Red Hare 9 Ultra (ARPW007)

At $150? If you live in U.S., I would hunt for Red Hare 9 Ultra (obtainable at $130 - $160 price range, depending on where you get them and what color) or Dynafish Xiaonian (obtainable for $130ish)....both obliterate the $150 western competition. R9U will make you bounce around, Xiaonian will trick you into running faster because of geometry...and you won't even notice it, unless you look at your watch.

The novablast is a good shoe but it isn't anything too crazy and it's due for a replacement pretty soon. There are also durability concerns especially with the midsole that I've personally had issues with I'd consider something like the Qiaodian TG1.0/Leili for a cheaper, similar (if not slightly better) version of the NB5 or the Li Ning Red Hare 9 Ultra as something a bit elevated and fun. If you're not comfortable with Chinese options the puma magnify nitro 3 or velocity nitro 4 are both great options that are relatively cheap. If you want higher stack the magmax 2 is meant to be a great shoe too. The adizero SL2 is also meant to be decent and it can be found heavily discounted which makes it a good option

Depends what you're looking for. Do you usually have any issues with stability? Do you prefer bounce or do you want something that is less responsive. Something like the Glideride Max and Red Hare 9 Ultra are both amazing long run shoes but they sit at complete opposite ends of the spectrum so it really depends on preference. The RH9U is an amazing shoe if you want incredible bounce and don't care about stability. The Superblast 3 is great (but expensive) if you want bounce (still noticeably less than the RH9U) and stability, or the Endorphin Azura if you want a firmer ride which is similar to your Endorphin Speeds. The Dynafish Xiaonian sits somewhere in the middle as a lightweight, fairly stable, smooth and bouncy shoe that is great for pretty much everything. It's my long run shoe and I love it If you don't want bounce the Qiaodan LH600 is specifically designed for slow, long runs while the Glideride and nimbus both do the relatively soft, low bounce thing well if you're never going to pick up the pace. Also shoutout the Mizuno Neo Vista 3, it's an absolute tank of a shoe if all you care about is shock absorption. No shoe touches it in that regard without an insane weight penalty

Absolute beast 2 shoe rotation

I highly recommend. An amazing, bouncy shoe which I actually prefer over the highly rockered geometry of the Dynafish. And I still really like the Dynafish.

Yes, certainly not narrow. I suffered with Mortons Neuroma from a too narrow shoe so I am always out to avoid anything narrow in the forefoot. Dynafish great all rounder, dynamic, bouncy, amazing rocker. Red Hare has it for the softer sense of cushion, unique with that boom fiber capsule. I have both and choose Dynafish for long runs because sometimes extra soft shoes and long runs can make my feet work more with that extra compression and rebound. But that's insanely nitpicky..they are both amazing. I used the TaoBao App to get the rock bottom prices as well.

I have a pair of the Xiaonian (10.5 according to them) and a pair of the Red Hare 9 Ultra (10). The XN is a little more comfortable for me, but the RH9U is still very good too. It may be just that I haven't broken into the RH9U yet (10km vs 50km on the XN). I have tried the FD6E at a store and completely agree with the OP's review: the middle of the shoe is very narrow (I call this "the Nike effect"), and even though I didn't feel anything actually bad in the few minutes I walked around in it at the store, I am 100% sure I'd end up hating the shoes if I bought it, so I passed.

Are the Asics Superblast 3 close to a Superblast 1 when broken in? I just started running in them for the first time indoors and it finally felt soft! 😄 I have a pair of Li Ning Red Hare 9 Ultras but somehow on the first run it gave me pains on my left talus. Could be from overloading from so much running that week. Now that's a great shoe in itself but has less stability and really just depends on the runner. Back to the Superblast 3. My version 1s feel better running indoors but cusious if some runners here feel there's a version 1 and 3 have a similarity to them once the 1s are broken in.