What's a natural step up from SB2?
Hi folks, I'm relatively new to running and I'm seeing some good progress. Currently I have 3 pairs of shoes, Superblast 2, Cloudmonster 2 and Cascadia 19 for trails. I did a half marathon in my SBs back in March and ran 1:33. I also ran a 5k in April and got 19:07 in them. These are the only all out runs I've done and my easy pace has improved since
Right now my easy pace in the Cloudmonsters is 4:50-5:00/km and in the SBs is 4:40-4:50, which is about 20 seconds faster than when I did the HM. I'm wondering what a natural step up in shoe is, as I've read that the SBs are not as good as those faster pace as other shoes
I've been looking at potentially getting one of the Chinese brands as they seem to have great reviews and are excellent value. I don't mind about plated vs non plated
The purpose would be for race day (anywhere from 5k to marathon) and for speed sessions like intervals. Happy to look at getting more than one pair of its appropriate
Potentially useful info:
- 184cm and 70kg
- midfoot striker
- relatively high cadence - around 185-195
- somewhat wide feet (which is why I got the Cloudmonsters). SBs felt too tight but they loosened up after about 30km and feel great now
- Cloudmonsters have done 400km and SBs have done 350km. Both still feel good but I'm not actually sure as I've never replaced a pair of shoes before
Thanks for any and all advice!