yeah, i'm usually a 10.5 in most things. but doing the thumb test, these feel like a thumb and a half. i'll get the 10s and 9.5's and return whichever are worse.
I have the Ride 19, it feels nothing like the shoes I mentionned.
It's cushioned and high stack, you don't even feel the ground.
It's ok for easy runs.
Instep is killing me after last night’s run.
I believe it’s the shoes since the issue never manifested until I ran in the Rides. I’m on my second pair, and it’s not an issue of getting broken in — it’s painful.
It reminds me of the time a well-meaning running buddy handed me some instep inserts about 20 or so years ago. Same pain.
Just ordered some Adrenalines. Back to Brooks.
Honestly I would upgrade to Ride 19 or if you want something snappy for race day / speed workouts get Endorphin Speed. In fact if you go online you could likely get a Ride 18 as a new daily trainer and a Speed 4 for about the same price as if you were to get the current model of just one. Last year’s models are bargains!
Saucony all the way. I cannot imagine under any circumstances giving up my Endorphin Speeds! Rides are my go to daily trainer, Hurricane easy/recovery shoe. There’s something about the fit that feels made for me.
So funny - I just had inaugural Azura run last week. No problem with tongue of shoe but I came away from it feeling like it was harsher ride than I expected. I use Speed 4 for speedwork and in a head to head I would pick the Speeds every day for faster pace efforts. And for long run comfort (10-16mi in my case) I go for Rides. Maybe my experience is a little different being a lightweight woman?
I just got these shoes this weekend. Ran around the block to try them out and yowza! They are great! Reluctantly putting them aside for the next few weeks, though. Coming out of a six weeks long injury period so sticking with tried and true Rides for just a little longer so as not to upset the applecart by introducing a new variable until well and truly over this knee thing!
I like the Saucony Rides as a peppy daily trainer. Different people have different experiences but to me Azura feels less stable and almost harsh/uncomfortable unless going at a faster pace. I’m a Saucony fangirl and was prepared to love Azuras but not so much- vastly prefer Speeds for workouts and Rides for everything else.
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