Top 5 Daily Trainers 2023
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Published 2023-12-18
0:00 intro
0:52 Disclosures
1:15 supernova rise
2:41 cloudsurfer
4:06 Clifton 9
5:21 1080v13
7:28 novablast 4
disclosures: all of the shoes were provided for the purpose of review so I did not have to pay for any of them. However, no one is paying me to make this video or to include their shoe on this list. Providing a shoe is not a prerequisite for consideration.
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Supernova Rise
- Dreamstrike supercritical foam
- Eva bottom layer
- Comfy upper that is too puffy but a generous toe box compared to other Adidas daily trainers
- • Adidas Supernova Rise
Cloudsurfer
- Cloudtec phase
- No speedboard
- Super puffy upper, but treat yo self
- Review • On Cloudsurfer - This is It
- Update After 100 miles • On Cloudsurfer After 100 Miles
Clifton 9
- Depature from prior Cliftons
- Compression molded Eva? Feels like it might be supercritical - it’s bouncy (vs comfort cruiser)
- Really great pace versatility, from easy day to workouts
- • Clifton 9 - Same Look, Much Better
1080v13
- Fresh foam x feels like what’s in the Clifton 9
- Narrowed their footprints for more lively and agile experience
- Not too much puffiness
- • New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v13 - Lo...
Novablast 4
- Already racked up 100 miles
- Great easy day shoe but quick enough to keep up with pros in New York and otq chasers at CIM
- Wear it all day or run in it all day
- FF blast + eco (24% bio based)
- • ASICS Novablast 4
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All Comments (21)
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This guy is so biased man...he has given the Novablast 1, 2 , 3 and 4 as shoe of the year each year...are u kidding me, what a joke. You sir are not an unbiased reviewer sorry.
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I always look forward to the top 5 year end reviews! Thanks for your honest and excellent opinions, Ko!
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Its great to see the New Balance fresh foam line getting more recognition.. been running in 880/1080 for years and keep going back to it after being disapoint with ghost/Triumph etc.
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Awesome work man! Looking forward to getting back on the Novablast lineup.
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I ran the most in 2022 and 2023 in the Novablast 3, with the Triumph 20 2nd in 2023. Still my SOTY overall is the SuperComp Trainer V2. I only have about 30 miles in the Novablast 4, with my longest run only 8 miles. So far, I will say great shoe and I think the forefoot is better in the 4, but I like the heel better in 3. I need to get some 15 to 20 mile runs in them to truly judge, but so far they are a blast to run in. Fun fact I wore the Novablast 3 for the Damn Yeti 55k trail (mostly smooth, non-tech) race. It did great.
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Have 2 Clifton 9's super comfy, right balance for me of being soft, but not too soft. Live in Thailand, not seen the Novablast 4 yet, the 3 very good, bit squishy. Great video as always.
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I picked up the novablast 4 too and I absolutely love it so far!
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Great list! ❤ Had two pairs of Novablast 3, so I’m excited to try Novablast 4 at an ASICS demo at my local running store tonight!! 🎉🎉🎉
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Hey Kofuzi. Discovered you recently when looking at shoe reviews. Really enjoying your vids, especially loved the Boston Marathon vid. I haven't run for quite a few years mostly due to back issues but hoping to get back into it, to a fun level with the family at least.Being a pronater I used to run in Brooks with a bit of stability. I've been reading about the recent science in regards to gait, pronation, natural etc and that what we all believe is not quite right. So I'm going to try the Novablast 4 and see how I travel. I think my fitness starting out will be more of a battle than my foot placement but we will see. Keep the quality coming. Cheers!
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The Novablast takes the crown again back to back! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
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Great review Mike as always We both choose Novablast 4 as My Daily Trainer of the Year in My Channel
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Great call on the Cloudsurfer 7. It's a shoe that surprised me and many others this year. On Running deserves praise for breaking free of their institutional thinking and finally giving us a shoe without that stupid speedboard. I rewarded them by buying two in different colorways. It's light too. I like to use it for faster/flatter cold days when the TS9's upper gives me frostbite.
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Nice rundown! Really liked the Supernova Rise. Just felt personally for me it needed a bit more 'ooomph' on faster workouts but definitely a step in the right direction for Adidas. Novablast again was really comfortable, but perhaps too comfortable (is that even possible??) for my use as a daily. Might give the Hokas or NB 1080v3 a go next year. OCs just don't appeal to me. Look great… but…I can only think how annoyed I'd be if I got a stone in one of the gaps mid-run! I've been using my last pair of Pegasus Turbos for dailys this last wee while. But having racked up 350+ miles on them I'm in need of a new daily. New Peg Turbo 4 pics are doing the rounds on insta! :D Let's pray its better than the Next Nature!!
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My favorite is the New Balance Feulcell Supercomp Trainer V2. It’s like the 1080 V3 without the gnocchi pillows.
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I just got my Novablast 4’s today!!! Taking them out for a 6 miler tomorrow morning … so excited!!!
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Very interesting list. Are you planning on doing a top 5 speed shoes and ultimate shoe rotations 2023? You know we want to see them.
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I started with running this year and my daily trainiers are OnCloudmonster and the Novablast 3 which I took also as the race shoe for NYC'23 because it felt so comfy.
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I wish Reebok made a good shoe that was on par with all of these daily shoes. I am a hardcore fan of the Floatride 4. What a shoe that was!
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I'd like to predict that Kofuzi picks the Puma Deviate Nitro 2 as shoe of the year. For two reasons: 1) He seems to love running in it and he said it feels the most "Boston" like to him. 2) I feel like he'd want to recognize the rise of the Puma Brand. People love their Nitro foam and they are creating an awesome lineup of race shoes, tempo shoes, and recovery shoes.
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“Gnocchi pillow” love it!
