Great Upgrade

This not my first pair of Launch shoes, but the first Launch 11. It's my trusted shoes, made better and zhuzhed up nicely. It's now in my rotation for outdoor and indoor activities. Good support and cushioning, nice color scheme.

Amazing fit. Makes running feel like a breeze. It feels like I’m floating.

Very Disappointed

I bought these shoes a week ago as my first pair of “nice” running/training shoes. I have since worn them 4 times. I was enjoying them after initially breaking them in, but putting them on today, the plastic piece on the left side of the left shoe popped right off and is now just flapping around. It makes me concerned about the overall construction and if these will last. The shoes are also significantly narrower than I expected, and the laces are very very short. I am so sad to need to look for other shoes after being very excited for my first pair of brooks.

I have been wearing the Launch line for over 10 years for both running, walking and standing at work and they have always been great but this version just doesn't work for me. The extra cushioning leave my feet sore and tired and I started to develop posterior tibial tendon pain. Very sad about the changes as these were the shoes I was going to walk the Camino de Santiago in (luckily my Launch 10s still feel great!). Aesthetically I'm not a fan of the very large letter branding on medial part of the shoe.

So far the shoe is okay, but the laces are way too short. I bought a woman’s wide and there is not enough lace to use to two top lower holes. I haven’t had time (or remembered ) to remove the laces measure them and order new laces. Shoes need longer laces! Still wearing my old shoes.