Marathon speed
Nike
Alphafly 3
Marathon speed
Nike
Alphafly 3
“Incredible energy return. One of the fastest marathon shoes available, full stop.”
$285
Price
7 oz
Weight
8 mm
Drop
40 / 32 mm
Stack
Full carbon + Air units
Plate
150
Miles per pair
$1.90
Cost per mile
When I reach for it
Road marathons where the only job is the time on the clock. It is the fastest thing I own and I treat it accordingly.
What works
- ↑Full length carbon plate over Air units: the energy return is genuinely different
- ↑The shoe I would pick for a marathon PR attempt
What does not
- ↓Very narrow and very tight. I went up a full size
- ↓About 150 miles a pair at $285
The numbers
My own scores out of 10. Durability is where race shoes always pay the price.
What each pair actually lasts me. Race shoes are consumables. The daily trainer is where the value is.
Price divided by the miles I actually get out of it. A $210 trainer that lasts 390 miles is cheaper per mile than any racer I own.
The rest of the rotation
Daily workhorse
ASICS
Superblast 3
Daily workhorse
ASICS Superblast 3
Race day, road ultra
Saucony
Endorphin Elite 2
Race day, road ultra
Saucony Endorphin Elite 2
Stability speed
Saucony
Endorphin Pro 4
Stability speed
Saucony Endorphin Pro 4
Tested, not in the rotation
Adidas
Adizero Adios Pro 4
Tested, not in the rotation
Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4
Tested, not in the rotation
ASICS
Megablast
Tested, not in the rotation
ASICS Megablast
Shoes are 2 to 4 percent. The training is the rest.
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