Racing · Stability · Road · 6 oz · 4mm drop · 23/19mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.
How it ranks
The Saucony Fastwitch 9 sits about average for racing shoes in our data. Value and looks are its strongest sub-ratings. Cushioning scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 8 runner reviews and 4 other rated shoes in the Fastwitch product line. Another 4 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
56/100
“I would caution against anything more than 10 miles a week in the shoe.”
“Improvement over previous model, which had a porous hole under the arc of the shoe.”
“Nice lightweight racer that gives you an edge.”
50% 2/4
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Fastwitch, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
Fastwitch 9 This shoe
2019 · 8 reviews
74 Decent
56 Confidence
2017 · 5 reviews
87 Good
68 Confidence
2017 · 3 reviews
94 Excellent
78 Confidence
2013 · 5 reviews
94 Excellent
77 Confidence
2014 · 1 review
75 Decent
27 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
3/5
Overall
I would caution against anything more than 10 miles a week in the shoe. It’s nice for anything 5k or faster when you’re on the track. With today’s shoe tech, I would not dream of running on a trail or road with it.
Robert Gramley · Sep 22, 2023
5 mpw training for 5K and 10K
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jan 3, 2020
40 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Kinvara 10
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Dec 28, 2019
80 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Fastwitch 8
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