For The Long, Slow Run
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Return of the ADISTAR! The adidas Adistar represents something brand new in the adidas running shoe line up. Is this max cushioned cruiser a top contender?! Keep reading to learn more..
KEY STATS AND FEATURES
PERFORMANCE
I’ve completed two runs in the adidas Adistar at the time of writing this. One of which, was a fairly standard 90 minute easy to steady Sunday long run in an attempt to give the shoe a thorough test for its intended purpose.
The run itself just exceeded the half marathon distance starting nice and easy at around 5:00/km, finishing in the region of 3:30/km, for a 4:09/km average over 21.5km. Despite not necessarily being catered towards speed, I was still interested to see how they felt at a variety of paces and found the sweet spot to be the 4:20 – 4:05/km range (6:30ish per mile, if you like that kinda thing).
CONCLUSION
With all that said, the Adistar is a shoe I had high hopes for. I wanted it to be addias’ first true modern day max cushioned cruiser and on that front, to me it does a grand job. Would I like to see the weight come down and a refinement of the dual density midsole in future iterations? Absolutely. But I for one feel optimistic about the direction adidas are heading and with some tweaks, the REPETITOR midsole compound could be a winner.
The Adistar has already cemented a spot in my overcrowded running shoe rotation and I have no doubts I’ll be gravitating towards it for many easy days and long runs to come.
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