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In terms of the upper, both the Craft and the Hoka shoes use a one-piece mesh that triathletes and other long-distance runners should enjoy (the Endorphin Shifts inexplicably have giant seams on the sides). The idea that you can shop for a pair of high-mileage focused shoes in 2021 that are all in that 10-ounce published weight range is actually pretty impressive-even more so when you think about the amount of foam between your foot and the road. All of this tracks pretty well with other high-stack, moderately lightweight shoes we’re seeing right now. Their actual comparison weights are all in the same zone as well-none are particularly lightweight, but none are actual beasts.
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A few stats for comparison: ShoeĪll are definitely in the high-stack range, while both the Sauconys and the Hokas have a pretty low drop. These three pairs of shoes are relatively similar, at least on paper. I’ve used these in super-fast workouts, super long, slow runs, and everything in between. It’s with this in mind that we tackle this three-way face off of three pairs of shoes that I have spent well over 100 miles on, and have used in every kind of terrain from flat roads, to steep roads, even on some trails. It used to be that many pairs of shoes felt the same as you ran in them, but maybe did some different things to your gait (think: motion control, cushioning, etc.) today we don’t even use those categories, and yet shoes feel more different from one another than they ever have. But the big up and downside of all of these various foam formulas and carbon contraptions is that two-or three-shoes that look pretty similar on paper actually feel nothing alike on the road. My hope by reviewing these three pairs of training-kind-of-sort-of racing shoes is to compare and contrast three similarly marketed shoes that actually feel pretty much nothing like each other.Īll three shoes are supposed to target high-mileage runners, and all three shoes are really best for everyday training, but I wouldn’t be opposed to certain types of triathletes (maybe bigger triathletes, triathletes with more “wear and tear” on their multisport bodies, etc.) racing a long-course tri or marathon in these either. While there’s no shortage of high-stack, heavily cushioned running shoes available right now, there can sometimes be a lack of guidance on what does what best.