I’ve been wearing ASICS for the last 12 years and I’ve always been a size 6 across the multiple styles of running shoes I’ve had over the years. I blind bought these shoes because of the positive reviews and I was looking for a marathon race day shoe to get me through the rest of my training and race day. I choose my normal shoe size (6), and was so excited to put them on and take them for a spin once they arrived. However, when I put them on I could feel the end of the shoe with the inside of my big toe. I was quite devastated because the teal color was so fun and they were sold out of a 6.5 online. I had to return these since it didn’t make sense to keep them with the kind of mileage I needed to shoes to get me through. However, at my local running store I found a super blast 2 in a 6.5. I decided to give these guys a chance and they’ve been really awesome shoes! I’ve got about 150 miles on them so far, just finished a 20 mile run in them. They were very comfortable, got some nice energy return, and have great ventilation. I would definitely buy another pair for distance running. They are stiffer than the Nova blast, which is what I needed and so far the foam is holding up. Definitely seeing some break down now that I’m 150 miles in but I’m hoping that they last another couple hundred miles at least! Good pair of shoes overall but definitely disappointed that the sizing is different with it being a unisex shoe and the sizing guide did not specify that these ran small.
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