Mizuno Neo Zen 1

Runnertia84 views3.8K subscriberscritical

“The Mizuno Neo Zen, which is what I'm incidentally running in today, does not really have the best wet weather grip. Certainly not the worst, but uh don't feel so sure-footed in this”

MidLife Runner6.5K views11K subscriberspositive

“like the Mizuno Neo Zen. Something fun.”

The Run Testers12K views122K subscribersmixed

“Muno neoen um the Muno Neo Vista I would have compared very closely with the Adidas Evo SL I'd use them for similar things um and I think they both got a good level of Versatility and Bounds in them um the Neo Zen even though it's pretty similar to the ne Vista I don't think it does that I think by taking that plate out you've turned it into a shoe that is really more designed for comfortable easy runs”

MidLife Runner4.1K views11K subscriberspositive

“If you love the Glycerin Max 1 and you love the Neo Zen 1, you're going to have to grieve that the two isn't more of that first one”

MidLife Runner1.4K views11K subscriberspositive

“And because I love V1 so much, shoe sicko certified”

Runnertia1.4K views3.8K subscribersmixed

“the top of their like Neo series might not be the Zen anymore.”

MidLife Runner2.2K views11K subscriberspositive

“V1 is still softer and V2 is still more supportive... I prefer the softness of the V1 if I had to choose between the two of them.”

Conversational Pace3.1K views11K subscriberspositive

“my wife, Maddie, she runs in the road Mizuno Neo line. She's got the Neo Vista and the Neo Zen. Both of those are like narrower, low volume, snugger-fitting knit uppers. And they don't seem like they're actually any worse for lockdown than this, but they fit way better.”

jogoncrago 3.4K views13K subscribersneutral

“Neo Zen sitting below it as the funloving soft, bouncy, unstable daily trainer.”

kofuzi43K views242K subscriberspositive

“Now we have the Neo Zen. This is a version one of the Neo Zen and it actually doesn't have a wave plate in it at all which makes it a pretty uh rare bird over at Mizuno.”

FORDY RUNS4.7K views58K subscriberspositive

“the Neo Zen is my favorite daily trainer at the moment. I absolutely love this shoe.”

The Run Testers122K subscribersneutral

“I had the same from the Neo Zen as well, and I think both of these shoes deliver a quite similar soft ride that's quite distinct from other daily trainers.”

Runnertia795 views3.8K subscriberscritical

“the Neo Zen was susceptible to compression fatigue. Uh so, the foam would compress over a series of use. And by 150-ish miles, the foam in the Neo Zen was pretty dead.”

RadDadBodTV1.2K views17K subscribersmixed

“Previous iterations of this shoe, as well as the Neo Zen, I would always say half size down.”

kofuzi16K views242K subscribersmixed

“That last version was really comfy, but it was a bit on the mushy side.”

Sagasu Running6.2K views31K subscribersneutral

“one of the biggest changes in the Neozen 2 over the Neozen 1 is it's now a full fairly traditional engineered mesh upper”

The Run Testers6.1K views122K subscriberscritical

“the original Neozen, I just didn't feel like it gave me a lot of energy. It was soft, it was comfy, but that was it.”

The Run Testers5K views122K subscriberscritical

“I actually found it was too soft. Um it actually compressed a little bit too much for me and I felt like I wasn't getting the energy back”

MidLife Runner18K views11K subscribersmixed

“You see there is this cavernous gap in in the middle of the first one if we're being really dramatic about it. And sometimes that caused a little collapsing of the foam”

jogoncrago 2K views13K subscriberspositive

“It just feels bizarre to go from one of the best midsole foams that I felt, the Nitro TPU, into something which is so normal feeling.”

RoadTrailRun1.5K views20K subscribersmixed

“The first version we are using one piece knit upper. It was good to produce a very nice seamless fit. Yeah, >> but on the other hand, so he counter was a little bit Yeah. unstable.”

kofuzi29K views242K subscriberspositive

“the Neo Zen as my squishy daily trainer”

jogoncrago 2.2K views13K subscriberspositive

“the Neo Zen when that is so radical and so fun”

kofuzi16K views242K subscribersneutral

“Mizuno tells me that it's similar to the Ener NXT in the Mazuno Neo Zen, but it's tuned for a little bit less bounce.”

The Run Testers122K subscribersneutral

“I have tested some of the Mizuno shoes like the Neo Vista and the Neo Zen”

RadDadBodTV17K subscriberspositive

“the logical place to start, in my opinion, would be with the Neo Zen line. Right? That's where I think Mizuno's innovation really really shines through”

Emily Heller2K views24K subscribersneutral

“You can use the Neo Zen for like tempo days”

TRC Gear33K subscriberspositive

“this is one of the most underrated running shoes of 2026. It's very versatile. Long runs, easy runs, recovery runs, you can nail here. But, I fell in love with the Mizuno Neo Zen, the first version. They nailed it.”

Doctors of Running2.5K views50K subscriberspositive

“with the new like Neo Zen and Neo Vista, like they're entering this like new era”

Runnertia87 views3.8K subscribersmixed

“I'm pleased with the Neo Zen. It is definitely compressed a ton and it's going to be probably around 200 miles that it stops being a bouncy shoe and just starts being a shoe.”

jogoncrago 3.2K views13K subscribersmixed

“Mizuno Neoen could also be brought up, I think, in terms of the level of softness, the compression. I think the key difference is that this doesn't decompress quite as much.”

MidLife Runner1.9K views11K subscriberspositive

“I like the Neo Zen for everyday kind of paces. And I like this for the Neo Vista V2 for recovery and more a little faster than everyday paces.”

MidLife Runner3.4K views11K subscriberspositive

“didn't love the Zen 2 as much as I love the Zen 1.”

MidLife Runner3.2K views11K subscriberspositive

“the Neo Zen is a very soft ride and that's why a lot of reviewers say this is good for recovery and easy day miles, but this phone is very resilient. this inner Zy next.”

The Run Testers27K views122K subscribersneutral

“the sort of minimal racy setup like we've seen coming to the Hyperion Max 3 or the Mizuno Neo Zen and Vistas. Even the Boston 13”

Runnertia591 views3.8K subscriberspositive

“the Neoen would be all of your slower paces up to wherever you want to go... I keep it like marathon pace or slower in the Neozen”

Runnertia926 views3.8K subscribersmixed

“It's 150 bucks going up against the Evo SL. um the foam is really soft and when it's new it's also really bouncy.”