Saucony Men's Endorphin Pro 5 Running Shoe

About This Item

The Endorphin Pro 5 is a premium, carbon-plated super foam race day shoe that helps you smash your personal best with ease. Featuring a PWRRUN PB base, Super Critical PWRRUN HG top layer, and a new aggressive Carbon fiber plate, it makes running faster, and more fun giving you the competitive edge.


Design:

  • Upgraded carbon plate with a new slotted design enhances SpeedRoll technology for a faster smoother ride

In-Shoe Comfort:

  • Super-critical PWRRUN HG works in harmony with PWRRUN PB to create a dynamic lightweight platform that feels responsive and energetic

Durability & Traction:

  • PWRTRAC rubber outsole delivers superior grip and surface abrasion resistance ensuring confident traction mile after mile

Additional Details:

  • Built for durability and speed this carbon-plated super shoe is designed to help you chase PRs without compromise
  • Brand : Saucony
  • Country of Origin : Imported
  • Web ID: 26SAUMRUNNNDRPHNPRVEV

REVIEWS

3.7
65%
Recommended

69 Reviews

Great Ride, But The Heel Collar Is Unworkable (Blisters)

I bought these a couple months ago after loving the Endorphin Pro line. The good-the shoe is comfortable, stable and quick, and feels great at faster paces. While I noted a few reviews mentioning the heel rub, I brushed it off thinking it couldn't be that bad. It was awful, and even after taping my ankles to try to counteract the rub, these delivered a good sized blister to each of my heels. As such, I am now looking for a new racing shoe. That has never been an issue with a Saucony shoe for me before and I really hope they get it sorted because the new plate feels great in the 5 versus the 4.

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Lightweight And Great Support!

I've got about 30 miles on them so far. I'm coming back from a bad case of metatarsalgia. Doctor recommended finding the stiffest shoe to alleviate the hard flex of my foot and ball of foot. Run Runrepeat had a great article that led me straight to the Saucony Endorphin Pro 5. The stiffness of the shoe has given me the ability to run again. They are also VERY lightweight.

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Great Color

I always like my saucony! They have great color options

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Best Shoe

By far, the best shoe I have ever run in. Light weight, and very responsive.

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Good But Irritates Ankle

Really like the shoe, but it is causing some ankle irritation on longer runs (30km+). I don’t have this issue with the endorphin speed shoes so not sure if it is something about the pro shoes.

Newer Runner But Love It!

Fit is great, very lightweight. I feel fast when wearing it, might be placebo but I enjoy it quite a bit. Love the color way as well, very satisfied!

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Great Shoe But Causes Blisters

Long time wearer of Saucony and love the endorphin series of shoes but something changed in the endorphin pro 5s and are causing heel blisters. I’ve run in multiple versions of the speeds, endorphin pros, and triumphs and never had any issues. Tried on a few different runs, changing socks, etc and still end up blistering. Unfortunately an unwearable shoe for me!

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Great Features!

Awesome light weight shoe. Very comfortable. One drawback tho. They left blisters on the back of my Achilles. I’m going to give the shoes the benefit of the doubt and say it’s mostly from my socks sliding down

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Outstanding Performance, Concerning Durability

The Endorphin Pro 5 has been one of the best-feeling shoes I've run in. However, after only 20 miles, the heel is showing damage that I would normally expect after hundreds of miles. Large sections of material along the heel are already breaking down and separating. I understand racing shoes often prioritize performance over durability, and I am a heel striker, but this amount of wear after such limited use is concerning. Given the premium price point, I expected substantially better durability. I am sharing photos because this appears to be more than normal wear and tear. I would appreciate Saucony's review of the issue and whether this level of deterioration is considered normal for the Endorphin Pro 5.

Great Shoe But Inconsistent Sizing Between Colors

I have two pairs of these shoes. The first pair fit great. So I bought a second pair assuming the fit would be the same and they are not. The white pair that I bought feels smaller on the toe box and the insole near the toes feels smaller. Happy with the first pair but sad about the second feeling 1/2 size smaller than the first.

Achilles Blisters Pro 5 / No Carbon Plate :(

I’m a big Saucony fan. I used the Pro 4 for both training and race day in a marathon, and they were fantastic. Because of that, I expected the Pro 5 to work just as well for me. Unfortunately, after about 20 miles of running spread over several days, I’ve found them to be very uncomfortable. They have caused blisters around my Achilles heel, and I don’t feel like I’m getting much propulsion from the carbon plate. I can’t recommend them, and honestly, I feel like I wasted my money. On the other hand, I also own the Speed 5, and those have worked really well for me.

Poor Quality

These shoes fit well and provide good energy return. However, the outsole has already begun to wear down to the foam after less than 80 miles. For the price being asked for these shoes, I would expect it take significantly longer to see this type of wear from only road running. It was deemed not to be a defect in material so this must be the norm. I would not recommend these shoes to anyone expecting to run or race in them more than 4 or 5 times.

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Instant Distance Shoe

Going from old endorphins to the new ones I wasn’t expecting much. But the response from the sole is really great. Comfort was perfect right out the box. Heel is comfortable and doesn’t ride up, toe box is just right. Extremely light.

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Awful Heel Counter.

Lol you guys didn’t accept my first review. Super sus. What do you have to hide? Midsole is good, but whatever you guys did with heel counter is awful. It rubs the ever-loving crap out of my Achilles. Blindly bought two pairs of the 5s thinking that’s what I had (I had the 4s). Genuinely regret it, but can’t return them. I had to cut the extra heel counter off with scissors. Hope they don’t fall apart now

Fast Shoe!

Super happy with this shoe. Coming off the Alpha Fly, and at first I didn’t like these shoes. Tried them on in store and ran on the treadmill. They just felt OK, took a chance and ran outside with them, super light, and super fast. Great for the shorter, faster runs. Haven’t ran anything longer than a 10k in these, but so far I love them.

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