Reader review
Anonymous runner · Sep 28, 2025
4/5
Overall
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Cushioning
- 4/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 4/5
- Value
- 4/5
Nike
Air Zoom Pegasus 31
Daily trainer
· Neutral
· Road
Bottom tier (11%)
- Weight
- 10.6 oz
- Release
- 2014 Q4
- MSRP
- $115
- Stack Height
- 29mm heel - 19mm toe
- Drop Height
- 10mm
Bottom tier (11%)
overall
Shoe details
- Weight
- 10.6 oz
- Release
- 2014 Q4
- MSRP
- $115
- Stack Height
- 29mm heel - 19mm toe
- Drop Height
- 10mm
Ratings & Reviews
Bottom tier (11%)
Rated worse overall than 89% of all shoes.
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This score rates worse than 89% of other shoes we judged.
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Rating breakdown
Percentile vs. all shoes. Shaded bars reflect our uncertainty.
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Overall
Bottom tier (11%)
Appearance
Exceptional (98%)
Value
Excellent (94%)
Durability
Average (50%)
Comfort
Average (47%)
Cushioning
Below average (24%)
Comparison set
Rating
All Running Shoes
Worse than 89% of 2,492 running shoes ranked.
Bottom tier (11%)
Daily Trainers
Worse than 92% of 1,818 daily trainers ranked.
Bottom tier (8%)
Pegasus Family
Worse than >99% of 10 pegasus family ranked.
Bottom tier (<1%)
Nike
Worse than 95% of 399 Nike shoes ranked.
Bottom tier (5%)
Pros & Cons
Pros
- One of the most popular shoes among LetsRun.com readers.
- Rated above average on comfort.
- Rated among the top 25% of shoes on cushioning.
- Rated above average on durability.
Cons
- Most reviewers like this shoe less than their last shoe.
- Reviewers rate this shoe worse than the Air Zoom Pegasus 33.
- Rated below average overall.
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Shoe properties
Type
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Pronation
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
Weight
10.6 oz M
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Stack
29/19mm
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Drop
1mm
1mm
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Release
2014 Q4
2026
Newest
2025 Q2
MSRP
$115
$145
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$144.95
$129.95
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Ratings
Overall
Bottom tier (21%)
Below average (36%)
Exceptional (100%)
Best overall
Comfort
Average (47%)
Bottom tier (17%)
Exceptional (100%)
Best comfort
Cushioning
Below average (24%)
Below average (30%)
Exceptional (99%)
Best cushioning
Durability
Average (50%)
Average (56%)
Exceptional (99%)
Best durability
Appearance
Exceptional (98%)
Excellent (93%)
Exceptional (99%)
Best appearance
Value
Excellent (94%)
Above average (69%)
Exceptional (100%)
Best value
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Reader Reviews
199 reader reviews
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Reader review
hanyolo69 · Sep 28, 2025
4/5
Overall
Not as much cushioning as I'd like, but overall a very solid shoe. Was able to run over 500 miles in them. Noticeable loss in cushioning after ~200mi, but still quite runnable until 450-500.
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 4/5
Reader review
runpr2 · Sep 28, 2025
4/5
Overall
I have worn the Pegasus many times over the 34 years I have been running in its various incarnations. Some were better than others. This recent shoe is a horrible color (they all were) and doesn't seem to have as much bounce as the older versions.
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 2/5
- Value
- 5/5
Reader review
pat190 · Sep 28, 2025
5/5
Overall
The Nike Pegasus 31 continues the line of being the faithful workhorse for the foot. This shoe can handle the miles at any speed so comfortable. I've seen people run sub 15 minute 5ks on the road in this shoe, thats how versatile it is. It is everything you could want in a shoe, physologically speaking and athletically speaking. It is light, thin, and firm... Those are the 3 characteristics that Jay Dichary, author of Anatomy for Runners reccomends having in a shoe for the optimal exercise of all of the muscles within your legs. Hestically, the shoe is at the top, Nike's designer Mark Miner who created this shoe hand comfort, style, and efficiency in mind, not to mention 16,000 miles of research between all of the prototypes before the shoe came out. This shoe is not just a shoe, it is a progressive work in progress of how it can be better and better each generation of it's release and has been built upon for over THIRTY years. The Nike Pegasus, not just a shoe, a legacy of greatness... always in progress.
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 5/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 5/5
Reader review
mwieczorek · Sep 28, 2025
5/5
Overall
I have run in the Pegasus since middle school. I went to a doctor who told me she thought the shoe was too narrow. I have typically feet for someone of my age/height/weight and Pegasus has never felt narrow to me. It enough cushion to handle trails and pounding the pavement.
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 5/5