Reader review
4/5
Overall
turkeybacon · Sep 19, 2014
35 mpw training for a half marathon
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 2/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 3/5
Mizuno Wave Sayonara
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.1 oz
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Mizuno Wave Sayonara 2 replaced it
How it ranks
The Mizuno Wave Sayonara trails most daily trainers in our data. Looks and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 34 runner reviews and 3 other rated shoes in the Wave Sayonara product line.
Bottom-tier
54/100
Overall
54
Appearance
65
Cushioning
57
Value
50
Comfort
50
Durability
50
Confidence
93
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 will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
93/100
What runners say
“The upper has tears and holes in several spaces after 6 months and ~250 miles.”
“Wears out extremely quickly (especially shoe uppers).”
“Great lightweight trainer with a wide toe-box region and a snug fitted upper.”
“Lightweight, with a roomy toe box without having a huge amount of support/cushioning.”
“The Sayonaras have slightly more heel support and build to them, while maintaining a light feel.”
“Shoe size runs larger than normal.”
“After my first run, my right IT band really started to hurt.”
“Definitely stiffer than the kinvara and not as cushioned.”
“Ideal balance of weight, responsiveness, and comfort to handle any type of running.”
“Soles are great, good road feel.”
Prefer this shoe over another
29% 5/17
Where to buy
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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.
Pros
- Averaging 7.6 oz across the men's and women's builds, it is well under the 8.9 oz median for daily trainers on sale, and six reviewers notice the difference.
- Four reviewers use it for both easy mileage and faster tempo efforts.
- Three reviewers describe a firm ride with good road feel.
Cons
- Reviewers rate durability 3.4 out of 5, and three report the upper tearing, one at 250 miles and six months.
- Two reviewers find it stiffer and less cushioned than the Kinvara they came from.
- One of thirty-four reviewers so far had IT band pain that arrived and left with the shoe.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
Each dot is one rated shoe for sale, placed by its rating and by how much evidence sits behind it. Shoes toward the top right are both well rated and well established.
Confidence
50
60
70
80
90
100
25
50
75
100
Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Mizuno Wave Sayonara
Each dot is one version of the Wave Sayonara, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Rating
40
60
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100
54
2014
52
2015
60
2015
62
2017
Release year
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2017 · 1 review
62 Below average
27 Confidence
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2015 · 3 reviews
60 Below average
47 Confidence
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2015 · 10 reviews
52 Bottom-tier
90 Confidence
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Wave Sayonara This shoe
2014 · 34 reviews
54 Bottom-tier
93 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 8.1 oz
- Release
- 2014
- MSRP
- $120
Runner reviews
Reader review
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Sep 18, 2014
20 mpw training for sprints
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 5/5
Reader review
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Sep 17, 2014
40 mpw training for a marathon
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 3/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 4/5
Reader review
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Sep 16, 2014
30 mpw training for a marathon
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 3/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 3/5
Reader review
5/5
Overall
Ideal balance of weight, responsiveness, and comfort to handle any type of running
tse · Sep 12, 2014
60 mpw training for middle distance
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 4/5
- Value
- 4/5
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Shoe properties
Type
Daily trainer
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Daily trainer
Pronation
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
Weight
8.1 oz M
Lightest
9 oz M
8.5 oz M
Stack
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28/18mm
40/35mm
Drop
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1mm
5mm
Release
2014
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$120
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Lower MSRP
$145
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$149.99
Ratings
Overall
Bottom-tier (54)
Below average (62)
Exceptional (99)
Best overall
Comfort
Bottom-tier (50)
Bottom-tier (58)
Exceptional (99)
Best comfort
Cushioning
Bottom-tier (57)
Below average (67)
Exceptional (99)
Best cushioning
Durability
Bottom-tier (50)
Bottom-tier (53)
Very good (92)
Best durability
Appearance
Below average (65)
Below average (67)
Very good (91)
Best appearance
Value
Bottom-tier (50)
Bottom-tier (55)
Good (88)
Best value
Mizuno Wave Sayonara In Context
More on the Mizuno Wave Sayonara
- Mizuno Wave Sayonara 1
- Mizuno Wave Sayonara 4
- Mizuno Wave Sayonara 2 next version
- Mizuno Wave Sayonara 3
Reviewers Also Ran In
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- Brooks Launch 1 1 runner
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