Athlo Blog

This is the first post of a new monthly series dedicated to reviewing athletic equipment. Some upcoming reviews are hockey sticks by John and the best chairs for endurance computer coding by Mark. We will also be starting a monthly race review so there should be something everyone will find interesting and helpful. This month I am focusing on running shoes.

The running shoes I have worn for the past two years are the Adidas Supernova Control 10. They retail online for about $70.  I bought the two pairs shown here at Sports Basement Presidio in San Francisco.

Overall, these shoes have been great and I will continue to buy Adidas running shoes.  My biggest compliment is the amount of cushioning provided while remaining fairly light.   I would highly recommend them to anyone training for a marathon.  For me, they took absolutely no time to break in. I ran 26 miles in the orange pair the first time I wore them and only came away with one small blister on the top of each little toe.  

I do have one complaint about these shoes.  I tend to mix trail and road routes into my running but the Adidas Supernova soles are definitely not made for trails with any loose rock or gravel.  You can see in this photo that the shoe on top has a number of large rocks stuck in the grooves of the sole, mostly in the heel area.  I picked the rocks out of the shoe on the bottom to show what it should look like.  Stopping to pick rocks out during a run can break your rhythm but not stopping can become uncomfortable and annoyingly noisy if the rocks and hitting the pavement.

Despite the trail running limitations, I would still highly recommend this shoe.  On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it an 8.  Although, I may have to break down and buy a pair of Adidas Supernova Riot, their trail running shoe, to go with my Control 10s.