Active Shoes....

I feel better that I'm only in the middle in terms of shoe madness....plenty of you are way crazier than me (well, at least Dave is):

Brooks Launch - my favorite daily training shoe. This is pair #2 and I love them. I did not like my Brooks ST Racer 4s and retired them early so it just goes to show that you need to try lots of different models by the same company

Adidas Adizero Adios - I want to like these shoes but they've never grown on me. I'm so used to the Lunar Racers that I just feel more comfortable doing speed work and some tempos in those instead of the Adidas ones. Its a nice light shoe but not the one I feel best in.

INOV X-Talon 212 and F-Lite 230s - my trail shoes. Had to get the X-Talons with the much more cleated bottom because the F-Lites are useless if the ground is soft and wet. But if its a dry day, I go with the 230s

Nike Lunar Elite - eh. I'm not wild about these and don't reach for them very often

Nike Lunar Fly - love them. my go to shoe for recovery runs.

Asics Gel DS-Racer - My other daily training shoe along with the Brooks ones. I don't hate these. Don't love them; don't hate them. How's that for a lukewarm review?

Nike Lunar Trainers - goofy looking all white shoes that look like boat or tennis shoes. They've been in the back of my car for a year as my emergency shoe. I'm going to bring them on vacation next week, use them like crazy and then toss them.

6 pairs of Lunar Racers - still have 2 original 1s which are for track work only; two pair of 2s still left one of which I'll use for another race or two - those are 2s in my avatar pic; one pair of version 3 (which is really just 1 redone) which are my current race shoe along with one pair of the Nike Lunar Racer Vengence which I used for my last two marathons

Black Nike Free Runs
Pink Nike Free Runs
Black Nike 3.0 Frees (short runs usually)

Wear them for everything, including races.

This isn't so easy...

Spira Stingers x2
Saucony Kinvara
Nike Luna Racers
Nike Luna Racer 2
Nike Lunar Trainers
Mizuno Musha
Pearl Izumi Peak
New Balance Minimus
Zoot Ultra
Nike Streak
Nike Free Run
Nike Free Run +

I think that's it.

NB 905-solid shoe for just about any workout

Asics DS Trainer-good long run shoe; 2nd pair I've gone through

Saucony Tangent-2nd favorite training shoe I've ever worn (#1 is Mizuno Elixir)

Nike Free Run-just use this one for recovery runs

Adidas Adizero Ace-just a few miles on these; mostly will be used for tempo/intervals

Mizuno Musha 2-great lightweight racing shoe

Mizuno Ronin 2-even better lightweight racing shoe that can be used for everyday running if you wanted to

For whatever reason, I hit the magical 400 mile mark on most shoes and they start trashing my quads on runs of more than about 8 miles. Weird.

Hmm... just the last month?

-Nike Free 3.0 v2
-Nike Free Run (v1)
-Nike Super-Secret-I'd-Love-To-Tell-You-What-They-Are-But-Uncle-Phil-Would-Send-Ninjas-After-Me shoes for testing.

(Matt: We need a Nike Ninja smiley, please.)

Hmm, lets see...

Black and Red Nike Free Run

Blue Nike Free Run

Grey/Greenish Yellow Nike Free Run

Black and Yellow Nike Free Run

Black and Green Brooks Green Silence (2 pairs)

Red and Yellow Brooks Green Silence (2 pairs)

Vibram 5-Fingers (hardly worn - more for walking)

That might be it. Keeping it simple.

Wow..the boys have way more shoes than the girls. Interesting...

I have only two pair (but my mileage is way low, especially right now):
Black Nike Free Runs
Black Saucony Kinvaras

KathyK wrote:Wow..the boys have way more shoes than the girls. Interesting...

I have way more running shoes than Chas, but you should see her collection of boots.