I personally love the HOKA Mach series. I’ve had the 4s, 5s, and now the 6s. They are a good balance of cushioning with a responsive ride. I’ve run up to 13-14 miles at a time in them, but would probably recommend something else for distances great than that. But for frequent, daily running in the 4 to 10 mile range, they are great and hold up well.
Hoka Mach series have lasted me 900-1000km. I’ve had 7-8 pairs going back to the Mach 4.
Edit: just checked Garmin gear:
4 pairs of Mach 4,
3 pairs of Mach 5,
4 pairs of Mach 6 and counting.
When you like a shoe……….
I was always this girl and I may be again soon but I’ve accidentally built up a collection 🙈. I’ve always in just brooks adrenalines. My coach said she’d like to see me in another shoe too, perhaps one with a slightly lower drop. I liked the idea of a tempo shoe so I ended up with a pair of hoka machs.
Recently my current pair of adrenalines were causing knee/shin pain which was in line with the 300+ miles I’d put on them so I went back to the shoe store. I’ve been curious about straying from adrenalines because I have HEFTY callouses / blisters on my big toes and I question how normal that is. I ended up with a pair of ASICS GT 2000 14s - a lighter stability shoe… and a new pair of adrenalines in case I don’t like the asics 🙈. So now I have 3 pairs. A tempo shoe for faster shorter distances, a light stability shoe, and a heavier plushier stability shoe 😅. I still feel monogamous in my very sole though so we’ll see if I don’t just gravitate towards one shoe anyway
Brooooks. I’ve been running in just adrenalines for years. I have bad arches and those + custom orthotics keep me upright and mobile. I recently bought a pair of Hoka Machs which I do like but if I could only pick one brand of shoe I’d stick the brooks and just get some kind of brooks tempo shoe
Saaame, I have good luck with sizing up a full size. You can also try men’s shoes which may give you some more options. At this point 2 out of my 3 shoes are mens.
Im currently in brooks adrenalines (woman’s wide), hoka Machs (mens, don’t recommend they’re so narrow 🥲), and asic gt 2000 14s (mens).
I’m a dedicated Hoka wearer, and I just do speed work in my Bondis, which are the most cushion you can get. I can’t justify buying a “speed shoe” when I only do speed work 1x per week. Until last week I was rotating 3 pairs of Bondis, two of them Bondi 9s, the other was a Bondi 8. I had gotten one pair of the 9s and the 8s as a used resale, and the 8s worked great as a speed shoe.
I also tried the carbon plated racing speed shoe in the panic that was 2020, and it just wasn’t worth the $$.
I have ran in the Rincon, Mach, Clifton, and my forever favorite but sadly discontinued Cavu. I would say those are all decent contenders for a mid-weight shoe.
The Clifton and Bondi are the same shoe and they are both trash. The only Hoka I have ever tried and liked is the Mach series.
The only reason the Brooks Ghost sells so many pairs is because that is the first thing the employee at the store makes people try on. So people are too worried to try other shoes and end up leaving with the Ghosts.
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