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Saucony

Endorphin Pro 4

$2257.7 oz40 / 32 mm200 mi/pair

Stability speed

Saucony
Endorphin Pro 4

“The most stable super shoe I believe they make. The integrated tongue locks the foot out completely.”

$225

Price

7.7 oz

Weight

8 mm

Drop

40 / 32 mm

Stack

Full carbon

Plate

200

Miles per pair

$1.13

Cost per mile

When I reach for it

Fast days on tired legs, which in a twelve-ultra year is most of them. When my form is the thing most likely to fail, I want the shoe holding me together.

What works

  • ↑200-plus miles a pair, which is real money saved against other super shoes
  • ↑The most locked-in fit of anything in the rotation

What does not

  • ↓Not as explosive as the Adios Pro 4 or a Vaporfly
  • ↓Narrow toe box, and I have a wide foot
  • ↓My knees start talking after mile 18 of a marathon effort

The numbers

My scoringHow I rate the Endorphin Pro 4
COMFORTComfort: 9.5 out of 109.5STABILITYStability: 10 out of 1010ENERGY RETURNEnergy return: 8.9 out of 108.9DURABILITYDurability: 8.5 out of 108.5

My own scores out of 10. Durability is where race shoes always pay the price.

DurabilityMiles I get per pair
SUPERBLAST 3Superblast 3: 390 miles per pair390ENDORPHIN PRO 4Endorphin Pro 4: 200 miles per pair200ENDORPHIN ELITE 2Endorphin Elite 2: 150 miles per pair150ALPHAFLY 3Alphafly 3: 150 miles per pair150

What each pair actually lasts me. Race shoes are consumables. The daily trainer is where the value is.

ValueWhat each pair costs me per mile
SUPERBLAST 3Superblast 3: $0.54 per mile$0.54ENDORPHIN PRO 4Endorphin Pro 4: $1.13 per mile$1.13ENDORPHIN ELITE 2Endorphin Elite 2: $1.83 per mile$1.83ALPHAFLY 3Alphafly 3: $1.90 per mile$1.90

Price divided by the miles I actually get out of it. A $210 trainer that lasts 390 miles is cheaper per mile than any racer I own.

The rest of the rotation

Daily workhorse

ASICS

Superblast 3

$2108.4 oz46.5 / 38.5 mm390 mi/pair

Daily workhorse

ASICS Superblast 3

Race day, road ultra

Saucony

Endorphin Elite 2

$2757 oz39.5 / 31.5 mm150 mi/pair

Race day, road ultra

Saucony Endorphin Elite 2

Marathon speed

Nike

Alphafly 3

$2857 oz40 / 32 mm150 mi/pair

Marathon speed

Nike Alphafly 3

Tested, not in the rotation

Adidas

Adizero Adios Pro 4

$2507.1 oz39 / 33 mm

Tested, not in the rotation

Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4

Tested, not in the rotation

ASICS

Megablast

$2008.3 oz

Tested, not in the rotation

ASICS Megablast

Shoes are 2 to 4 percent. The training is the rest.

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