Nike Vaporfly 4%

Nope, waste of money for anything < 13.1

No way bra wrote:

Nope, waste of money for anything < 13.1

Do you know any good alternatives

I did a track workout in the 4% and they felt good but a little awkward on the turns. I would be very weary running in them on an indoor track. Anyway, why would you not be wearing spikes?

I think most people would recommend the Streak lt4 if spikes are not an option.

Sorry, I just re-read it and you saw you were talking about practice.

Still go with the LT4s

curiousconsumer wrote:

I’m thinking of buying the Nike Vaporfly 4%’s for my track career. I run XC but for both indoor and outdoor, I run the 400m/800m. Would it be worth buying the Vaporfly’s for practices for the 400 and 800

Get the Mamba #5s

In general expensive shoes like the vaporfly should be saved for mostly races, especially since they don't have great durability (also as others said it's really a 10k+ shoe) .

I'm assuming you already have spikes and you're looking for a faster shoe for tempos or longer reps. I use the streak 6 for those and find it has a good balance of speed/cushion, but I'm a 1500/5000 runner so you might prefer the streak LTS which are a bit more aggressive.

Milethon wrote:

Sorry, I just re-read it and you saw you were talking about practice.

Still go with the LT4s

Nike Air Zoom Streak LT 4’s? Do you think they’ll be fine with more faster track work like 200m repeats

Streaker wrote:

In general expensive shoes like the vaporfly should be saved for mostly races, especially since they don't have great durability (also as others said it's really a 10k+ shoe) .

I'm assuming you already have spikes and you're looking for a faster shoe for tempos or longer reps. I use the streak 6 for those and find it has a good balance of speed/cushion, but I'm a 1500/5000 runner so you might prefer the streak LTS which are a bit more aggressive.

Hm, could you link to the streak LTS? I can’t seem to find them

curiousconsumer wrote:

Streaker wrote:

In general expensive shoes like the vaporfly should be saved for mostly races, especially since they don't have great durability (also as others said it's really a 10k+ shoe) .

I'm assuming you already have spikes and you're looking for a faster shoe for tempos or longer reps. I use the streak 6 for those and find it has a good balance of speed/cushion, but I'm a 1500/5000 runner so you might prefer the streak LTS which are a bit more aggressive.

Hm, could you link to the streak LTS? I can’t seem to find them

Here you go (streak lt3 is just as good). They're the most aggressive racing flat on the market right now IMO, pretty common in road miles, so for fast stuff off the track they would be my number one choice.

However, based on your post above you were looking for 200m repeat shoes, I would rather do those in spikes since you'll get better traction on the track and will mimic racing better. Personally I'm racing in the victory 3 but I'll only do really race specific workouts in them since they aren't as durable, I do most of my other track workouts in XC spikes, which I'm guessing you have if you raced XC in the fall. Could also look at just getting a cheap entry level pair of spikes for training that you don't care about beating up too much, something like the Nike Rival M could be good.

I’ll probably end up buying the Streak LT4’s.

I need a shoe light enough to let me go fast in track workouts and already sturdy enough to hold up on 8 mile long runs once a week. These shoes seem to be a popular fit so I guess I’ll go with them

I didn't realize that you only wanted a single shoe for everything, is that a financial decision? In the long run it will be cheaper to have one trainer for long runs and a spike for track workouts since the trainers will last longer, although I wouldn't want to do 200s in the pegasus.

If I were to only have one shoe for everything though the streak or streak lt would be my choice, the streak LTS might not be cushioned enough for 8 mile runs but it depends on the runner, will definetly be better for 200s.

Converter wrote:

I didn't realize that you only wanted a single shoe for everything, is that a financial decision? In the long run it will be cheaper to have one trainer for long runs and a spike for track workouts since the trainers will last longer, although I wouldn't want to do 200s in the pegasus.

If I were to only have one shoe for everything though the streak or streak lt would be my choice, the streak LTS might not be cushioned enough for 8 mile runs but it depends on the runner, will definetly be better for 200s.

I have a pair of trainers I used for XC that are still relatively fine for long runs so I don’t have to use the streak LTS’s. Normally, I don’t really like using spikes for workouts since the spikes themselves wear out pretty fast and its a pretty big hassle for me at least to go out and change them. Mostly, my trainers for track which I’ve had since last winter are starting to give in and I need a new pair. Thanks so much for your advice

No, the Vaporfly has been shown to have minimal effects on shorter distances. I would recommend the LT, the Elite, love the Reebok Floatride, NB 1400 or 1500.

I love them for 5k to the half. I would say right around 4 % advantage.

I set my 5K PR's wearing them.