new running shoes

So so so excited right now!!  I am currently wearing my new shoes, loving my new shoes, and I can't stop thinking about them.  I don't mean to be bragging or rude right now, but my excitement level is through the roof.  Last year, I wrote a post on my Nike free runs and how much I enjoyed them.  I got the same shoe this year, and was pleasantly happy with the changes they have made with the shoes, but they do have some cons.  I decided to share them with you below. 

pros

+ color

I know that color is really just a cosmetic touch to the shoe, but this grey really had me.  I know, I shouldn't base shoes on their color, but what person doesn't.  This grey/white combo is definitely my favorite, I also liked their white shoe. 

+ the feel

The feel of the shoe is something what has the final say, well along with the look, is the fit, the feel, the comfort level.  Rule number one.  You never should buy a shoe if it's not comfortable.  I have crossed that path, and it's not worth it.  I love the fit of the Nike free run, for two reasons.  This type of shoe is very comfortable, by far my favorite fitted shoe.  It's wide, which I think leaves me a lot of room to wiggle my toes around.  I also have always loved the look, not color, but actual look of the shoe.

cons

+ the changes

Nike has changed up the shoe a little bit, as they do every year.  Here are my thoughts.  I'm honestly not really a fan of mesh so I don't really like the material they choose to use, but it works.  Not my favorite, but it works.  One of the things about the outside of the shoe that I've always liked is the sole and the ridges it has.  Normally they are straight up and down, but now they are a little slanted, which I don't really love, but then again, it works. 

+ the fit

Along with some of their exterior changes I think that the fit of the shoe changed.  Personally I think the sole if less flexible where as my old Nike free run I  could easily flex my toes and the shoe would move with them.  As I said earlier I like the shoe because it is wider, but I also think the newer version is a little bit more narrow.


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