All of this comes out of the fact that Mr Eliud Kipchoge had run 2:00:25 in Monza and then 2:01:39 in Berlin.
All of these "experts" are they so sure that without those 4% vaporfly Kipchoge didnt run so fast?
Many others elite guys have the vaporfly but I dont see any incredible improvments compared to before" vaporfly era".
At Monza also the other 2 guys had vaporfly. In Berlin same thing.
Mary Keitany has adidas and is still the fastest around. I really wish Mary will be able to break WR next year , so maybe everybody will say how adidas shoes are fast!!!!
You know running people are too much influenced by shoes that elite runners wear.
When Kipsang and Kimetto had the marathon WR with adidas adios everybody went to buy those shoes.
Now of course everybody (me too) wants gives a try to nike zoom fly, nike zoom flyknit, or for those who want to spend
250$ 4% vaporfly that have a different type of foam from the two model above.
Nike zoom fly (lunarlon foam, with plastic and carbon plate)
Nike zoom flyknit (react foam, with carbon plate)
Nike 4% vaporfly (zoom x foam ,with carbon plate)
Nike pegasus turbo ( zoom x foam, no plate)
I have the first two and I just say that are great shoes. Probably the 4% vaporfly with zoom x foam is better , But I dont know. To me the great revolutionary thing that Nike have done with the 4% and also with the zoom fly is that for the first time a shoes used by Elite so very fast and light, Can be used also by "normal" people. I mean that while with the
Adidas adios except if you are 50 kg and very fast is a risk to run a marathon, with the Nike zoom fly shoes also someone that run a Marathon around 3 hours can have a great running experience and also a lot of protection thanks to the foam volume.