POST11: Review of Saucony Guide 15

As you know from my previous post, three month ago I purchased new running shoes Saucony Guide 15. It has been a bag of mixed experiences 😎 and I want to share with you what I liked 👍🏻and what I didn’t 👎🏻like about this shoe 👟.

I ran 1196.6 km with this shoe. Manufacturers recommended to replace a shoe after 500-7oo kilometers 🙄 I ain’t got lot of money to buy a new shoe that fast 😅 Although early sign of tear appeared in about 500 kilometers 😕, meh, I kept running with this shoe. Partly because I wanted to see how many kilometers I can run with this shoe until it effected my run 🙈Of course, if I wanted to I can still keep running in this shoe until the bottom of the shoe completely detaches from the upper part of it 🙂 but I am not that kind of ruthless person.

This is how it looks now after all those miles.

As you can see, I like dirty and beaten up shoes. For me it shows their authenticity 😘

So, here what I didn’t like about this shoe:
1. Don’t wear this shoe even in the slightest rain 😕. The tip of this shoe is just weird😬. When you walk, not even run, in a road with slightest rain or after rain, it just throws all the 💧water to the tip of the shoe. So you immediately get your feet wet😩. It was very surprising on the day when I came out after a rainy day, roads were fine, perhaps small puddle here and there but i was running in a “almost” dry road. It somehow finds 💦moister and throws it to the tip of the shoe😠. This is the most irritating this about this shoe.
2. Not that soft that I originally expected🙃. On my first run, it felt it had more cushioning but after couple of runs, I knew this was a type of shoe that isn’t on the top of my list. It’s not in par with my favorite UltraBoost 20 or Triumph 18 shoes but it’s okay.
3. On rainy 🌧days, yes I don’t care if it’s raining cause I have to run all the time 😃, the sole of the shoe slides and starts to partially come out 😲from the back of the shoe. I have tried different socks because I thought maybe problem was with my socks 🧦, but no. Maybe sole needs a little grippiness on the bottom, I don’t know. It didn’t happen one time, that’s why I am brining it as part of cons of the shoe.

The things I like about this shoe.
1. Toe box is roomy ☺and my feet never felt squeezed👍🏻. Before purchasing this shoe, I read a lot of reviews and all of them said it has wide toe-box and I can attest that’s 💯 true. If you have wide feet like me, then you feel comfy in this shoe.
2. I was worried about my ankle being tight where the laces are but thankfully it didn’t pressure my ankles and I ran comfortably😇.
3. Price 💲. I found this shoe with a good discount (820 TJS ~80 USD). It’s certainly not a great shoe but worth it’s price. Although, I wish I could get more mileage out of this shoe but the tear on left pair of the shoe started to affect my running😬, so I decided I better retire them and keep them along my other retired shoes.

With all being said, I recently purchased new Adidas Duramo 10 shoes. Look down 😃

Again, hoping I will not get disappointed with Adidas (like I did with UltraBoost 21), this also turned out to be so stiff 😌that after couple of runs, I now just use them as walking shoes🚶‍♂️. Well, they say “you get what you paid for”😂. I bought this for 25 USD (discounts included - yeah, who doesn’t love discounts? 😆) + 30 USD delivery = 55 USD (around 600 TJS). Not worth at all. I won’t deep dive into this shoe cause it just doesn’t worth my time 😂

‼I think if I am going to purchase a shoe next time, I won’t look into cheap category because it does not worth money or time.

I am not afraid to risk or mistake, that’s why I like to experiment. I am venturing into new brands to also experience how other brands feel. So, next one up in my review is New Balance Fresh Foam 880v11👟.

So, cheers until next review🙌🏻