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A shoe can make or break your run, no matter your fitness level. Ill-fitting shoes can cause blisters so bad you can’t run anymore or rub your toenails right off. Or the shoe just doesn’t serve your specific gait, compromising your performance.
That was the case when pro marathoner Nell Rojas made headlines for breaking a coveted contract with Adidas. She cited issues with Adidas’ Adizero Adios Pro 2 for the split in 2022.
“I know that shoe is an amazing shoe, and I know world records have been set in it and marathon winners run in it, but for whatever reason it didn’t work for me and my stride,” she told Women’s Running. “I raced in it and didn’t have good results. I was having a hard time recovering and dug myself into a huge hole, and I think a lot of it was because of the shoe change earlier this year.”
What if runners could save themselves from training in…
