Comments on: Runblogger’s Top Running Shoes of 2010 https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html Running Shoes, Gear Reviews, and Posts on the Science of the Sport Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 By: Jay https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-121388550 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-121388550 1) MT101 – Love these trail shoes
2) Brooks Mach 11
3) Brooks Launch

I was very excited about the Kinvara, but unfortunately they did not work on my feet. I got major blisters on my big toes. I guess they were too narrow for me?

]]> By: Will https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-122006805 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-122006805 My 3 favorites for 2010…
Glad to see some love for the Adidas Rockets here in the comments. I picked some up on closeout at Running Warehouse because they fit my criteria for a winter running shoe… light, low, no holes in the soles (a la A4 or Asics Piranhas), cheap, have decent traction and look cool. I wish I’d bought a couple more pairs because I love them. I’m a bit surprised I’ve seen so little mention of them by minimalist runners.

The Bikilas are awesome. My wife has been raving about them all year and urging me to get a pair to replace my KSOs. I resisted, saying the KSOs were good enough for me. She finally broke down and bought a pair of Bikilas for me for Christmas and I got out for my first run in them yesterday. They are every bit as good as advertised.

The Green Silence is nice, is very eco-conscious and fits my feet great (like all Brooks!). I’ve given up on it for winter though since the traction on any sort of ice and snow is terrible. The Launch fits great but bothers my shins every time I go for a run longer than 8 mi in it so I’ve given up on it. I really hope that Brooks enters the true minimalist fray here sometime soon. I love Brooks as a company, but they are getting left behind. To date they don’t really offer anything that I’d really consider “minimal” so it’s great to hear that they might have something under development.

]]> By: Brent https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-121281840 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-121281840 1. Kinvara White
2. Kinvara Green
3. Kinvara Orange

These shoes just work for me! I have hyperspeeds but they beat up my feet too much if I run in them to often. My feet just like the cushioning in the Kinvaras.

]]> By: Errez https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-369596722 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-369596722 I was looking for your 2011 top 3. Or actually, I would like a top 10! Hope it comes soon. As for my choice: very happy with the Saucony Kinvara. Run a few records on them (marathon, 10k, 15k and coopertest) but I recently bought a new pair of Nike Free 3.0 v3 (actually two pairs, first via internet, prooved to be fakes – it took a real run2day shop owner a while to see, but than it was obvious to me too). With a new real pair I must say that I like them a bit more than the Kinvara. 
Good third: Vibram Fivefingers Bikila, but for 10k max. And than I have small blistes already. I like them especially on the treadmill. I tried to run on it without shoes. That hurts! More than on tarmac.

For reviews: very interested in the Brooks Pure Flow, Asics 33 series and your opinion on the Nike Free 3.0 v3!

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-369777215 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-369777215 In reply to Errez.

Yeah, I need to get on that year-end post!

]]> By: Gerald Kielian https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-122145344 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-122145344 After suffering a femural neck stress fracture eighteen months ago while running in Asics Keyanos (with orthotics !!!) I decided to do a 180 turn upon my return to running influenced by reading Born To Run during my convalescence. I began running again in July. The three shoes I bought in this new phase in my running career ( I am 63 years old and have been running for 47 years) and the order in which I purchased them:
1. Nike Free Run +
2. Saucony Kinvara
3. Vibram Bikilas
I bought these shoes before I began reading your excellent blog and feel very intelligent in comparing my purchases to your list!
I won’t/can’t rank these three but the combination has worked very well for me.
Keep up the good work,
GGKUSMC

]]> By: Charlie https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-120998981 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-120998981 In reply to Pete Larson.

Yes and I heard they are coming out with …. number of options in the season that begins with an F

]]> By: Ghgreyhound10 https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-121007180 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-121007180 Top 3 would be
Brooks Green Silence
Saucony Kinvara
Newton Distance Racer
Honorable mention: Brooks Launch

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-120993616 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-120993616 In reply to Charlie.

Charlie,

Any chance those rumors might involve a company that begins with B and ends
with S? I may have heard that rumor as well :)

Pete

]]> By: bpearce1 https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-121086544 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-121086544 You should try the Puma FAAS, Puma’s entry to the minimalist entry point line. The Puma upper feels better on my feet than the Kinvara upper. The only negative would be that it feels even cushier than the Kinvara, but is not unstable.

I also like the Adizero Rockets (see Samwine 2’s post) because they ARE fast, but my legs feel beat up after running in them.

So — my top 3, based in large part on race results over various distances:

1) Adizero Rockets
2) Puma FAAS and
3) Saucony Kinvaras.

]]> By: Nils Janson https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-121086803 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-121086803 Saucony Kinvara
Brooks Mach 12
Brooks Mach 11

]]> By: FastDogs https://runblogger.com/2010/12/runbloggers-top-shoes-of-2010.html#comment-121341278 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=522#comment-121341278 Min is in. Best three shoes;

1Saucony Kinvara
2Brooks Green Silence
3Brooks Launch For the long runs

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