Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 10 oz · 8mm drop · 34/26mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.
How it ranks
The New Balance Fresh Foam Vongo v5 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Value and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 6 runner reviews and 4 other rated shoes in the Fresh Foam Vongo product line. Another 6 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
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
58/100
“They're very supportive and comfortable but quite heavy, so I don't use them for any uptempo work.”
“These shoes do a good job to reduce that overpronation and save my shins.”
“If your feet overpronate this shoe will be better than the 1080s.”
“Holds up for longer efforts.”
“Just a bit stiffer to provide stability.”
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Fresh Foam Vongo, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
Fresh Foam Vongo v5 This shoe
2021 · 6 reviews
74 Decent
58 Confidence
2019 · 7 reviews
84 Good
75 Confidence
2018 · 20 reviews
70 Decent
90 Confidence
2017 · 7 reviews
61 Below average
77 Confidence
2017 · 8 reviews
59 Bottom-tier
80 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
4/5
Overall
Holds up for longer efforts. Recently ran a marathon in them and it’s the best my feet have ever felt after.
Anonymous runner · Jun 22, 2024
35 mpw training for a marathon came from the New Balance Fresh Foam X EVOZ v3
5/5
Overall
Amazing. So comfortable.
Anonymous runner · Jun 20, 2024
27 mpw training for middle distance came from the Brooks Glycerin GTS 20
5/5
Overall
If your feet overpronate this shoe will be better than the 1080s. Running around 65 miles a week I developed shin splints and later a tibial stress fracture because I had pretty bad overpronation running in the 1080s (although I loved those shoes). These shoes do a good job to reduce that overpronation and save my shins. Have a similar look and feel to the 1080s just a bit stiffer to provide stability.
Steve K. · Dec 2, 2023
65 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the New Balance 1080 v10
5/5
Overall
I’m an old runner with a lot of miles on the legs. The Vongo provides the support and cushioning I need. I wish they’d been around when I was doing big miles.
Anonymous runner · Jul 4, 2023
15 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the HOKA Clifton 8
4/5
Overall
I wear these for warmups, cooldowns, long runs, recovery runs, basically 80% of my mileage. They're very supportive and comfortable but quite heavy, so I don't use them for any uptempo work.
Anonymous runner · Jun 5, 2023
40 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the New Balance Fresh Foam X 860 v12
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