After my horrible experience with Reebok running shoes, I bought new ASICS GT-2000. I did lot of research and compared these shoes
1) ASICS GEL GT-2000
2) ASICS GEL GT-1000
3) ASICS CUMULUS 14
4) Nike Lunarglide+ 4
5) Adidas Supernova Glide 5
By the I’m mild over-pronator with medium arch, so all these shoes are of interest to me. First the the bottom one
Nike Lunarglide+ 4
It has too much cushion and you don’t feel like you are running on the ground. I felt my feet above the ground touching some rubber, this is weird feeling and I did not enjoy it. The shoes is surprisingly flexible. Overall I felt bouncing off the ground.
Adidas Supernova Glide
This feels very light and good amount of cushion, but not for stable ride. it has stability issue on the mid foot. Back heel cushion is good. One more advantage of this is the heel fit, it has unique heel adaptation design where back of the shoe adhere to your foot. I would recommend this for neutral runners.
ASICS Cumulus 14
This came close second and its feel was very good. The only problem is that Cumulus 13 was under-pronator shoe and by mistake Cumulus 14 became moderate pronator shoe. For sure Cumulus 15 will be made under-pronator. Also Cumulus line was supposed to be cushiony type of platform, but ASICS remove lot of sole to make it appeal for other runners, which it did not work.
ASICS GT-1000
This is same as GT-2000 minus the GEL pad. This lacks the sufficient forefoot cushioning, but really good shoe. As I was looking for little more cushioning than the bare minimum, I had to skip this one.
I’m excited to try out the GT-2000 and will update more on it.