Reebok Floatride Energy 5 'Steely Fog Laser Lime'
Colorway: Steely Fog/Hoops Blue/Laser Lime · Style code: 100033386 · Release date: September 2023 · Price: $307 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Reebok Floatride Energy 5 'White Gum' (100025735) · Reebok Floatride Energy 5 'White Gum' (HQ9051) · Reebok Floatride Energy 5 'Steely Blue' (HQ9924) · Reebok Wmns Floatride Energy 5 'Bone' (100074427) · Reebok Floatride Energy 5 Adventure 'Court Brown' (100033457)
Reebok was not a serious running brand for most of the 2010s, and the Floatride Energy is the shoe that changed that conversation. Its midsole compound gave the company a light, responsive trainer at a price well under what established running brands charged for anything comparable, and reviewers spent several generations pointing that out rather than discussing the shoe's finer qualities. The fifth version added foam in both width and height, slid a torsion plate underneath for stability and rebuilt the upper with recycled content, all while holding the price where it had always sat. It stayed lower and firmer than the tall, soft trainers dominating the period, which suited runners who wanted to feel the ground. The complaint reviewers kept returning to was fit: narrow through the midfoot, which rules the shoe out for some feet whatever else it does well.