adidas adistar Boost ESM

Name: adidas adistar Boost ESM
Brand: adidas

Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 10.5 oz (men's) · 28/17mm stack · 11mm drop

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.

How it ranks

The adidas adistar Boost ESM’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 2 runner reviews so far, with brand history also informing the score.

Current estimate: Decent

Overall

Decent 73

Appearance

Good 89

Durability

Good 88

Value

Decent 79

Cushioning

Decent 79

Comfort

Decent 76

Confidence

How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence is low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.

Confidence

30 Very low

Very low 30

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Pros

One of two reviewers so far praises the reinforced toe and the structure for high mileage in bad weather.
One of two reviewers so far races ten miles and up in it and calls it bouncy and responsive.

Cons

Reviewers rate value 4.0 out of 5, its lowest dimension, and one calls the retail price too high.
One of two reviewers so far sees the outsole worn at about 400 miles and avoids it on rocky ground.

adistar Boost ESM rates 73. This shoe has very low confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Runner Ratings

2 ratings

5/5 2

4/5 0

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 10.5 oz (men's)
Release: 2016
MSRP: $110
Stack: 28/17mm
Drop: 11mm

Runner reviews

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Durable, high mileage shoes

5/5

Overall

The Adistar Boost ESM Shoes really gave me the best options for a few items on my must-have list: Boost foam, better durability, and a tad bit more structure for high mileage. The reinforced toe on this thing was great during in-climate weather runs, and the shoes had a bit more structure allowing me to run higher mileage.

seankinne · Feb 6, 2018

70 mpw

Comfort: 5/5
Cushioning: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 5/5
Value: 4/5

Excellent Everyday Trainer

5/5

Overall

The beauty of this shoe is it feels like a bouncy and responsive trainer on your feet, yet it's light enough to run a long race in (10 miles and up). The only cons to this one are that the bottom gets worn down a little quickly (400ish miles vs 500-600 it takes for the shoe to feel "dead"), they're not great on rocky or hard/uneven trails, and the retail price is too high. These are really hard to find now anyways so if you can get a pair they should be much cheaper than retail by now.

BrMcDonnell · Dec 27, 2017

80 mpw training for a marathon came from the Nike Air Zoom Odyssey 2