Nick Symmonds new video on why vaporflys are a bad shoe.
Nick Symmonds new video on why vaporflys are a bad shoe.
Not a surprise, anyone that thought Next% or 4% was good for track racing is a dumby. I'd say a 5k road race is about the shortest I'd go, and has to be a road 5k not track 5k. A mile road race I'd wear something like the streak, something smaller with more return.
Only way it'd make sense to wear a Next % on the track is if you're a D1 runner in the 10k and you are really fast, like low 28 minute 10k, and you're just trying to get a qualifier for regionals where you need to run around 29:10. Wearing the Next % is more forgiving and you won't be sore for a few days like you are after wearing spikes on a track 10k.
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Not a surprise, anyone that thought Next% or 4% was good for track racing is a dumby. I'd say a 5k road race is about the shortest I'd go, and has to be a road 5k not track 5k. A mile road race I'd wear something like the streak, something smaller with more return.
Only way it'd make sense to wear a Next % on the track is if you're a D1 runner in the 10k and you are really fast, like low 28 minute 10k, and you're just trying to get a qualifier for regionals where you need to run around 29:10. Wearing the Next % is more forgiving and you won't be sore for a few days like you are after wearing spikes on a track 10k.
Two things:
1. The most recent D1 NCAA 10k Champ won in the 4%, so they are a capable 10k shoe.
2. I ran a 5k time trial on the track in Next% and regularly do track workouts in them, and agree that they don't corner very well. I also really had trouble kicking in them, I just couldn't get the pop I wanted.
Basically, I agree with what Nick said in the video. If I were to race on the track, I would consider the Next% for 10k but nothing shorter.