adidas | Men’s Adizero Boston 12 Running Shoes – Ivory

Advice for Road Runners: The adidas Men’s Adizero Boston 12 Running Shoes are for faster-paced training runs. This includes interval sessions and tempo efforts. As the midsole feels forgiving and cushioned, you should feel comfortable during the warm-up and cool-down sections of your workout.

Underfoot Feel

The adidas Adizero Boston 12 Running Shoes deliver a balance between soft and responsive cushioning. This is down to the specific midsole construction.

A bottom layer of LIGHTSTRIKE 2.0 cushioning feels forgiving and relatively plush – perfect for improving comfort levels. In contrast, a top layer of adidas’ most resilient foam – LIGHTSTRIKE PRO – improves energy return. 

Glass-fibre infused ENERGYRODS are more flexible than the carbon-infused ones that feature in the Adizero Adios Pro 3 Running Shoes. As a result, they feel more comfortable across a greater range of paces, whilst still improving propulsion and limiting energy loss.

Upper Fit

From testing, we can say the adidas Adizero Boston 12 Running Shoes fit spaciously across the toe box. The light, yet supportive, upper feels both performance-orientated and comfortable. 

Ideal Run Type

The adidas Men’s Adizero Boston 12 Running Shoes perform at their best on faster-paced training runs. However, as they feel very cushioned, they’re also suitable for steady training runs and long build runs that progress from slower speeds to faster ones. 

In a perfect world, opting for the Boston 12 in training runs means you can keep a pair of – less durable, but more propulsive – super-shoes for race day.

Technical Features

• Approximate weight: 275 grams
• Forefoot stack height: 31 mm
• Rearfoot stack height: 38 mm
• Drop: 7 mm
• Upper contains a minimum of 50% recycled content
• Continental™ Rubber outsole

Sizing Advice 

Shoe size is a personal preference and everyone’s feet are different, but we want to ensure you avoid any pain or discomfort from bruised toenails, rubbing, blistering or pins and needles.

Your running shoes should have enough width to allow you to spread your toes and should have some space at the front (we recommend having a half to one thumb’s width of space from the end of your longest toe to the front of your running shoes).

This usually means that your running shoe will be at least a half size bigger than your regular shoe size though this can vary from brand to brand.