30 miles to break in, but it's otherwise excellent.

The upper is a perfect fit for my foot, they strike a great balance between stability and encouraging a roll through my stride, I can run in them 5 days a week through 500 miles and never get any weird niggles in my metatarsals, ankles, shins, calves, knees, hips, etc... the outsole has fantastic grip, and it outlasts most of the competing shoes I've worn over the last 4 years. It was widely panned by shoetubers because it does have a pretty long break-in period. They don't have time to put 50 or 60 miles into a shoe, especially when it doesn't feel optimal out of the box. Why would they waste time on an underwhelming shoe when they need to put miles on a dozen others? I admit it's a little stiff and blocky at first, but if you do put those miles in, the Boston 10 starts to shine. At a time when I was training in both a pair of Boston 10s with about 300 miles on them and a retired pair of Adidas Pro 3s, I noticed that those two shoes had many more similarities than differences in ride and performance. The firm, yet bouncy and responsive foam was almost identical between the two. I'm on my 5th pair of Boston 10s, and occasionally I'll spend a lot of time rotating through other pairs of shoes, and find myself questioning if the Boston 10 is really as good as I remember after all these years. I might somewhat reluctantly pick up a battered pair for a low-stakes interval workout because it's raining outside, proceed to crush the workout, and re-commit to acknowledging their greatness. It's the best all-around workhorse shoe I've ever owned. It's not the best for slow recovery runs, but at least you won't hurt yourself running slow in them. I haven't tried the Boston 13, but I think I had 2 or 3 pairs of the Boston 12. The 12 was an excellent shoe, but it started losing some pop around 250 miles, which is about the time the 10 was transforming into a super shoe. (PS It's worth noting that I average about 175lbs. If you weigh 130lbs, your Boston 10 MMV) (PPS When you get a pair, which you should, compare the silhouette and the midsole geometry to the Evo SL)

Not sure this is dictated by weight. Anecdotal: Nimbus and 1080 work well for slow runs for me. Daily trainers, pegasus, ride, velocity etc, i don't think they're that different. Just in the way they fit, and nike generally fits best. Adios are probably too barebones for me in hindsight. And vongo are too hard. And novablast are too loose/unstable, idk how to describe it.

Ive enjoyed them a lot too. I’ve used these shoes a holiday shoe, but most of the time they’re my interval shoe with paces between 04:45/km 04:15/km they’re really great at those paces. For slow long runs (06:00/ -05:30/km) they’re ok but not great. They feel better at recovery paces than zone 3. They’re firm but have good stability with a stiff heel counter that luckily doesnt irritate my heel like adios shoes. Have got 500km on mine, they will last a long time but I could also retire them for a pair of deviate elite 3’s I got cheap. The dne3 is so much nicer and more versatile with a superior foam setup. Funnily enough they’re super comfortable as walking shoe.

I focus on light and poppy shoes rather than necessarily plated, but have used both; Avanti, Adios, Takumi Sen, Evo SL, Zoom Fly. I like saving super shoes for races, personally, so you’ve got a bit more on the day than usual, but that’s just me.

It sounds like you're wanting something with a lower stack height as the NB fresh foam 860 is about 37mm I did a quick search on Run Repeat between 25-30mm and Adidas Adizero Adio and Saucony Kinvara stands out. I'm a Kinvara stan and I love them. But they both seem to be a bit of a speed shoe and less of a daily trainer. But fast just means light weight, and I honestly prefer it that way. So on your next trip to a running store just ask for low stack options and see what they recommend for you.