Discontinued · road · Recovery / Long run / Daily · $130
Earlier generation of the Adidas Adistar line, kept for replacement lookups.
Built for recovery, long run, daily, at a target pace of 9:00–12:30 /mi on road.
This model is no longer in production. The closest shoe you can buy today is Adidas Adistar 3.
Adidas tuned this midsole very soft (5/5 on our cushioning scale). Energy return is modest, so the ride feels protective and damp rather than springy. 39 mm of heel stack is the modern daily-trainer sweet spot — enough foam for long miles without losing contact with the road. Combined, the ride reads as muted at 1/5 responsiveness.
There is no plate here. The midsole does all the work, so the shoe flexes naturally and stays versatile across paces — easier on the feet day to day, but without the snap of a plated shoe when you want to roll.
A 6 mm drop is the mainstream middle — familiar to almost anyone coming from a standard trainer. The geometry is fairly traditional and flat, so the shoe follows your foot rather than steering it. The forefoot is stiff, so it rolls rather than bends — a lever, not a slipper. It offers real guidance through the gait cycle — useful for runners whose form collapses when tired.
The toe-box is standard width — comfortable for most feet without swimming. It fits true to size. Expect roughly 600 miles from the outsole, about $0.22 per mile at $130.
For the foams and plates Adidas uses across its line, read the Adidas brand guide.
Measured against the 542 currently-available shoes in the catalog. The bar shows where this shoe sits in that range.
Weight
322 g / 11.4 oz
47 g heavier than the catalog median of 275 g
Heel stack
39 mm
3 mm taller than the catalog median of 36 mm
Drop
6 mm
Level with the catalog median of 6 mm
Price
$130
30 cheaper than the catalog median of 160
Responsiveness
1 / 5
Catalog median 3 / 5
Cushioning
5 / 5
Catalog median 4 / 5
Energy return
2 / 5
Catalog median 3 / 5
Durability
~600 mi
Catalog median ~400 mi
Within the Adidas line it is heavier than the brand's median (278 g / 9.8 oz) and sits taller than its median stack (35 mm).
Current shoes with the nearest combination of weight, stack, drop, foam feel and plate.
Brooks Glycerin Flex
277 g / 9.8 oz · 36 mm · 6 mm drop · — · $150
Soft, flexible take on the Glycerin for relaxed, unstructured miles.
Topo Athletic Rekovr 2
280 g / 9.9 oz · 32 mm · 5 mm drop · — · $125
Soft, squishy shoe built purely for recovery days and walking.
Hoka Gaviota 5
310 g / 10.9 oz · 36 mm · 6 mm drop · — · $175
Hoka's maximal stability shoe: heavy, plush and firmly guided.
New Balance Fresh Foam X Vongo v6
303 g / 10.7 oz · 38 mm · 6 mm drop · — · $165
Stability daily trainer using a guidance film instead of a hard post.