I bought these shoes last month and got them on sale for $81. I had a pair of Nike Pegasus Flyease similar to the ones pictured below in green. I ran them pretty good and used them to train for a half marathon. When I bought the Chiefs shoes, I broke them in for a 4 mi and 2 mi run. I ended up using them for my half marathon next and they felt like a cloud on my feet and nice and light. I don't encourage you to use them if it's raining or wet outside. They don't handle very well in my experience and I was worried I was going to slip. I think they are great and they are in my regular rotation for running shoes.
\*Edit to add that currently I am not on a training cycle so I am doing casual runs from 2 -5 miles a few times a week.
https://preview.redd.it/dwb88ky3yu7g1.png?width=621&format=png&auto=webp&s=1aa07920792358945da9cab21b34194590fa9208
I do:
\- 1 pair race shoes - for races and time trials (maybe one long run if marathon training and haven't gone more than 21km in them)
\- 1-2 pair workout shoes - for any run with marathon pace or faster, race shoes turn into workout shoes after around 200km
\- 2 pair daily trainers - for easy runs
Specifically right now:
race shoe: asics metaspeed edge tokyo
workout shoes: asics metaspeed sky paris, New Balance SuperComp Elite V4
easy shoes: nike pegasus 41, hoka mach 6
I mostly retire shoes once they hit 800-1000km or feel terrible to run in. I get my easy run shoes as on sale as possible, usually grabbing last year pegasus, novablast, nimbus, mach, or w/e on sale.
If I were you I'd start by just buying 2 different pairs of shoes for easy running, and tracking mileage on them. If you feel so inclined or find a good price then you can buy some fancy racing shoes, and use them for big speed days too if you want.
I have a pair and they are a pretty good all rounder option. I got some Adidas Evo SL about 3 months ago which were cheaper and are a much nicer shoe to run in for the workouts you mentioned tho
Currently have the NB5, owned two pairs of pegs 41. I prefer the peg as a single shoe workhorse. It got me to my first HM. When you have a rotation the NB5s take over for the easy and long runs. But if I only had one shoe I’d take the 41s personally.
Disclaimer I’m admittedly a bit of a Nike fan, grew up with Jordan’s, flights, etc.
5’11 190. Vomeros and Novablasts each got like 400-500 miles, good for easy and recovery. Invincible 3s got 650 miles. I’m on the Zoomfly6 for tempo and the Deviate nitro elite3 for tempo and race day. I don’t expect many miles out of those two.
Also just ordered a replacement easy shoe, the Pegasus Plus. I had two pairs of Pegs, the 41 and 38, and they were workhorses. Easily got 600 miles out of each pair.
For your first running shoe you don’t need to spend $200. Sounds like your goal isn’t to work from couch to full marathon in three weeks, which is great. You should be able to get to 10min/mile in about a month or two, then start adding miles slowly. For the first two months just focus on 10-15 miles a week spread out over 2-3 total hours. Break it up however you want but min two days.
I started running with a pair of Nike Pegasus ?? That were on sale. Think they’re up to 42 now, so last years model should be on clearance. But the same methodology can be applied to any brand. You could really have some fun and buy two pairs of clearance shoes for the $200 to figure out what you want and don’t like. I’m assuming USD, but if you mean AUS then the sales right now on most running sites have a great selection.
I differ from most who say go to a store- until you know what you’re looking for in a shoe, you’re at the mercy of the inventory and sales associate in the brick and mortar. Most of the times they will be out of your size, or the clerk will be biased for many reasons and you’ll get suboptimal results vs doing a bit of research and shopping online. Only major plus to a brick and mortar is you have a 50/50 chance of getting properly sized, again dependent on the clerks ability to do this correctly.
jessy0108
