Declining Comfort for Nike:

If you enjoy running I'm sure you've owned a pair of Nike running shoes at some point like I have. My favorite model has been the Air Pegasus and this past summer I picked up a new pair shown to the right. I felt these sneakers offered some great curb appeal with distinctive styling and they were comfortable for a little while.

After about 5 months of use the inner sole started to compress and become overly firm and less comfortable. Then one morning I was walking across my kitchen and noticed a small black rectangular object on the floor which turned out to be a piece of the tread from the sneakers that had become unglued and fallen off. This is not what I would expect from a $90+ pair of running shoes from Nike.

I've had the comfort issue happen to me before with Nike running shoes but I've never had the tread start falling off. If you've taken a look at most Nike shoes on the market today they seem to have a similar tread design my pair of Air Pegasus shoes shown above. So based on this negative experience on went on the hunt for a new brand offering higher quality and greater comfort.

After consulting with a few friends on the running shoes they use the most consistent response I got was "if you're looking for the most comfortable running shoes you'll ever own you need to consider Asics".

Enter the Asics Gel Platinum Series. The second these shoes touched my feet I fell in love. Not only did they offer great styling but they delivered on comfort better than any running shoe I've ever owned. I'm now officially an Asics convert and will probably never buy another pair of Nike's again.

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