It got progressively worse over the course of a few weeks (used the shoes Nike Roshe Run Damen for casual wear a bunch in addition to runs). I think what is happening is that the welded overlay just behind the site of abrasion causes the upper to pucker in this area when the shoe flexes. This has frayed Adidas NMD Womens the white thread woven into the upper, but the actual black structural upper mesh seems to be fully intact. It may be that this is just cosmetic since the white thread is very fine, but it’s something to keep an eye on.Now for the negative for me, and this saddens me because I really want to love this shoe – it looks great and is super comfortable. Unfortunately, the sole and I just aren’t getting along.
The Mirage is the “stability” model in Saucony’s “natural running” collection of footwear, and stable is indeed a good word to describe it. The sole of the Mirage 4 is very, very firm, and pretty stiff. Stiff, firm soles and I don’t generally get along unless the shoe is a Nike Air Presto Damen racing flat with a small stack. The stack height of the Mirage 4 is 24mm heel, 20mm forefoot, so not terribly thick, but thick enough that combined with a firm feel Nike Air Max 90 Mens it just does not work with my stride. I prefer a shoe with a bit more cush and my runs in the Mirage have felt jarring. So much so that after 5-6 runs in them I decided to pull the plug on further runs and admit defeat (strangely, my hamstrings were sore after a few of my runs in them, still trying to figure that out…).
At first I thought maybe the soles were just hard because of the cold weather in NH. EVA foam firms up in the cold, so this seemed like a reasonable possibility. To test this theory, I brought the Mirage 4 with me to Florida and ran several times in the summer-like warmth. Did not help. I wondered if maybe they needed to be broken in a bit so I wore them most days at the parks while at Disney – maybe 20-30 miles of walking. No difference. I’ve concluded that Nike Air Presto Hombre this is just a firm shoe, and it’s not a good match for me.
As far as stability elements go, the Mirage has a plastic arch built into the arch. Not sure how effective it is, and can’t say I noticed it. The shoe is firm enough that I don’t think I compressed the medial midsole much.I want to be very clear that a lot of people will probably love this shoe for its firmness. I Nike Air Max 2017 Womens had similar issues with the Mizuno Sayonara for example and a lot of people I know love that shoe. Some runners on the Gear Institute forum also commented on the firmness of this shoe, but some of them really liked it for that reason. We all have slightly different body types and strides, and our reaction to a given shoe is highly variable. If you like a firm shoe, I’d very much recommend that you try this one as in almost every other respect I have found it to be fantastic.
If you’re looking for a firm, stable, roomy shoe to eat up miles the Saucony Mirage 4 is a great choice. Just keep an eye on the upper in the medial forefoot. It’s a bit too firm for me as a running Adidas Campus Femme shoe, but I’ll likely keep my pair for causal wear since it’s a slick-looking shoe.I am a little bit worried about your comment that the Mirage 4 is too hard. I Nike Air VaporMax Damskie plan to buy these shoes as i ran a marathon in the Mirage 3; can you comment on the difference between the hardness of the sole of the mirage 3 and mirage 4 if possible; just wondering whats your opinion on that; i also was wondering how it is possible that just the Nike Air Huarache Womens hardness of a sole makes an over the average performance runner so uncomfortable that he does not want to run in a shoe; i mean the kind of shoes matter but only to some extent; i think that there must be something else that you don’t want to run in a shoe like the mirage; on the selection of the suacony running shoes the mirage is between the kinvara and the saucony ride; some may say that the sacony ride is too cushy and the kinvara is to hard so the mirage is in between; it can be possible that the Mirage 4 is designed that it feels hard to run on it
