alt Hacker NewsGreat read, that site is also super useful for fairly objective shoe reviews and breakdowns in a world full of influencers trying to peddle you shit they don’t understand
Great read, that site is also super useful for fairly objective shoe reviews and breakdowns in a world full of influencers trying to peddle you shit they don’t understand
RunRepeat is THE place to go for actual measurements and objective data about running shoes.
I'm currently recovering from blisters due to racing a 25k two weeks after my debut marathon in Vaporfly 3 shoes. Poor planning, but it wasn't the shoe's fault: My form fell apart in the marathon after about 23 miles, cramping up and running out of strength and mobility to maintain a midfoot strike.
But I've done my own testing - tempo runs holding a target heart rate in each of my Nike Pegasus trainers, Zegma 2 trainers, and the Vaporflys.
It's not even close.
At 165-170 bpm, I can hold about 7:15/mile for 40 minutes in the Pegasus trainers. On the same route, same weather, same sleep, same heart rate, just a week later, I was able to do 6:40/mile for 40 minutes.
I'm sure a good deal of that comes from weight - I've also got some spike flats for interval training that are really fast but have ordinary EVA foam with low drop and a very low stack, but I wouldn't attempt a marathon in them.
My younger brother was an All-American swimmer in the era of supersuits (2007-2009). I hope that the same doesn't happen to supershoes.