7 December
Run 8K @ 43:10 ( 5:24 pace )
So my saucony endorphin speed 2 shoes have done about 700km. They are still good but the cushioning is somewhat stiffening and the spring feeling is reduced.
I treated myself those bad boys for black Friday:
https://runrepeat.com/nike-zoom-x-vaporfly-next-2
Plan is to use those only on speed runs and races but had to take them out for a test-drive.
First impressions:
-Light as fuck! I can't believe a shoe can be that light.
-Insanely breathable, but that was granted since the upper is a just thin mesh.
-Cushioned! There's a lot of zoomX under your foot. Can't comprehend how it doesn't weigh anything.
-Very good grip. It was awfully humid last night ( 100%RH , wet roads despite clear sky ) but i didn't slip at any point.
-And now the bounce: NO, i did not feel a magic energy return spring pop. I expected something extraordinary, it wasn't there. It was there when i got my sauconys with the nylon plate, it is very weird that i didn't feel the carbon one of those. What i did feel was they were accelerating my strides when picking up the pace. Something like the stationary bike where you speed up and then the bike itself pushes you to go faster, like my legs had fast pace inertia.
I did end up 20'' per km faster than last time while on wet surface and 100% humidity though. Oh and i was totally fresh at the end, legs didn't get any stress at all, that was unnatural and very welcomed.
