Both the male and female winners at Boston were wearing Adidas supershoes. I know that Adidas pays a lot of money to sponsor the Boston Marathon so there is plenty of pressure on their sponsored athletes to show up and run well, but both fields were deep by recent standards. Has Adidas caught up to Nike in the shoe tech game? Or are they just close enough for their athletes to not have a big disadvantage?
Both the male and female winners at Boston were wearing Adidas supershoes. I know that Adidas pays a lot of money to sponsor the Boston Marathon so there is plenty of pressure on their sponsored athletes to show up and run well, but both fields were deep by recent standards. Has Adidas caught up to Nike in the shoe tech game? Or are they just close enough for their athletes to not have a big disadvantage?
Not according to Nell Rojas who couldn’t be paid enough to wear Adidas. I have had the most luck with Brooks Hyperion but everyone is different.
Both the male and female winners at Boston were wearing Adidas supershoes. I know that Adidas pays a lot of money to sponsor the Boston Marathon so there is plenty of pressure on their sponsored athletes to show up and run well, but both fields were deep by recent standards. Has Adidas caught up to Nike in the shoe tech game? Or are they just close enough for their athletes to not have a big disadvantage?
Not according to Nell Rojas who couldn’t be paid enough to wear Adidas. I have had the most luck with Brooks Hyperion but everyone is different.
So they didn’t work for the 10th place woman but did for the men and women’s winners. Sounds inconclusive.
They seem close enough that the fastest guy on the day wins for Nike, Adidas and Asics at least. Sounds like Puma too. I'm sure certain guys are slightly better responders in Nike than Adidas, but the inverse might be true as well.
I was perfectly happy with Vaporfly, but for me now (50+) there’s just not enough forefoot cushion for a forefoot striker. The Adios Pro 2 does not have as much pure pop as Vaporfly, but to me is more comfortable over longer runs and has better forefoot cushioning.
Hopefully the Pro 3 version will be a little lighter and have better outer rubber at least on the forefoot.
My guess is that the number of Adidas sponsored athletes was relatively higher for Boston than other majors. This would make the likelihood of a Adidas athletes winning significantly higher.
Right now, I think it's Nike, Adidas, Asics, and Puma, in whatever order you prefer.
Brooks, and Saucony are a mile back, and everyone else irrelevant.
New Balance? Some Canadian dude won the BAA 5K in RC Elite 2s. I assume that’s what Emily Sisson wears too
The RC Elite V2s are pretty good in my opinion. I know most NB pros at least train in them, and most road race in them or the V1s. I think there was a labratrundown test that showed they improved running economy by ~2.5% maybe which is lightyears ahead of the Brooks, Sketchers, and Hoka shoes. But it's still definitely behind the MetaSpeed (just over 3%?) and Vapor/alphaFly (4%+). Hoping the new NB SuperComp shoes are even better yet.
I personally prefer the Adios Pro 2 quite a bit to the Vaporfly. The rods are stiffer, the foam lasts longer, and feels better to me. I’ve heard others echo these sentiments, and other are Vaporfly diehards. I prefer adidas road shoes and Nike spikes.