Christmas is not just chocolates and candies, especially when it is time to think about new running shoes. Recently my running habits have changed into trail, and I am basically burning more trail shoes than road ones. Anyway, I hit the road "once in a while", and with that I mean for about 60 km per week.
After a distraction of about 3 months and a quite disappointing New Balance 860 v5 that have been pierced by my thumb in about 2 weeks, I decided to go back to one of the best shoes I have been running for a while now, namely the Adidas Glide Boost (don't remember which version I started with).
The technology of these shoes is just amazing. They sell them as a repository of energy that boosts at the right moment of your running activity. For those who are not familiar with material science, the Boost is nothing more than a hyperelastic material that is very resistent and light. A sole made of such a material takes the properties of it, that is lightweight, very flexible and super comfortable.
The first feeling I got is indeed like wearing a pair of socks, just with a nice protection under my feet. It is not easy to find shoes that are resistent, stable and comfortable at the same time.
The glide boost has a bit less Boost material than the sister Energy Boost. This is not bad as we might think, especially for those who want to feel a bit the road a bit, and need a more responsive piece under their feet.
If you put these shoes upside down, you will read something ridiculously funny: Continental. That's right! The same protection of tyres used for high performance cars.
Do you understand what I mean now?
Glide Boost by Adidas are the best road running shoes I found so far. One more reason to buy two pairs in a row this time.
The colors are still a bit too flushy. But there is an improvement with respect to the old version (which was fluo yellow). These ones look more like a python snake :)
Happy running!
