Saucony Endorphin Azura

The Saucony Endorphin Azura is the softest and most approachable member of the Endorphin line: all the racing foam, without the plate.

The spec sheet

• PWRRUN PB foam — Pebax beads, the same material as in the brand's race shoes.
• No plate, carbon or nylon. That is the choice that defines the shoe.
• Roughly 40.7 mm of stack at the heel and 32.7 mm at the forefoot, for an 8 mm drop.
• Around 241 g, which is light for a midsole this tall.

Why take the plate out?

A plate makes a shoe fast, but stiff, and it dictates a stride. Without one, the PWRRUN PB foam works alone: the shoe stays very bouncy, but it forgives more, adapts to a range of paces and can be worn every day without tiring the foot.

It is a super trainer in the literal sense: race-shoe material in a training shoe.

Who is the Azura for?

• Runners who want the Endorphin feel every day, not just on session days.
• Tempos and fast long runs, without the stiffness of a plate.
• Anyone who tried a carbon plate and never got along with it.

Azura, Speed or Pro?

The Endorphin Speed adds a nylon plate: livelier, more directive. The Endorphin Pro moves to carbon, for race day. The Azura is the only one of the three without a plate — the most versatile, and the easiest to wear often.

Try it on in store

Come near Québec City to try it: the plateless feel is judged on the foot, not on a spec sheet.

See the full Saucony Endorphin line, or all our running shoes.