Saucony's Four Endorphins Sit Within 34 Grams

Saucony's four Endorphin shoes, the Elite 3, Pro 5, Speed 5 and Azura, weigh between 206 and 240 grams in men's sizing, a spread of 34 grams across a collection that runs from a marathon racer to a trainer with no plate at all. Saucony is selling the family under the line "Put your fast into focus," and the spec sheets show how tightly the four are packed against each other.

The newest of them is the Endorphin Elite 3, which Saucony launched on June 1, 2026 as the top of the range, with dual layers of its IncrediRUN foam and a revised midsole geometry. The Pro 5 sits under it as the race day shoe, the Speed 5 is the plated tempo and training shoe, and the Azura is the daily trainer added to the Endorphin line in 2026.

206 Grams, 207 Grams, 237 Grams, 240 Grams

In Saucony's men's listings the Pro 5 weighs 206 grams (7.3 oz) and the Elite 3 weighs 207 grams (7.2 oz), while the Speed 5 comes in at 237 grams (8.3 oz) and the Azura at 240 grams (8.5 oz). Independent scales disagree with the brand on the Pro 5: reviewers have reported it between roughly 220 and 232 grams, so 206 is a manufacturer figure and not a lab one.

The racers are the lightest pair, and they are close to each other. Adidas's Adizero Adios Pro 5 weighs 177 grams, 29 grams lighter than Saucony's Pro 5, which tells you where Saucony sits in the super shoe weight race: in the pack, not at the front of it. The weight gap inside the Endorphin family is smaller than the gap between Saucony's Pro 5 and Adidas's.

Forefoot Stacks of 28, 31.5 and 32 Millimeters

The Elite 3 and Pro 5 share a 39.5 millimeter heel and a 31.5 millimeter forefoot, the Azura rides higher at 40 and 32, and the Speed 5 is the low one at 36 and 28. Saucony lists an 8 millimeter drop on all four, though one independent tester lists the Speed 5 at 5, so the drop is worth checking in your size before you buy.

The Road Trail Run review of the Pro 5 found its stack unchanged from the Pro 4, so the height stayed put from one generation to the next. The Azura is the surprise on the sheet. It is the tallest shoe in the family, a millimeter above the two racers at the heel, and it has the most foam under the foot of anything Saucony calls Endorphin.

Only the Azura Goes Without a Plate

The Elite 3 uses a full length slotted carbon plate and the Pro 5 is filed by retailers as a carbon plated shoe, while the Speed 5 pairs a full length semi rigid nylon plate with PWRRUN PB, a PEBA based foam. The Azura has no plate, and Doctors of Running's reviewers describe it as firm for its stack height.

That makes the Azura the odd one out on every axis except weight. At 240 grams it is three grams heavier than the Speed 5, which has a plate, a lower stack and a 237 gram weight. A buyer comparing the two is choosing between a taller, unplated shoe and a shorter, plated one at nearly the same weight, and the choice comes down to how much snap you want underfoot on an easy day.

The Price Climbs Faster Than the Weight Drops

Retailer listings put the Azura at $135, the Speed 5 at $175, the Pro 5 at $239.95 and the Elite 3 at $290, a $155 climb from the cheapest Endorphin to the dearest for a difference of 34 grams on the scale. That works out to about $4.56 for every gram removed, a measure that undersells the foam and plate work but shows what the top of the range charges for its last grams.

Saucony's own launch release gives the $290 figure for the Elite 3, and the Speed 5 went up $5 from the $170 the previous version cost when it arrived in mid 2025. The Azura figure comes from retail listings and not an official Saucony announcement, and the shoe has since been marked down to $110 at some stockists, so treat $135 as the shelf price and not a fixed one.

Three Drops Since July Kept the Family in View

Saucony has refreshed the Endorphin line three times since the Elite 3 landed. A White/Multi colorway covering all four shoes went on sale from July 6, ahead of the Saucony London 10K and under the "Run As One" theme. The Fall Marathon collection followed on August 15 with four Endorphin Azura colorways named for Sydney, Berlin, Chicago and New York, each carrying the city on the lateral heel at $150. A Highsnobiety collaboration on the Endorphin Pro 5, in a brown upper with yellow and red accents, went live on October 15 on saucony.com, highsnobiety.com and at selected European retailers.

The performance line is now running a collaboration calendar of its own. Saucony's lifestyle side spent the autumn on the ProGrid trainers, with Stan Birch's swappable logo on the Guide 7 in September and Evelynn World's Triumph 4 mom shoe in October. The Highsnobiety Pro 5 is the first time this season that the carbon plated end of the range got the same treatment.

Four shoes sit inside 34 grams and $155 of each other, and the Azura, the only one without a plate, has the tallest heel in the family at 40 millimeters.