The Nike invincible run is a terrible shoe

YOU wrote:

Clydesdale clogs wrote:

I don't believe that post either. A random sub-5 miler who never trains just shows up to the track with his boots to do a 10x400 workout? sure. His post about "I know I have no chance at doing 10x400 with 60" recovery" is a giveaway - you could easily make up the recovery time with better shoes and having done a similar workout the week before. The whole thing is a set-up humblebrag.

I don't believe it either. There is a lot of fabrication on this forum. I get the feeling that the only people who like this shoe must be heavyset.

There's nothing to fabricate about a 10x400 session in 78" off of 15-18 MPW. That's not exceptional talent to brag about, it's about what you'd expect from an average D3 guy.

love the Invincibles wrote:

There's nothing to fabricate about a 10x400 session in 78" off of 15-18 MPW. That's not exceptional talent to brag about, it's about what you'd expect from an average D3 guy.

That's not the fabrication. it's that a rando sub-5 miler showed up at the track wih completely inapproriate footwear to do such a specific workout, and then didn't know how to extrapolate that to a similar workout the next week. It defies logic.

lol man people love to hate nike

lotta bitter folks on here

birdbeard wrote:

lol man people love to hate nike

lotta bitter folks on here

Not me. I'm running in Vomero 16, Tempo Next %s, and Kiger 7s. I just didn't like the Invincibles. I didn't like the Miler 2 either. Different strokes and all that...

Clydesdale clogs wrote:

love the Invincibles wrote:

There's nothing to fabricate about a 10x400 session in 78" off of 15-18 MPW. That's not exceptional talent to brag about, it's about what you'd expect from an average D3 guy.

That's not the fabrication. it's that a rando sub-5 miler showed up at the track wih completely inapproriate footwear to do such a specific workout, and then didn't know how to extrapolate that to a similar workout the next week. It defies logic.

Bro, people like the shoes. They are fun to run in and don't feel like anything I've ever ran in. What hole is there in your life that you need to come at people for liking to run in a shoe.

Shouldn't your break be over anyway?

Parents, hug your children.

I think it's YMMV because i think it favors perhaps one type of running form over another. It conceivable it works great for some and awful for others.

You speaka my language. The upper/heel wrapper is flucking terrible. It cut holes all around my ankle and feet. I started with 10.5 and got an 11 after and still shipt.

Never again.

Bring back the turbo 2.

I've run 500km in my first pair and have 300 on my second but still hate them. You can occasionally have a good run. But like the one day I forgot to wear socks and it ruined my run where I bled all over the shoe. Was literally the first time I had to be picked up from a run in 20+ years of running.

After 375 glorious miles

Not so invincible then?

YOU wrote:

I don't believe it either. There is a lot of fabrication on this forum. I get the feeling that the only people who like this shoe must be heavyset.

You know what, I think you might be right! If I re-phrase this from 'the shoe is terrible and all the people who love it are either fat or liars' to 'you have to be heavy to feel any benefit', it's hard to argue with that.

I am pretty heavy for a runner varying from 160 to 170 lbs through the season. My staple 'moderate run' is 'home to the farm and back', 13.2 miles with a couple of hills. Going by feel, I clock around 90 minutes, which is approx 6:45 pace. I think I have tried every shoe in my rotation on this route. Invincibles are up there with the faster ones: light and slick Asics Tarther Edge, Hoka Carbon X, older Next%. Peg 36 (haven't tried newer), Infinity Run, NB Beacon average more like 7 minute miles on the same course with the same perceived effort. I guess you have to be somewhat heavy to take full advantage of the thick layer of ZoomX.

Today I did 6x1 mile in 5:10 in Altra Via Olympus. I am old, and need the protection.

invincible 2 is my fav shoe of all time