Camille Herron leaving Hoka, going to ... ?

You really don't need to but that leads to wondering why you even looked at the thread let alone commented on it.

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She is not a great brand ambassador. How long was she even with Hoka? She is too self-centered. Her posts which typically say ‘I did this or I was here’ are like fingernails on a chalkboard (old timers will know this saying). Also her constant complaining about not lowering her 100mile world record due to a course measurement/layout error is actually kind of sad. Nice you have the time to run and race all over the world but still don’t care if she ran 100,000 miles but still waiting for her to win a marathon in every state. Deeds not words!

Her website has a discount code for Naked Sports Innovations...

Maybe them?

camilleherron.com

CAMILLE HERRON | The World's Best Ultrarunner

Comrades Marathon Champion. 50K-100K-24Hr World Champion. 14 American Records. 10 World Records.

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Interesting. Naked also has put out a trail running shoe recently. That would be quite a risk. They just have the 1 shoe out and it looks to be laceless, so fit could be an issue. Other shoes coming out?

According to the only review I've seen on the naked trail shoe, it's a super firm and minimal racer. That would be the worst option for someone like Camille.

Sounds like she'd be getting back to something like the Saucony Killkenny that she used to do so much of her running in.

Dani is going to Adidas.

Puma makes the most sense for Camille - she doesn’t really *need* a trail shoe for 90% of her races. Excellent ultrarunner, not good on actual trails. So it has to be a brand with a carbon plated shoe for her road efforts.

I’m imagining Tollefson to NNormal or Speedland with DBo.

She uses Naked's belts. Doubt she would run their shoes but who knows. I have reviewed it at RoadTrailRun.com and it is a superb short distance, quite firm but also flexible plated (a good thing) trail race shoe. Yes the laceless works super well. Very difficult very to pull on if you have high arches like me, easy if you are more flat footed.

Looks like the new brand is TBA.

camilleherron.com

Team Camille — CAMILLE HERRON | The World's Best Ultrarunner

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Well, maybe you shouldn't. But then you also shouldn't enter this thread, log-in, and post. Just keep on scrolling, buddy!

The way she used the term "ultra/trail" made me think of the upcoming 2023 Ultrafly Trail. So, maybe Nike?

Nike is under-represented on the ultra and trail scene given how big they are everywhere else. I go to the trails a lot and see Hokas, Altras, etc. but rarely the Wildhorse and Terra Kiger.

You seem unaware that just before joining Hoka two years ago, she was with Nike/Nike Trail for years running ultras and trails representing Nike. So, she definitely wouldn't call Nike new to trails/ultra. Also, how many people who have left or been dropped by Nike were ever sponsored by Nike again?

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she needs a competitive carbon racer

more road oriented than trail

maybe naked is creating a new shoe?

skechers also has a new carbon shoe that looks like it will be great for ultras

Source/link?

11 min mark

Speed Beast targets 2:45ish marathoners. Not quite as aggressive, a little more stable, etc…

I don’t have personal experience with Skechers but it seems like this would be a nice option for ultras on the road or track

So she was lowballed/cut by Hoka.

Do the "journalists" on this site ever actually break any real news? How is it no one working for this rag was able to do some investigative journalism and break one of these "x is moving to..." stories? Some anonymous posters sometimes guess right and then claim they knew but I'm talking actual investigation. Follow the athletes, see who they meet, go through their trash for clues.