New running shoes (ghost trail & glycerin 22)

I am a little behind on my running-shoe record-keeping. Oops.

I had to look back and see. I did apparently include a write-up on the new orange Brooks Ghost 17 that I purchased on 8/10/25. This is what I've been running in the most recently. I think (maybe) I ran the Fort4Fitness half marathon in these in the fall(??). They're still holding up fairly well, but mileage-wise I suppose are approaching retirement age. They've felt surprisingly good once I broke them in (and loosened the lower strings).

Since then I have bought two other pairs of running shoes...

I got these Brooks Ghost Trail shoes on 11/12/25. I have run in them several times on snow-covered pavement... including the 11 miles last Friday. They are actually more comfortable than the Ghost 17 above, with a slightly wider toe box. They do have a better tread than a regular shoe, and don't work too bad on snow (though not so much on ice). They are not super trail-y, though... so they work fairly good on the road as well. Hopefully I can get a couple more years out of them (fingers crossed).

On 12/17/25 I got this pair of Brooks Glycerin 22 on sale (I think for $125). I've worn them just a couple times, but these will start to be my daily trainer probably fairly soon as I amp up mileage for the April marathon. I will likely get another pair of Glycerin's to run that marathon in.
 

All three of these are size 8.5, which is nice. I don't like when I have to switch between 8.5 and 9 because the arch hits different. Although I wish there was an 8.75, because that's what I need! ;)

Anyway, now I should be caught up on my shoe posts for another couple months...