What’s up Letsrun?
I’m thinking of grabbing a pair of maxflys, as I currently have dragonfly’s and don’t know how well they will work for when I run 400m legs this indoor season, and I’ve also seen that a lot of people use them for the 800m as well.
Anyone have any experience with them?
Depends what your primary race is, the way I see it the doable range for the nike spikes are:
Dragonfly's: 10k-1500 (i've used them for a few 800s and they've been good there too)
Victory's: 5k-800 (at their best they are probably mile/800 but can go down to 400s)
Maxflys: 100m-400m (can maybe go up to 800 if you are more of a 400 guy than an 800 guy but that is as far as I would take them)
So in other words, depends on the type of runner you are, if you are ever going to be in a 1500 or even a 1200 leg of a dmr I would go with the victories (or your dragonflys you already have), but if you are a guy who is going to be running 800, 600, and 4x4s the maxflys will probably serve you better than the dragonfly's.
I tried them out and I’m a miler. I love them. I weigh 175 lbs and prefer a stiffer shoe. It’s very stiff. Way stiffer than air zoom victory. I would suggest dragonfly or maxfly. Don’t bother with the air zoom victory. It is stiffer than dragonfly but poorly constructed.
If you do choose them, make sure you have strong calves and Achilles. They will destroy you if you have weakness.