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18 Jan
1:16pm, 18 Jan 2025
1,812 posts
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Chris
Yesterday was the day they arrived and 30 mins before a session so I gave them a go.
First impressions were they are a bit soft and seem to take a split second for the foam to compress before pushing off. I didn't like it to start with but seemed to get used to it and felt stronger at the end. Not sure I'd like them for a 5k but longer stuff should be ok. I was expecting some sore bits today given I've never run in them before but everything seems fine.
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29 Jan
8:35am, 29 Jan 2025
26,498 posts
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larkim
Tangential observation; the first episode of the Paula Radcliffe / Chris Thompson marathon podcast had a guy from Nike that Paula has known since Uni days on talking about how the plated / foam shoes work. A few observations in there about which of the supershoes might suit different runners (e.g. AF for forefoot, VR for midstrike to heel strike) as well as a comment about it being largely around the absence of movement in the toes being the area that creates the benefit (nothing new there I don't think) which he suggested meant that training in the supershoes too much would result in a loss of strength in the muscles around the metatarsals (I could be paraphrasing terribly). Anyway, thought some of you who are interested in the tech might be interested - it's only about a 20 minute segment, and the more interesting stuff was towards the end.
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30 Jan
10:38am, 30 Jan 2025
15,140 posts
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hellen
From that podcast what I took away was it’s Ok to train in super shoes if you are strengthening your feet to make up for the lack of movement in the super shoes.
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30 Jan
4:06pm, 30 Jan 2025
26,517 posts
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larkim
Yep that's what I heard too. I just wasn't sure whether that was well understood, or whether we assumed that elites simply ran all their mileage in expensive supershoes because they were in receipt of sponsored shoes to allow for that; the concept of training in supershoes has obviously been strongly linked to improved recovery.
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Nike Pegasus
Jul 2024