TopBird wrote:
So much misinformation in this thread:
Kipchoge wanted a daily trainer - yes. BUT the shoe they gave him wasn't the Pegasus Turbo. It was a custom job with 100% ZoomX - probably some kind of a plate, and ZoomAir in the forefoot. They are very thick in stack height. It has zero relation to the consumer version Peg Turbo other than the upper that's stitched onto the sole.
The consumer Peg Turbo has a layer of ZoomX (Pebax - same material as vaporflies) on top of a layer of React foam. Durability has been lackluster, and I think you really need a plate if you're going to have ZoomX in a shoe. Reebok does Pebax much better in their Floatride Run Fast in that they put it on the bottom of the shoe and have an EVA stabilizer wrapped around the top. Reebok's shoes are also $40 less.
Aside: The new Zoom Fly Flyknit is a much better and more versatile shoe than the Peg Turbo. It's very different from the crappy OG Zoom Fly, and can be run in at a variety of paces. It has 100% React foam with a small carbon fiber plate (much smaller than that in the Vaporfly in width) in roughly the same configuration as the Vaporfly. It's fast when needed and slow when needed. It's also $20 cheaper.
Nike ZFF and the RBK FRF are the thinking man's Peg Turbo.