Brooks Ghost 11
Brooks finally gets it right with the Ghost 10, and what do they do? Muck it up with the Ghost 11! After trying the 6 and 8, the 10 seemed like the first truly cushioned Ghost. A great shoe to run in. Then I read they only continue their DNA BioMoGO Loft foam up to the mid-foot! The forefoot is firmer than the 10! They run into a problem because their Glycerin is their premier neutral cushioned running shoe at $150, so they have to keep it ahead of the Ghost at $120. So make it’s foam a little thicker and call it good. Don’t stop the Loft midway through the shoe!
Hoka One One (it goes back and forth from “oh nay oh nay” to “1 1”) comes out with the Bondi 6 and doesn’t put it in stores! Oh they will eventually, but for now they have some marketing strategy where you can only buy it online from their site. I don’t want to tell them their business, but you gotta think they’d sell more shoes if they put them in stores… me, I’m trying to help the brick and mortar.
New Balance wants me to buy the 1080v8 at $150 bucks. Yeah? The v6 was a dud. I’ll have to think long and hard on that one… (Forget it, the v7 is a hunk a junk, no way I’m buying the v8)
The other thing I can’t figure out is what is 1 company doing with 30 or 40 models of shoes? You need a light, medium and cushy shoe. You need it in road and trail. And you need it for a neutral foot and a support foot. That’s 12 shoes. Not 40. And once you find one that works don’t muck it up! Although I was never lucky enough to try it, from what I hear the original Clifton was the shoe to end all shoes! So very light, so very cushioned, they had to change it and never make it again!
New Balance 1080v8
[One of the best shoe review sites I’ve found is Sole Review . Unlike Runner’s World and some others, these guys don’t worry about offending the shoe manufacturers.]
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