Runner\'s World USA - 09.2019 - 10.2019

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L

ike most runners, I’m a

little bit neurotic. I metic-

ulously log my training

runs. I’ll do a lap around

the block at the end of

my workout just so my GPS hits a

specific mileage. And over the past

six and a half years, I’ve bought

32 (yup, count them, 32!) pairs of

the same shoe: the Adidas Adi-

zero Boston. I currently have six

new pairs stacked in my closet

on reserve.

Clearly, I really like these shoes.

But to fully understand my love for

them, I need to take you back to

THE GEAR THAT

CHANGED

EVERYTHING

“I STAY

INJURY-

FREE.”

PRESENTED BY ADIDAS

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND THE

PERFECT FIT? WHEN JUST ONE SINGLE PIECE

OF GEAR MAKES EVERY STEP BETTER?

WE ASKED AROUND TO FIND OUT.

late 2011. That’s when the sneakers

I’d relied on for years were discon-

tinued—heartbreak for any runner.

For the next year, I tried in

vain to find a replacement, test-

ing out a dozen different shoes

in-store and actually purchasing

three or four models. But nothing

was quite right. Several were too

wide—my foot felt like it was

floating around when I ran. Some

were too soft, making me feel

“stuck” whenever I tried to move.

Overall, I just didn’t like the way

any of them fit. Ping-ponging

between all of those different

WHO Steven Rosenbaum

Investment manager,

Tean e ck , N ew J e r sey

WHAT Adidas Adizero

Boston, $120

suboptimal shoes for months on

end was really annoying. And

frankly, terrible for my training.

Then, in late 2012, one of my

go-to running gurus, Runner’s

World Runner-in-Chief Jeff Den-

gate, recommended a shoe I

somehow hadn’t tried yet: the

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