Dragonflies without Spikes for Road Races?

It has been reported that the new Streakfly will have a plate. That might be a better road race alternative.

Use the Dragonfly XC as they have a rubber plate instead of the plastic track one.

Yes, that's what I was getting at.

The plate felt fine on pavement, and it shouldn't be destructive because it's rubber, right?

Once again, like in my head using the XC spikes (obviously minus spikes) seems logical but on the other hand I've never seen someone do it so I really don't know

And as for the dude who suggested the Streakfly, I think my next supershoe expense is probably gonna fall between December 24th and 26th (aka it won't be my expense), but I'll keep that in consideration for that.

If it has the rubber sole (not plastic) then you are doing what we did in the 80s and 90s when we ran in waffle racers for short road races. Waffle racers were just an ultra-light shoe that was fine for very young legs. I would leave in a wheelchair if I had to run in them now as a masters runner.

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I was still racing in 3oz New Balance into my late 50s. They've been glued back together a couple of times, but I've done some speed work in them on into my 60s.

Still miss being able to buy an old-style racing flat, at least to do speed work in.

Amazing that they've held up that long! I can't imagine running in shoes like that anymore. I would be so injured...

Today I did 8x400m on a track and was praising the people at Nike for inventing the VaporFly Next% shoes. The cushion and bounce was all that kept my legs from exploding on contact!

Best shoe ever: lighter, more cushioned, more explosive return of energy

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What about the Asics Metaracer? That seems pretty low-profile (old-school adjacent).

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Thanks all for feedback. Certainly might get some weird looks lining up for the local Turkey Trot in Dragonflies but that's a risk I'm willing to take.

What about the Oregon Waffle? You can pick up a pair at Sotheby's now for $5000.

If its all pavement/light trail/grass the streak lt would work. You night be able to find them on ebay still. They were made for that type of terrain.

I hear these shoes are great and keep you on your toes "The Nike Caitlin Jenners".

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I used to run in spikes (without the spikes) on the roads because I liked minimalist shoes before they were cool. I never felt like I had a problem at the time, however I had major Achilles problems many years later.

I think it would be fine for occasional shorter races - old racing flats were kinda the same idea. But I also believe modern road racing shoes would be more beneficial - for me at least, I see no point in doing a road 5k in dragonflys when I could do it in vaporflys.

I wore Adidas TYO spikes at Club XC in SanFran a couple of years ago. They were the only race shoes I had with me that day, so I had to wear them when we ended up racing around an old horse track covered in broken asphalt. The spikes worked surprisingly well.

But Vapes would have been way, WAY better.

Back then I liked the Air Mariah, which actually had a good amount of forefoot midsole and was light. For me, a nice upgrade from the Nike Boston.

I used the dragonfly XCs without pins on a course with a lot of pavement once and they feel fast but also slipped around a bit. Still fast and light but you're still probably better off with super shoes on the roads.