So I live outside of the US (in another English speaking country), near where I live is a large cricket oval that is rolled and very well maintained all year round. Really nice to run on. I was thinking of buying a pair Vaporflys for reps and tempo training on it but because of the stack height, they aren't the most stable, so I've held off buying a pair. But elites do most of their track work in Vaporflys so they are probably stable enough. Thoughts, advice.
They're fine on the track IMO.
birdbeard wrote:
They're fine on the track IMO.
Anyone ever notice the incredible pronation of athletes wearing these shoes?
The higher the stack height, the worse the shoe will be for tight turns. Duh. That's physics/mechanics.
Get some racing flats. Or get some low stack trainers. Or some regular-@ss trainers.
Why in the heck would you even consider expensive-@ss Vaporfly's for this kind of thing?
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a large cricket oval that is rolled
What type/material of surface is this?
Vaporfly foreigner wrote:
elites do most of their track work in Vaporflys
Did you just make that up?
It's a cricket ground that has one of those machines with the metal roller go over it. It's called a cricket roller. The surface is grass but like grass on a well maintained golf course. They tend to it. It is not like wild grass. You might say 'manicured' grass.
Subway Surfers wrote:
birdbeard wrote:
They're fine on the track IMO.
Anyone ever notice the incredible pronation of athletes wearing these shoes?
My right foot pronates like crazy in the Next%'s, this might have aggravated my right hamstring somehow lately.
stand by me wrote:
It's a cricket ground that has one of those machines with the metal roller go over it. It's called a cricket roller. The surface is grass but like grass on a well maintained golf course. They tend to it. It is not like wild grass. You might say 'manicured' grass.
i'd happily run barefoot on that surface
Vaporflys will be usable on that surface, but they're road racing shoes. They're soft so that they get maximum bounce on a hard surface. The cushioning and rebound isn't really tuned for grass. They'll still work, and be fast, and as long as your turns aren't too tight you'll be fine but it's not the ideal shoe for the surface.
The Vaporfly wouldn't be my pick for somewhat of a grass track. Way too slippery in the turns. I can recommend somewhat of a lower stack height such as the Adidas Adios 5 or SL20 for example. Light, snappy , fast and lots of contact feel and thereby should give you more control and stability on the grass.