The Saucony Peregrine 14. All images: iRunFar/Tom Caughlan
The Saucony Peregrine 14 ($140) is an replace on a traditional shoe that has been an amazing all-arounder for a very long time. With comparatively deep 5-millimeter lugs, this shoe excels in dry circumstances and holds its personal when issues get slightly bit muddy and slick. The 28-millimeter and 24-millimeter heel and toe stack heights create a 4-millimeter drop, which is cheap for a low-to-the-ground shoe.
The Saucony Peregrine 14 has an precise weight of 9.8 ounces (278 grams) for a U.S. males’s 9, making it mild sufficient for some pace. The up to date higher has a singular lacing system that gives degree of lockdown, and Saucony has addressed among the sturdiness points that plagued the earlier model of this shoe.
Between its sturdy lineage and its most up-to-date updates, the Peregrine 14 is a worthy inclusion in our Greatest Path Working Sneakers information.
On this video evaluate, iRunFar’s Travis Liles takes a deep dive into what has stayed the identical and what has been up to date on this traditional and explains why it’s an amazing choice as an all-arounder for something from yard coaching runs to 100-mile races.
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Saucony Peregrine 14 Evaluate Transcript
Hey. Welcome to Path Trials, the video evaluate part of iRunFar. My identify is Travis Liles, and on this video, we’re taking a look at a traditional, the Saucony Peregrine 14. That is the 14th version of this shoe. Let’s test it out.
All proper, so let’s begin off with the stats. That is the U.S. males’s measurement 9, which has an precise weight of 9.8 ounces. And a U.S. ladies’s 7 has a claimed weight proper round 8.2 ounces. That’s barely up by a number of decimal factors from the final model. So, there’s slightly extra weight right here. This can be a 4-millimeter heel-to-toe drop. It has a luggy outsole. It’s meant to go quick. It’s meant to offer cushion. It’s meant to be slightly bit extra athletic.
So with all that, let’s see what’s new about this. Let’s see what’s the identical about this. Let’s see how this shoe holds up all by itself.
Saucony Peregrine 14 Higher
A lateral view of the Saucony Peregrine 14.
Let’s begin off with the higher of the Saucony Peregrine 14 right here. It’s a quite simple higher, for essentially the most half. It’s one form of mesh, which is that this commonplace mesh that’s been round for some time. It’s not that engineered mesh that’s form of stretchy and versatile, which I don’t like for path trainers. I really feel prefer it doesn’t maintain my foot in place like I would like it to, particularly on downhills, or over assorted terrain the place my foot’s shifting round facet to facet. I don’t need a whole lot of give. I would like slightly bit extra of a sticky really feel the place the shoe is just not shifting round beneath me. And I really feel like this mesh does a fairly good job of that.
There are a few issues I’ll level out right here: some overlays. You may see lots right here across the toebox space. This toebox is a medium match, so there may be sufficient room to your toes to unfold out slightly bit. It’s not so slender that the whole lot is pinched in there to a degree. I’d say that is extra of a normal match than it’s a actually quick, athletic match. I consider among the Salomon S/Lab fashions which are actually, actually slender, even having a really slender heel and beneath the arch, which is sweet for going quick and shorter distances.
This rides a pleasant line between sufficient width whereas being an athletic sufficient match for longer distances, in addition to shorter distances. It will possibly work in a whole lot of situations. You’ve acquired slightly little bit of toe safety round right here, this rubber cap right here. It’s going to maintain water from splashing in if you step in stuff, it’s going so as to add some sturdiness, and it’s going so as to add slightly little bit of safety from kicking issues.
There’s slightly little bit of doubled-up materials within right here. When you have a look at this flat, easy, grey half that’s simply on high of the mesh, as soon as it turns into this little extra patterned form of factor, there’s some further reinforcement. It’s smooth, nonetheless. It’s not tremendous smooth, however there’s only a small quantity of rigidity. As you get nearer to the precise toe of the shoe, you get slightly extra reinforcement coming from the outsole that wraps up within the toe cap space and this overlay.
This can be a very commonplace lacing system. It’s not asymmetrical, it’s pretty easy. There’s a gaiter attachment right here on the entrance however no Velcro within the again. After which the lacing: The fascinating factor that I’ll name out right here is these little further eyelets. You may observe right here that simply the usual eyelets are beneath. After which on high of these eyelets are these unfastened, free-hanging ones. If we open this up and look inside, we are going to see that these laces are linked down in direction of the midsole.
So, in the event you’re searching for some further wrap and wish to change the way in which that midfoot feels, you possibly can simply use the usual lacing and skip these guys altogether. Or you can skip that lacing and simply use these. And since they’re slightly looser, you will get a extra fascinating wrap between them. And since that’s right down to the midsole, you possibly can actually get an excellent higher grip on the highest and sides of your foot. It’s only a good manner of selecting totally different choices to your foot if the preliminary commonplace match out of the field doesn’t work.
However general, I feel it’s a reasonably good-fitting shoe, and I’d say it’s middling. It’s not hyper, hyper tight, however you could have some choices to lock it down and do properly on downhills, uphills, and assorted terrain. The lacing system works nice for that.
On the tongue facet, there’s a gusset in right here to maintain particles out, which can take the complete distance of the lacing. That is all coated up with some straps beneath right here that work to the midsole and provides it slightly little bit of a sock-like really feel contained in the shoe.
From a heel standpoint, it’s a fairly commonplace match. It’s acquired some rigidity within the again so it’s not totally collapsible. However it’s principally padded. It’s not overly padded, simply medium padding. They usually’ve even added slightly reflector right here for anyone that wears these footwear for street working, which I did, and so they work simply positive.
The one factor I’ll simply name out right here is that this replace: One in all my issues with the final model was there was a whole lot of this rubber overlay stuff that added some bizarre seams and began splitting and peeling off. That is an instance of the final model. You may see right here, there are a few of these pinch factors the place the shoe is beginning to fray. There’s one other facet over right here the place this rubber was beginning to come off [in the Peregrine 13]. And that’s not occurring right here [in the Peregrine 14].
This shoe has about 100 miles on it, and that different shoe began exhibiting indicators of that breakdown round that very same mark. This one doesn’t present any of that. No less than at this level, it’s extra sturdy, which is all the time welcome.
Saucony Peregrine 14 Midsole
A medial view of the Saucony Peregrine 14.
Let’s discuss concerning the midsole right here.
This Saucony Peregrine 14 has PWRRUN for the midsole, which is slightly bit extra of a normal kind of froth. Fundamental cushioning. I’d say it’s pretty bouncy and rubbery. However for essentially the most half, this can be a extra fundamental, center, not-too-squishy, not-too-firm kind of froth. And that’s all the way in which across the shoe.
I’ve all the time appreciated this foam. I feel it does job and does rather well for path trainers as a result of it’s acquired sufficient rigidity that provides some snappiness, nevertheless it additionally has sufficient cushion that it doesn’t really feel prefer it’s a beating to put on it over lengthy, prolonged durations of time.
What’s fascinating, and once more, I’ve known as out earlier than, is that this shoe’s sock liner/insole really makes use of a unique kind of froth. And you may see that basically visibly right here by this styrofoam-y look. That is known as PWRRUN+. In Saucony’s extra high-end footwear, or a few of their street trainers, they really use this foam, which is extra bouncy and has extra rebound. I like this as a result of it’s a nice-feeling sock liner. It’s slightly bit thicker, so it removes that downside the place generally skinny sock liners ball up or roll round. This one’s thick.
The opposite half that’s fascinating is that as a result of that is made out of midsole foam versus one thing commonplace, it doesn’t have all that pitting. As I discussed earlier than, I’ve acquired about 100 miles on these, and there are not any spots the place my toes have actually pressed into this. This a part of the shoe is a pleasant compromise. As an alternative of placing higher-end foam right here and making the shoe probably costlier, or possibly making the texture totally different, they’ve put slightly little bit of funding into the sock liner and added extra fascinating foam.
It’s extra bouncy, and there may be extra rebound foam right here, which makes it slightly extra snug. I feel it provides slightly attribute right here that we’d like to see on different footwear.
Saucony Peregrine 14 Outsole
The outsole of the Saucony Peregrine 14.
Rolling over to the outsole, the Peregrine mannequin has all the time been identified for this: huge, toothy lugs. The identical factor exists right here on the surface of the shoe: downward-facing lugs for traction, braking downhill, and these different ones for climbing, so these numerous sorts of lugs are going multi-directions for traction in a number of methods. They usually’re pretty deep. These are 5-millimeter lugs, so that they grip properly just about in any atmosphere. They’re not the stickiest, so generally on marble-y moist floor or a moist wood bridge with slightly little bit of moss or form of natural matter on the highest of it, they’ll slide round lots. It’s not horrible, nevertheless it’s not the stickiest.
So, good lug depth. It’s above common on the dry and moist traction facet of the home. It’s simply a few of these most sticky or slick environments the place you’ll in all probability not get a lot traction. However once more, that’s a really specialised shoe that tends to work there.
After which to the rock plate’s facet of the home. It’s not a normal plastic one. It’s form of this fabric-y one. When you get one among these in hand, you possibly can really feel it: It’s knitted. It’s some form of densely woven, tight cloth that provides safety right here within the midfoot. For essentially the most half, I’ve probably not observed lots poking by means of in these areas.
The center of the shoe, the again of the heel, these sorts of areas, sure. There isn’t any rock plate when you get previous the entrance a part of the foot, or all the way in which again. More often than not, you’re sacrificing slightly little bit of flexibility, and slightly little bit of pace, and it appears like a extra inflexible shoe when that rock plate extends all the way in which. This can be a good compromise and retains the shoe principally light-weight. It’s not as arduous and plasticky as a few of these others, so it nonetheless creates some flexibility whereas having safety.
Saucony Peregrine 14 General Impressions
A high view of the Saucony Peregrine 14.
In closing, I feel the Saucony Peregrine 14 acquired its footing once more. And I don’t imply that as a joke with the grip, however I assume that works.
This shoe began out way back as light-weight, low-to-the-ground, grippy, protecting, all-arounder that you can do lots in whereas sustaining some pace. I’ve performed a 100 miler in a pair of Peregrines, a number of 100 milers. It’s a shoe that I really feel snug speaking about, and that I’ve had a whole lot of lineage in.
There have been some dangerous variations of this shoe. The final model was fairly good however had some sturdiness points. To this point, with the place this one is at in comparison with model 13, a whole lot of that has been up to date and altered, and I don’t see any of that fraying, splitting, or this overlay stuff peeling off. In order that’s all actually optimistic.
I feel the match and the texture cowl a whole lot of totally different situations. If you wish to go quick, that is an athletic sufficient match to do this. And it’s principally light-weight. Whereas 9.8 ounces isn’t tremendous mild, you possibly can positively do some turnover. It’s acquired that mild, quick, stack on it, so that you’re not tipsy and up excessive. It has sufficient cushion the place that 4-millimeter drop doesn’t really feel prefer it’s an excessive amount of, prefer it’s too aggressive, which might occur in footwear which are decrease with much less cushion.
It’s a very nice sock liner that I appreciated earlier than, and I like now.
From variations 13 to 14, that is completely only a very small iteration. I’d say it’s primarily tweaks to the higher. All the things else feels the identical. The safety, the match, the traction, the rock plate are all the identical. You’re actually getting a barely extra sturdy, and I say barely as a result of I simply don’t have sufficient miles on this to say overly sturdy, however I do know that with over 100 miles on this shoe, it’s holding up considerably higher. This shoe is worthy of its placement in our Greatest Path Working Sneakers information.
When you’re searching for one thing that may do all of it, and also you’re searching for it in a 2024 value vary that’s nearer to $100 than $200, I feel this can be a actually nice choice to go for, and one which I actually add into the combination fairly a bit. Anytime it’s muddy and mucky, this tends to be one of many first sorts of footwear that I seize.
Any questions, or feedback, depart these beneath the video. Thanks for watching. We’ll catch you subsequent time.
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