Customer Reviews Brooks Ghost 11 GTX

This is a great shoe in terms of overall fit and ruggedness. Love the GORE-TEX. Unfortunately, the successor shoe Ghost 12 GTX has significantly narrower shoebox and will not fit many people for whom the Ghost 11 GTX was great. Why can't the shoe factories produce shoes precisely enough to guarantee a fit from year to year!?

I love these shoes! I'm on my second pair of ghost 11 GTX. The goretex definitely works as expected. My first pair withstood snow, puddles, rain, ice, and nursing (body fluids, punctures, and extended wear time). I wore my first pair for about 5 months in a busy ICU. The last couple weeks they started to hurt my feet which is expected since it's seen more grime and extended wear time than any other shoes I've worn at work. The shoes are super comfortable and the goretex performs as expected, maybe even better.

Mixed feelings with this shoe. I had one pair and it broke down fast. They replaced it and it is holding up fine! The problem is how noisy they are while you walk. It must be the gortex.

The shoe is good for training but not racing it is on the heavy side. The sole is slippery on the road when it rains that is not good for a waterproof shoe. The width and size are on the larger side. For a heavy user as myself the support and the feeling when the leg hits the road is perfect.

Disappointed that most reviews aren't geared towards runners. 200-lb., 40-60 mpw sweaty mess. 12.5 wide - picked up April 2019. The shoe fits as expected; I ordered the wide in case the toe box was (and does) run a little narrow. This shoe is waterproof. During rain storms, nothing gets in; however, nothing gets out. These do not breathe. Any runs over 3-mi results in squishy feet the remainder of the run. When not in a downpour, these still weigh you down; very heavy. I have put these through various conditions; downpour, rainy summer heat, sleet, muddy trails, soggy gravel. All of the runs turned into arduous tasks to hit my mileage; none were very pleasant. Unfortunately, these have been demoted to last resort shoes only used to prevent excess wear on anything else. Unless I'm dealing with consecutive nasty days, I would wear my 500+mi regular Ghosts for rainy runs. I do not recommend these. They are sub-par in comparison to many other options. Note, I usually keep a Ghost/Glycerin in my road rotation and the Cascadia is my go-to trail.