Shoe Porn: Brooks Ghost 10

Let me tell you a ghost story…

Not that one!  The one about my new favorite shoes… the Brooks Ghost 10!!!

So this is how I feel about these shoes.

As someone who usually runs in low to zero drop shoes I would never have tried a shoe with a 12mm drop!  That's like this…

But they feel like a 5-6 drop shoe when I run them.  Some kind of demon magic or something.

Reading online I just saw so many super positive reviews that I just had to try them.

Here is what really tipped me.

I'm not kidding.  The super cushioned ankle collar is what really intrigued me.  Plus the double tongue stays that keep the padded tongue from shifting.

Tread is super grippy and the segmentation really makes the shoe much more flexible than it looks.

The real beauty is once you get them running.  This is the best way I can explain it…

They turned the entire would into Nerf.  Like running in the original Hoka One One's but without the boggy feel.  Most soft shoes tend to have that quicksand effect but again the D in DNA stands for Demon magic.

I have always been a shoe hoarder.

Ok that's Imelda Marcos’s shoes but I have hopped in my Hokas, tiptoed in my Five Fingers, just done it in my Nike's, and just about every other brand you can think of and these are the only shoes I have bought multiple pairs of that were not on sale.  Now own them in the total Gray and the exclusive White that only Zappos seems to have.  

Strangely there are different options for the upper materials.  

Here are the Grey Ghosts with the regular engineered mesh upper

White is the same…

Now look at the Grey/Black version

It's a knit material.  Weird right?  And where did the toe cap go?  

The Blue/Grey version has the knit with a toe cap.

With Brooks recent use of prints on their shoes I'm looking forward to some funky versions coming out later.

So these were my favorite ghosts before

But now Brooks has stolen that honor.  

And in case you are worried about inclement weather, there is a GTX version.  I thought about getting a GTX pair for when it's cold.  I find Goretex shows useless for rain but they are always warmer since “breathable” my ass.  GTX versions are always hot but in the deep of winter they would be great.  

I really have never been this totally impressed with a shoe.  Ghost 10 gets a 10 out of 10.  I will end up with a third pair soon...but for now. Gotta run!