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The Biggest Running Shoe Releases Coming in 2024
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This month on the podcast, the team is talking about what running shoes are on the horizon in 2024. From the latest carbon plate race shoes like the New Balance SC Elite V4 and the Saucony Endorphin Pro 4 to the most exciting daily and trail shoes we're looking forward to.
We'll also be talking about loads of other stuff, from our current training plans to the latest products including kit, running shoes and tech.
Perfect for that Sunday long run.
Big thanks to Fear of Tigers for the killer intro music. You can listen to more of his stuff over at https://www.patreon.com/fearoftigers
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Transcript
Introduction & 2024 Anticipation
00:00:04
Speaker
Hey Tommy from The Run Testers and welcome to The Run Testers podcast. In this episode, we are going to be talking about 2024. So all the things we're looking forward to over the year, including things that we know about and things that we're just speculating on. At the point of publishing this podcast, we have managed to get hold of the Puma Velocity Nitro 3. So Nick is a very happy man. If you go to the channel, you can find out a bit more about that shoe in our first run review. Right, let's dive in and do the podcast.
Personal Stories & Holiday Humor
00:00:45
Speaker
Evening, guys. How are you doing? Very good. Thank you very much. Very good. Welcome to 2024. First podcast of 2024. Feeling good? Right. Made it.
00:00:55
Speaker
I feel very cold. Very cold. I think everyone feels very cold. I got COVID, so I didn't feel great about that. Kicked off my run to marathon training with COVID, so it's fun. I did that for Berlin last year. As soon as I started training, got ill straight away. Yeah. Just too much traveling around Christmas and then doing cross country. It's the worst combination. I'm blaming too much Bailey's.
00:01:19
Speaker
a lot of Baileys over Christmas. I don't think it'd be possible to talk about the amount of chat Baileys, Tom's given us about Baileys over Christmas, the amount of Baileys that you've tried and the amount you spent on Baileys. Seven different types of Baileys, 120 pounds. I got to order from a special place. Good question, good question. My favourite one was the
00:01:43
Speaker
There's like a gold one, which is like a Belgian chocolate one, which is fantastic, but it doesn't taste anything like alcohol. It's got quite low alcohol content. It's a scam. They've re-badged it, you fool. Top tip, don't get the eating mess wrong, because that one's not good. That sounds awful. A little teaser there for the Baileys Testers podcast that Tom is going to launch this year. Drunk his own weight in Baileys over the course of about three weeks. Yeah, I can't even look at it now.
00:02:11
Speaker
uh all right good well let's uh let's talk about 2024 new year what running plans have we all got coming up big successes we're hoping for this year new year new us yep
Marathon Plans: London & Manchester
00:02:25
Speaker
Good. Go on then, Mike. What's on the roster for the year? I'm going to do a marathon. I'm going to do a marathon. One that I should have done last year, but I couldn't. So I am well into training for London. Going all right. I will start having to try and tackle some longer runs, which I'm looking forward to. But yeah, all good so far.
00:02:47
Speaker
and i'm looking forward to looking forward to doing a because last year was the first time in a in a long time i hadn't done at least one marathon so i'm looking forward to i'm not really put uh i'm not really sure i'm time-wise aware what i think i'm going to do but i'm just going to see how the training goes and see how i feel but i feel good so far and i'm probably like a couple of months in i've started early with my training this time so
00:03:07
Speaker
Yeah, we'll see and then yeah, I've got the I've got half in February and then really just see how the first part of the year goes and then I'll decide what I want to do. What's the marathon? London. Ah, okay. So, yeah, we're both in London
00:03:21
Speaker
And you'll do it, Nick. I'll do it in London. Right, so... I was needling here at this point. I missed it. I was going to come on to that. I missed it. I missed it by... I basically wasn't... I wasn't old enough for the time. I needed like a minute and a half to get my good for age. And I thought... A minute and a half for about a month, didn't you? A month for the change of age. Yeah, exactly. If I'd have just ticked over, if I had just wished myself older quicker, I could have run London first for the fifth time, but...
00:03:50
Speaker
That's the biggest cut-off they've ever had in London, I think. Getting a bit Boston-like now, they're good for age. Five minutes under, you had to be.
00:03:58
Speaker
Yeah. And women were two minutes under, but Boston, they give you the time to the exact second, don't they? But I think it's different with, because there's different categories, I suppose they can do it. So what are you going to do instead, Kieran? So instead, I'm going to go to Manchester. I'm going to do the Adidas Manchester Marathon. Not done that one before. I've heard some good things about it. I know they've had some trickier years as well a few years back, but a lot of people have said it's a good race. So
00:04:26
Speaker
I'll go and see what I can get there. And on the way to that, I'm gonna do, I've got a couple of halves, gonna go and do the Barcelona half, go to the London Landmarks half again. And somewhere in the mix, I'm toying with the idea of going and running for 24 hours around a 600 meter indoor gym running track. But that's TBC. Where's that? There's one in the Nuffield Health Centre in Barbican, apparently.
00:04:54
Speaker
That's the gym I go to. A 600 metre track. Are you just doing this yourself or is that an organised thing? Well last year I wanted to do a solo actually on a proper running track outside and I've talked about it to a few people and a friend came back and said actually there's this track where they're a coach, actually they're a PT.
00:05:15
Speaker
got this track, do you fancy it? And so before I go and do like a whole solo thing out on the track, I was thinking, actually, it might be nice to do it in a gym. And then, you know, there'll obviously be people going, doing their workouts in the gym, but it's a bit more of a contained environment. And it's warm in the shower. How does this work? Where does this such a big space to have? It's massive. It's just a dedicated like, athletics track.
00:05:37
Speaker
No, no, it just goes around the gym. It's just the walkway around the gym. Oh, that sounds awful, Kieran. Don't do that. That'll be a nightmare. Yeah, I was going in the other day and I was thinking, oh, should I have a run around it? And I just kept seeing people walk across it. So I was like, no, I'm just going to... Yeah, I can help.
00:05:51
Speaker
an hour 22 and just absolutely lose your mind out there. You're ruining people's TikToks in the gym. It's just spinning round and round and round. Also, my experience of indoor tracks is you're in an environment that's probably temperature or air regulated in some way meant it's the
00:06:08
Speaker
the hardest place to do any kind of like in what I've done in the race like my so dry the air so hot and dry the air that I felt like sick after any kind of like 1500 meter race not not 24 hours certainly so that would be I feel like that might be a bit unpleasant
00:06:23
Speaker
Okay, I'm not doing that then. I'll just go back to plan A, which is to go and run around a track on my own outside. So what you got there, Nick? Well, I'm going to go to the Barbican and I'm going to... I'm going to be one 600 metre rep and make five enemies for life, going as fast as I can around a gym. I'm doing London and London Legacy of Marathons. The plan is to PB at both if I can. London, I like to nail London for the first... I've done a PB at London, but I'd like to...
00:06:50
Speaker
really have a good guy. It was quite a hard race necessarily to nail. I've never done that brilliantly there, so I'd like to do really well in London. For the second half of the year, I'll do a couple of halves if I can, not dotted around in loads of minor, smaller club races.
00:07:05
Speaker
London Valencia is the plan. Nice. Well, I'll see you at both of them. Yeah, you will. Valencia's going to be great. You won't want to see me at Valencia. Yeah, I've gone out of a group of my mates, but we're all going to be much more tired or dad. So we're all going to be very quiet over the first few days. But those furious British guys demanding why we can't have a dinner at seven because no restaurant's open.
00:07:29
Speaker
But now, yeah, it should be fun. I'm really looking forward to it, just training a bit harder this year after a pretty chill year last year with the new kid. Well, I've got Boston in 12, 14 weeks. Close. So I'm not enjoying training for it in the slightest in this weather.
00:07:48
Speaker
Yeah. When I started training, well, last two marathons that have been October and September, so I've started training in June. That's a sweet spot. That's where, yeah, autumn and winter. Autumn marathons in Valencia are the best for that, definitely. Yeah. Well, this will be the first marathon I've properly trained for in the winter, and I don't think I know they're going to do it again, especially in Brighton.
00:08:10
Speaker
Yeah, I was going to say you're getting some really bitterly cold winds coming off the sea. I went down last night and the track was cancelled last night because the ice on the track, so I had to go down the seafront because there's only a place I can find that's flat and there's no one in the way. And yeah, it was just horrible, just awful for doing any sort of speed training on. How long has your Duffield Centre track down in Brighton?
00:08:29
Speaker
There isn't enough building boring. Gutted. Well, that's your mistake. And then London, the weekend after? Weekend after, but yeah, of course, yeah, yeah, you're doing the Boston London double. Just don't get too sick travelling back, I guess. Yeah, well, I'm not overly bothered about London. I quite like to pace someone, but I don't know anyone who's doing it. I could pace. Pace me if you want.
00:08:48
Speaker
I think that's a good idea, don't worry.
Running Facts Quiz & Tech Trends
00:08:50
Speaker
I think I can handle that. I've also got the Moyle Man. The Moyle Man? Yeah, our friend Henry, he was on at me to sign up to it and I think I had a few beers with him when I agreed. But it's like four weeks before Boston.
00:09:08
Speaker
I think there's like 300, no 3,300 feet of elevation. Why are you doing this? Sounds like a terrible idea. Every year my club is on its biggest race of the year month for London, Orion 15 and it's, I can't do it obviously because it's the month for London and you signed up for an even stupider race. Well I've just seen it, Hill Trading for Boston, Extreme Hill Trading for Boston. Three weeks out.
00:09:30
Speaker
Well, I look forward to hearing the results of that. I'd like to make it more of a challenge. I'm sure you actually hit the hills in Boston, you're 20 miles into your marathon at a PB pace, you'll be thinking, I'm really glad I did the Moyleman three weeks ago. Well, there is a brewery at the end, which is why Henry got me involved in it. So easy to go to a brewery without doing that running beforehand though, isn't it? So easy. It's probably due to less damage here as well, just go straight to brewery. Is it South Downs then or something? Yeah, it's all South Downs, yeah.
00:09:58
Speaker
Nice. Well, I like it. I think you did something wacky before you PB'd before though, so it doesn't seem to affect you. I can't remember where you did something. I feel like I've had this conversation with you when you PB'd in, um, where was it? With your, when you, in Chicago, you had some silly thing on up, and I don't do that. And you did it anyway and it was fine. Was it Chicago? Probably. It's probably a hike or something. Yeah. Yeah. Could it be.
00:10:16
Speaker
Yeah, okay, do we want so I was trying to do running facts this time, because we haven't had those for a while. And I found that most of the facts are not interesting enough to be facts. So that I'm going to turn it back into a really fat quiz. Okay, okay. The time aren't fact either. So that's a
00:10:34
Speaker
Well, these are actually, now I've verified this as obviously as usual, but these are from a piece of research that was done in 2019. I mean, anything's a piece of research. You Googling something could be called a piece of research. The article that I read linked to the research, I didn't click on it, so could go to anything, but that's about the best you're going to get. Just a circular click, comes back to the exact same page.
00:11:01
Speaker
Yeah, pretty much. So, all right, first of our running facts quiz questions. Running facts. According to this research, which country has the highest percentage of the population running races? Is it a multiple choice, sir? No. Yes, it is. Not even a 50-50. The Faroe Islands.
00:11:30
Speaker
I think it's quite hard to get to races from the Faroe Islands. They've probably got up to a year. I think it is, oh, Japan.
00:11:40
Speaker
I'm going to go for the Spanish. Canada. The second choice. Big population in Spain. Netherlands. Ooh, you're close to the Netherlands. Netherlands is probably second or third, something like that. It doesn't actually list them. The top one is Ireland, with 0.5% of the population, 24,500 people, have run races. There you go. Interesting. What do you think to that? I don't mind it, Tom. I quite like that one. Okay.
00:12:10
Speaker
They get increasingly worse as the podcast goes on. As is tradition, yeah.
Running Shoe Reviews & Opinions
00:12:16
Speaker
I hope you enjoyed that one.
00:12:26
Speaker
OK, so let's talk about running kits. So New Year, there was a bit of a dry patch towards the end of last year, obviously, as we came up to Christmas, but there's a lot of new things coming out at the moment. And the biggest one of those is the AlphaFly 3, Nick. Oh, yes. Which we both got. Yes, came out on the 4th of January in the protocol away at this limited, limited launch.
00:12:49
Speaker
I mean, it's really, really, really good. Basically, it does feel like they really nailed it. I won't lie. They've done changes that people like. They've made a shoe that feels like the best of all worlds. We haven't tested the Adios Pro Evo 1, which the downside of that would still be durability, but the outflow for me is standing out as the best running shoe on the market right now for racing, just because
00:13:10
Speaker
It is a lot lighter than the previous model. It's lighter even than the first model. It's got a slightly smoother transition I find. The AirPods are really noticeable on this one more than the previous ones just because I think of the completely continuous midsole and they do deliver a lot of pop-ups. I was doing stuff using it at the Vaporfly and the same workout and things like that and you really do feel the extra punch from those AirPods.
00:13:32
Speaker
Yeah, there's not really a lot I could say is wrong with it And the you know, the biggest thing of all about it tom's done several runs in it. Guess what? He hasn't done it yet hasn't ripped the outside He hasn't ripped the outside So so firm and durable that tom can't destroy the outside in one run
00:13:47
Speaker
I was I was running at it yesterday and every two minutes I was like oh oh here it goes so I kept stopping and like checking I was like that's fine that's fine so I've got I think I've got about 40k now and it's not ripped off which is the best I've had of a super shoe for a very long time using old scuffy Wheatley
00:14:07
Speaker
They made big claims, didn't they? I mean, how are you guys feeling about that? You know, they made some big claims when I spoke to them about the durability. Are you feeling it's going to meet up? Well, all they said to kind of the stuff they released was just, we've tested it 200 miles. Yeah. And I feel like like that. I feel like basically before the Pro Evo one, that's kind of what I was assuming, superjuice anyway, 200, 300 miles, you know, maybe not their best that long. But then the Pro Evo changed the discussion about this again, back to what it was with the initial vapor fly, which was actually a lot more durable.
00:14:33
Speaker
then was everyone kind of said I thought I think it's gonna be fine like I mean I think of all these shoes you know I've put you know
00:14:40
Speaker
far off. I don't want to put about 80k, 100k into it now. And that'd be less than that, 80k. And already part of me is thinking, well, if I'm going to use this for a PV attempt, would I want a new one? Would it be a little bit better? Is that worth the outlay kind of thing? But that's only if you're a maniac. One thing I've noticed about it, I haven't used the two, but the foam, especially in the heel is really, really soft. If you're stepping onto your heel in them,
00:15:04
Speaker
you can really feel that sinking down, which I don't remember noticing in the one. The two was very soft. The two, when I put it on at the same time, feels bouncier still, but doesn't feel as aggressive. It doesn't tickle you for the same way. The two was a monster, but it was so bouncy. I'd probably say the two is still bouncier for me, but this is, I think, a more effective eraser. I just found a deal for the two, so I might pick myself a pair of twos up. They were basically heavy, basically. I think the two was a shoe you had to run
00:15:35
Speaker
When you ran fast in it, you believed in it and it was amazing. But when you looked at it or didn't run it, you go, there's no way that's going to be good. But it was amazing. Like from marathon. I've got one question for you lads. My question for you is, am I going to be able to get my foot in them? I'd say it's going to be easier than the two. The one was the worst for you. I remember that. But that was because you were trying on my size, which is, no, it should have been bigger. That should have been easier for you.
00:15:59
Speaker
And then they still got the pool tabs. I think that's very hard to say. It probably will be because I found it quite hard to get on and I've got normal person feet.
00:16:10
Speaker
you look like you'd fit like a ballet slipper the way your foot arches up at times yeah yeah yeah it's that's you know and then the struggle is real like it's like uh i once went to glass debris could get my wellies off when i go back to the tent that's how that's how i wouldn't be picking this one up if you're going to do a triathlon and try and pull it on transition put it that way yeah
00:16:31
Speaker
I don't think it's as hard to get on as the first one for me, but it's still pretty restrictive. It's a good upper when it's on though. That's lovely. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, no, it's, I've only done 5k and 10k racing it with both of which felt really, really good. Obviously I want to go and do the marathon and it, and next year which was.
00:16:47
Speaker
which I'll be very excited to do, but I think it's, yeah, it's just done a great job, basically. And it's interesting, actually, because across Nike's range, people, having to go at them all signs of shoes, like all the cushion shoes, every year, everything, why they keep making all their shoes heavier. And it was like, the only ones they keep really nailing are the racing shoes. We're going, actually, no, yeah, we'll make that a lot lighter, like people want and just, but, so it's, it's good. Like, yeah, they're still, you know, the brand to beat for me for racing shoes. Well, we'll have, well, we've got your reviews up on the channel, but we've got plenty of versus coming up soon on there.
00:17:16
Speaker
They have fly as well. Yeah, endorphin elite versus next on our list. Yeah, that'd be a big one. Should be a very interesting one. Okay, from the big super shoe to less super shoe. The Gel Dibber 26. Probably don't need to go too much depth about this. It's the same as the 25, except it's got a new outsole that makes it very slappy. Very slappy. Very slappy.
00:17:41
Speaker
It's one of those shoes that when you're running it is slightly off-putting when you're running, let alone when you're running past people on the street. I don't mind slappiness for that reason. I want people to be warned I'm coming. I'm creeping up on them with my scuttling little stride. I think it ends up slightly less comfortable under the forefoot. I've got a bit of forefoot fatigue in it on a couple of runs which I never had at the 25, but for the most part it is very similar.
00:18:07
Speaker
Just get a 25 in the deal, probably, wouldn't you? Yeah, absolutely. OK, and then another similar shoe that we've all been testing recently that's getting quite a lot of coverage at the moment is the A6 Nova Blast 4, which I think I'm right in saying we're all positive about.
00:18:23
Speaker
Yeah, I like it. Yeah. I couldn't work out why I liked it. The three did deaden out for me quite quick. I know people don't believe this, but I just don't think it was. And I think the four was actually probably less bouncy, but I think the transition is a lot better on it. And I found it a lot smoother. I think it's probably fair to say just a smoother shoe and just.
00:18:42
Speaker
I do actually, yeah, we were talking about comparing this to the gel numbers 26. I think, you know, it's got the same stack. Gel numbers 26, no blast. I think it's more comfortable as well as being, you know, lighter and better for everything really. So I think it's viewing it like that. It's a really good cushion trainer.
00:18:57
Speaker
I think we're going to have our head to head of that coming up soon on the channel, but yeah, that's where I was going to go with it as well. Actually, I think the NovaBlast has got more range in it. You can do the fast, you can do the sort of comfortable slower and it does make me wonder why. Yeah, if it's just sort of maybe replace the Nimbus, if you're only going to have a budget to buy sort of one or two pairs of shoes, I think the NovaBlast now looks like a whole lot more value. And it's a good price as well.
00:19:23
Speaker
Just enjoyed running it. It really, really feels to me having used a Super Blast like the cheap Super Blast. The shoe that you could do all the same runs you do in the Super Blast. The Super Blast just feels a lot better because it's got better foam, but actually you would do the same kind of runs in them. It's just Super Blast. It's definitely taking learnings from the Super Blast from last year. It's not a million miles away from that shoe now, whereas the three was a million miles away from the Super Blast. You weren't using it the same things.
00:19:49
Speaker
Yeah, I just didn't love the three. I found the three, just like I said, I just didn't get much from it if I was trying to run quick and I don't know why, like it feels different at the four. I don't know, maybe. I was trying to think back and did I just test the three in really cold conditions or something? I put them both on the same time. It just, yeah, it was the same.
00:20:04
Speaker
Yeah, I think I was the same with it. I think the three I think I think like after putting a bit more time it just didn't and I think we kind of people kind of comment about this I kind of experienced the no bossy but I mean I took the the four away with me and I was just basically doing a stretch of a perimeter basically of an airport and up and down it's like it just feels nice to run a little bit quicker in I think and
00:20:26
Speaker
It maybe isn't as lively, I don't think, as the earlier generations of it, but I think it just feels like overall a nicer shoe and I think a more versatile shoe. To be honest, it surprised me that I liked it as much as I have. Any mic you've been keeping tonight on CES?
00:20:43
Speaker
at the moment? Yeah, so CS is going on at the moment, the big consumer electronics show over in Vegas, which I think myself and Kieran have experienced in being out there, it's kind of a contrasting start to the year. So I've been keeping an eye on the announcements and
00:21:00
Speaker
From a kind of running watch point of view, there's not been a huge amount. I think that kind of makes sense because in terms of the announcements we had of watch launches last year, I think we might be waiting a little bit longer in the year. But there's been a few little bits and pieces I've picked out that I think are quite interesting. I think the biggest one I think is from Sennheiser and Sennheiser has kind of collaborated with Polar and they have
00:21:22
Speaker
Sennheiser have launched a pair of their Momentum sports buds. I know Nick, you tried a pair of the Sennheiser, I think the sports true ones, but a few years ago. And now this will be a pair of headphones that can track heart rate, which isn't new. We've seen that before, but it also does body temperature as well. So it's got a body temperature sensor as well.
00:21:40
Speaker
It will plug into Polar Flow, which is a new thing. It's the first non-Polar device that you will be able to push that information from a device that isn't made by Polar, which I think is pretty interesting. We've seen Polar kind of clap and open up its platform. We saw it with Casio last year. I think this potentially could be a bit more interesting one.
00:22:00
Speaker
And if it can get the sensor side of things in terms of accuracy right, I think potentially it could be an interesting set of headphones that are going to come out this year. So that is going to be expensive from the looks of it. It's probably going to be about £300, $300. Wow. And that is launching in 2024, April 2024.
00:22:18
Speaker
Mike, if you look back, right? JBL, Under Armour, they did all of this a while back. It's one of those that you sort of look at it and you go, okay, I get it. People don't like wearing chest straps, the arm straps, whatever. This might be a good place to... But it didn't work the first time around. They were much cheaper as well. And it did partner with the... Was it like Map My Run Under Armour app or whatever the Under Armour app was at the time?
00:22:41
Speaker
and I just wonder whether or not this is a form factor that's going to tick and then if you whack in a 300 pound price tag that's a bit like oh okay absolutely absolutely I know I agree and I think I say it's not something that we've seen that's new but I think it's interesting I think from a polar point of view I think it's interesting when they're trying to open up that platform and try to look ways
00:23:00
Speaker
to bring in or, you know, use their training expertise. I think the body temperature stuff is interesting because I've seen a bit more on that side of things and whether that is going to develop to be one of the metrics that people pay a little bit more attention to, obviously depending on the environment you're training in. But I think potentially that could be an area we're going to see a bit of growth in terms of what we're seeing in the kind of headphone and wearable space in general. So that was one of the answers I think that kind of stood out. We have seen a little bit more in terms of smart rings. I think, you know, our kind of view of smart rings at the moment and I've got three on.
00:23:33
Speaker
Is that it's that it's that it's felt a little bit and I think we talked about on the channel is that it's felt a little bit like you know is is there scope for or use fit from a kind of an athlete or you know kind of training point of view and a maze fit on other brands that are saying that they have a ring
00:23:48
Speaker
that is designed for that kind of you know for an athlete or for training and it's looking at bringing in kind of insights in terms of training load, VO2 max, it's kind of lean, it will lean on its kind of sports or performance focused watches as well to kind of combine that information as well too. So I think it's an intriguing one because I think it's talking about some similar things we've seen from smart rings
00:24:07
Speaker
But the idea that it is going to be Ames, you know, more from an athletic and kind of fitness-focused point of view, I'm intrigued to see how that kind of pans up. I'm not 100% convinced, but I'm intrigued if they have managed to offer a smart ring to a new audience, which I think we would probably agree is it's probably not quite there in terms of what we've seen, what you're getting on a Garmin watch or kind of a Polar or Sensei watch as far from a training and assets point of view.
00:24:29
Speaker
So those are two announcers, I think, that, you know, out of the things that have kind of been announced, I think are interesting ones and giving a sense of what might happen for the rest of the year, I think, you know, in the kind of wearable and tech space.
00:24:39
Speaker
Yeah, going off smart rings a bit. I kind of feel like, yeah, I feel like they did expand an area quite well, but the one something that's just clearly designed just to be worn at night, which is when they are, I think quite can be quite useless, a bit more accurate sleep trackers, and then they just need to go. And then, oh, if you've got a sports tracker, give us all that data and we'll use that in the day because they're not very accurate during exercise or day to day, it seems. But yeah, I don't know. I feel like the whole
00:25:05
Speaker
whole area could either just disappear or if Apple launches one, it could become absolutely massive. No, absolutely. I think it's clearly an interesting form of fact, and it's whether, like you say, it has that wider appeal outside, which I think still is, you know, people who don't want to wear a Fitbit or, you know, a dedicated fitness tracker ultimately.
00:25:22
Speaker
Yeah, this one's only lasts like two days in a charge as well. That's proved an absolute nightmare. Is that the circular? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just constantly wandering around with this tiny little charger because it... Do you want it in performance mode or eco mode? I want it to do the thing you said it does. Oh, it's the last. It's about 10 hours, great. Okay, so another fact, quiz question.
Upcoming Running Shoe Releases 2024
00:25:43
Speaker
Running facts!
00:25:48
Speaker
Okay, if you wanted to place among the top 1% of half marathon runners in the US, what time would you need to get?
00:25:59
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Below. Men or women? Everyone. Everyone. I think I'm top 1% in the UK, so I don't know if it just translates or not. Let's have a look. Can I look at my own power of 10 to research this? Is that allowed? I'm going to say under 120, 119. Okay, you got 119 from Kieran.
00:26:25
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Mike, do you want to, while Nick's logging into his admin profile and his history of running? Oh no, sorry, I've, yeah, okay. Yeah, I think it's, I might say, I think it's a little bit quicker than that. I reckon it's a 117.
00:26:46
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It's a 110, apparently. Forged to see that 2019 data. That's just, that must be just all runners then. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fair enough. No, okay. That, that, that makes sense. And that, that directly more or less correlates across from the UK then I think.
00:27:04
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Great, good fact. Never getting there, never getting there. I'm 110, so. No, I need to stop putting facts in that. Of course you do. Put some slower facts in. Okay, slower fact coming up later.
00:27:33
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So we're using this video to talk about what's coming up and what we're excited about across all of the shoes getting released. So let's jump into the big ones. So super shoes, what is coming up in the world of super shoes that either we're excited about or we're not so excited about.
00:27:50
Speaker
Well, lots of new super shoes, Tom. I mean, it makes sense that a few have been announced or under embargo. We still don't know what a few brands are doing like Asics and Adios. Adios? Asics and Adidas this year. But obviously we've already had the Alpafly 3 come out. I've got a review on the channel. That's a very exciting shoe. It's going to be hard for any other shoe to beat that this year, I think. But there are some imminent launches, maybe that have already come out in America. The New Balance SCLE V4. I think we're all pretty excited by with a all new Piba Midsole, still called Fuel Cell for a reason.
00:28:18
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When it comes to super shoes, I think the SC Elite V3 was an interesting one, but not one that I've really picked up that much. It wasn't a bad shoe, I don't think. The upper had a few issues with it for me, but it was definitely a shoe that was... It could have been improved a lot to be up there with some of the big shoes coming out.
00:28:37
Speaker
I've been back out in it the last month or so, just getting out. I always felt for me like a quick daily trainer first race shoe, second for me personally. And I think maybe it lacked a bit of the pop that some of the other kind of super shoes have. But looking at this shoe and what it's going to offer, I feel like it might have a bit more of what we've been looking for, looked for in the previous version.
00:29:01
Speaker
It certainly looks like it's got a lot more foam in it. Yeah, I was going to say it looks like a much bigger stack. And I think that might shift it from that. Yeah, I think I agree with Mike. This is a shoe that you could use for fast training rather than all-out racing. But this maybe will take it up a gear. I really liked the V3, I have to say. I thought it was really good. But same time, I wouldn't have put it as my top choice over other shoes. So this maybe has more of a chance of going up against the very best.
00:29:23
Speaker
I never ripped the outsole off of the thing. There we go then. So thumbs up on the outsole. Great in Tom's top five. So it's the only one I can still use. Okay, so another super shoe which we already know a lot about is the Puma Fast R2 Nick.
00:29:41
Speaker
Yes, so I've got the hold of this. I'm testing it ahead of... We've got a review embargo here, so I can't actually talk about performance too much, but we can talk about the features they've all been talked about. There have been reviews elsewhere, but anyway, it's basically a really innovative shoe, it's fair to say. You've still got that really weird decoupled midsole you had with the Fast R1, but now you've got a new foam. It's the same foam under both the front and the heel of the shoe. It's a new version of their Nitro Elite foam, which is not Piva,
00:30:05
Speaker
The big thing here, I think for me, is that they're using some Agorda Alpha Filic TPU or something, which basically Puma says it has more energy return than Piba. So no good foams aren't just about energy return, but lots of stuff to build into that. But very interesting, obviously, if this is a new area that lots of brands might start looking at, if Puma are correct and how good this foam is. It's also got a very exaggerated plate with an underbite. Basically, the plate's been extended out of the front of the shoe, almost create a longer lever to see if that will create more efficiency. I think Puma says something like you'll take
00:30:35
Speaker
50 less steps over the course of a marathon, that kind of thing. Seems a great result from Puma athletes last year while wearing this shoe. I think this is going to be a really interesting one and it's really, it's a very novel shoe and maybe bits from this will be taken towards other shoes, who knows how it's all going to play out. But I think one thing that the factor is with this shoe is it's fairly heavy for a carbon shoe as a result, all the stuff in it, not crazy heavy. We're talking around the level of something like the Outfly 2, I guess, that kind of area, but it's whether that undercuts some of the performance benefits you're getting from the other features on it. Interesting.
00:31:01
Speaker
And it's sort of safe to say that the Pima Fast R original was a little bit of a shoe that didn't really hit the mainstream very much. A lot of people, we saw a lot about it, but I don't think I've hardly ever seen anyone running in it. So do you think it's likely this might be one that is a little bit more tailored towards the broader market?
00:31:20
Speaker
I think people will still be put off, by the way, it looks a little bit, I think, and it's really propulsion focused. The same way as the FastR was like the propulsive racer in Puma's range compared to the DV8 Nitro, which is a bit more of, I guess, the lightweight one, almost the VapeFly versus the AlpFly being the propulsive one, if you're going to talk about it maybe in those terms.
00:31:40
Speaker
I don't think loads of people are going to suddenly switch to this. It's going to be a fairly expensive shoe. It's going to be interesting, but I don't know if we're going to see a leap forward here that would make everyone shift to it. But I do think it's pushing boundaries in ways that will probably lead to more experimentation from other brands, or Pume will be able to use this in other shoes as well. So I think there's certainly something to keep an eye on. And then the only other one I've got on my list here is the Brooks Hyperia in Elite 4, which I have to say I know nothing about.
00:32:06
Speaker
New foam for Brooks. Big hope that they're going to really hit it with this new foam. We don't know much about it, actually, for whether it's paper-based or anything like that. I think it's another nitrogen-infused foam, some material. Josh Kerr, brilliant British runner who was the world champion over 1500 meters.
00:32:23
Speaker
I think he won the New York road mile in this shoe. And he also used it to run like a 61 minute half. So that's a pretty good sign for range. But yeah, we're, I think last year we saw how many brands suddenly catch up, you know, a bit with their carbon shoes on Hoka both made great carbon shoes under our met a pretty decent one. Brooks, I think is the last big brand to really do one. So hopefully it's this one. They need it. They need it from the past gens. They need to do something
00:32:47
Speaker
to get themselves in that conversation, I think. Hyperion Elite 3, I think, was an absolute horror show for Brooks Light. It was a fine show, but it was, I'd say, it was worse than, you know, for performance than most of the super trainers we test. And it was, you know, peeled as a carbon ratio. And it was worse than the previous version of the same shoe. So I think they need, yeah, something needs to change here a bit.
00:33:09
Speaker
Okay, so super shoes onto daily cushion shoes. There's quite a few of these that we're hoping to see coming out relatively soon. So things like the Hocka Mac 6, which would be a very, very exciting shoe to come out because it feels like a very long time since the Mac 5 came out.
00:33:29
Speaker
Yeah, one of the quotes I heard was that they've redesigned it from the ground up. That's not something I wanted to hear. There are a lot of shoots I would like to see changed and shifted, but that does always make you a little bit nervous that they're not going to recreate, I think, what was good about that shoot. But as ever, if they can improve on it, then that's quite an exciting one, because I think it's fair to say that we all really enjoyed it.
00:33:49
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, it sounds like it's gonna, I think it sounds like the big thing is they're changing from a kind of dual density, it's kind of single density, kind of mid-cell kind of setup. So yeah, it'll be interesting. I feel like, I feel like maybe Hocko will realize they don't want to, they still want to make it, leave it and make sure it's true to the roots of the Mac shoe. And hopefully this will, you know, those changes will still make it. The shoe that we've all kind of loved over the last few generations.
00:34:16
Speaker
And then we've also got the possibility of the Mac X2 coming out as well, which is a slightly different prospect based on our testing. I'm not sure, what was the general consensus of the Mac X2 from the Mac X from you guys? I mean, I think it was a pretty disappointing one for me. I think it was expecting a bit more. And I think I was expecting to be more in the mold of something like the endorphin speed. And it really wasn't that for me anyway. And I think hopefully this is the one that's been shown off at the running event.
00:34:41
Speaker
we'll see a better version of that shoe and one that I kind of feel that maybe it will be better designed for the runts that I thought it would be last year and it kind of wasn't for me. So I had it completely opposite. I put it actually on, it was out in it today and we've done it head to head on the channel. I think we did with the ride 17 is going up soon and I hadn't run it for quite a while and it made me kind of reminded me of how much I actually enjoyed it. So today I went out and did a
00:35:07
Speaker
sort of faster session. I actually really love it. The only problem I had with it was that the fit is quite sort of tight and compact, but actually in terms of a trainer for me to go out and do, you know, like a fast marathon training effort like I did today, I really, really enjoyed it. So yeah, I know we had a bit of weird sort of a bit of a mixed opinions on that one, but I was quite a fan of the Mac X. I think it was for me, I felt that what it did was quite similar to what the Mac 5 did.
00:35:32
Speaker
and I'm hoping maybe there'll be a bit more differentiation here, and it would, but, because if it's a MAC5 with a plate, and the plate didn't elevate it that much for me, so it ended up being, well, I've already really liked the MAC5, but yeah, it'd be certainly really interesting to see what they do next year, this year.
00:35:49
Speaker
hmm and then there's a big big shoe for me i've been waiting for this for a long time the brooks glycerin 21 oh yes that's i think that it's been a long time since the glycerin 20 came out and there's been a lot of shoes like the sockany tribe 21 that have come in and they've
00:36:04
Speaker
in that range of the style of shoe, I think that's coming in. It's won many an award from from us or got a top spot in our in our guides. And I'm just hoping the Brooks Glissor and 21 comes in and really see some nice improvements. It's almost oh, it's a fantastic shoe already the Brooks Glissor and 20 the nitrogen infused foam.
00:36:27
Speaker
is brilliant. I'm not sure what they would do to it, but I'm very excited about that one coming out. When that came out, that was like the big comfortable shoe on the market. And now it's like a low stack trainer racer compared to what actually is out there. But I think it's getting higher stack, but lighter. So with the same time, so it all sounds positive if you know it's going to be a max stack trainer or not. But I love the different 20. I've got so many, right. A lot of best shoes, roundups we all do.
00:36:52
Speaker
and talk about it. And I've always still got the 20 in there. I feel like I have to defend it all the time these days. It was an older shoe and it's a bit different, but it's like, it's just a really good shoe. Just, you know, it's a fantastic shoe and I'm hoping the 21 will be as well.
00:37:06
Speaker
Okay, time for another fact. Are you ready for another exciting fact? Yes, yes, please. Okay, this one seems a little bit spurious. What percentage of runners get injured each year? According to Yale Medicine, it says. It says, it says. I've not verified it, so don't go quite in this. I bet it's really high. I bet it's 90%.
00:37:31
Speaker
32.2%. Oh, and he's got it, spot on. 67%. Hmm, it's 50% apparently. We just got 50, 50. We'll just flip a coin. What accounts for an injury? Is it like something you'd actually cast an injury or just stubbed your toe whilst running? Yale medicine. They walked past Yale medicine, shouted at some bloke. And we were injured.
00:38:02
Speaker
It's a tough fact there. You only have to provide about four of these every other month. And again, you say you have to provide them. You decided you wanted to do this. That was a real fact. Well, I've got to break it up. Okay, so nice easy one for you.
00:38:21
Speaker
What is the average Boston Marathon finish time for all sexes, all age groups and all levels? I think it'd be slower. It's going to be slower than you'd think, because everyone runs fast to qualify. It's a difficult course. 331. 348. I'm going to go... I think Nick's close. Yeah, now I'm going to go...
00:38:47
Speaker
359 I think might be a yeah over four. It's 348 20 Wow, that's good, isn't it? I might do a quiz. I might do a quiz on the average finish time at average finish time for all marathons based on Well, no, I'm not participating again after that after making it That was quite impressive actually. I bet it's written an article on it yesterday. Yeah
00:39:10
Speaker
I haven't, but I'm delighted. I've won something for this. No, you're absolutely nothing. Why do these things? You've won the prize. You've won the prize. I've got left over. You're half-consumed, baby.
00:39:37
Speaker
Okay, Nick, here we go. Who should speak about this? Let's see if your fans comment on this. Puma Velosti Nitro 3. What have you got to say about this? We've not got all night, so... It can't beat the two. It can't beat the two. He loves the two so much. He can't possibly say it's better. The two will still win.
00:39:59
Speaker
Two was perfect. I imagine they'll probably use more of their nitrofoam. I think it's been reviewed in America. They've launched, they've announced it. We haven't got hold of it yet to actually review or anything like that. But yeah, I just want to say, I hope they don't make a change. They make a change because this must make it better on paper and actually
00:40:18
Speaker
maybe having the slightly worse EVA foam in that midsole was key to the balance of the shoe or something like that, who knows. But I know, I think it does get over-egged a bit how much I love the Puyo Velocity Nitro 2. I just think it's a really nicely balanced, good value shoe. And it's not like you step into it and go, oh my God, I've got a torpedo on my foot or anything like that. I know that for me,
00:40:38
Speaker
sums up where my cushion shoes go to like that kind of level which are now kind of daily trainers really not cushion shoes in this I suppose like that shoe is great that's cushion enough for everything could use for everything but also it's nice and light and it's a good grip so I'm hoping the three will be as good if we disappoint also I think the price has gone up slightly in the US and a big part of the velocity nitro appeal to me is the price and the fact that it's nearly wasn't sales so I hope that's still true.
00:41:01
Speaker
Okay, that's enough for a view on that because we're going to get at least 2,000 hours of you talking about that on a video. We all love it. Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We all love that shoot. Yeah, Mike's made a good point. We
00:41:22
Speaker
It's just always worth mentioning because it's like 60 quid cheaper than any shoe we're reviewing. Yeah, we mention it in relevant videos. You mention it in every video. If you talk about watch. Mention it in every relevant video. It's all relevant.
00:41:34
Speaker
All right, my Zuno Wave Rebellion Flash 2. This would be cool, I think. Now, the Wave Rebellion from Zuno in the past has been a really firm shoot, like so out of whack with the rest of the market. And it's been fast, but just pretty brutal to run in. Wave Rebellion Flash 2, I believe, uses a lot of cues from the Wave Rebellion Pro of last year, which I really loved.
00:41:53
Speaker
you know really wild design shoe with the heel cut outs I think you haven't got anything as dramatic with the flash which is the training partner style shoe so what you could have is almost a toned down version of that shoe which would still be brilliant because it would still be very bouncy it'd still be really aggressive forefoot rocker so yeah not one line up to test at the moment but hoping to get hold of it because I think that'll be
00:42:12
Speaker
It might be the best way almost to get the Mizuno Wave of Brilliant Pro and the Pro 2 that's coming out on more people's radars because it's quite a big leap to just buy the Mizuno Wave of Brilliant Pro because it looks so weird and wacky but actually when you run it it feels amazing. You like it as well right Tom? Wave of Brilliant Pro.
00:42:27
Speaker
Yeah, I love it. I bought it in the sales just before Christmas and I didn't think I'd like it that much because it's not one of those shoes that everyone has and is talking about, but I've absolutely loved it. I've raced it a couple of times now and I love it. I think it's fantastic, beautifully fast shoe that just feels really comfy.
00:42:47
Speaker
Yeah, it's just a bit, you know, the risk to buy that shoe. So I think maybe if you, if the wave ready and flash two goes out, it's a bit cheaper. It's more of a trainer, a lot of people get to try it. They like it. They realize the geometry actually maybe fits, works with them, that kind of thing. It's yeah, it's a good shoe. And well, the wave ready pose, very good shoe. I'm hoping the flash will be a great training partner, which I think is another area that Mizuno hasn't really had because their fast trainers have been so like firm and aggressive.
00:43:11
Speaker
Okay, and then last one of these is the New Balance Rebel V4. I think I only tried the original Rebel, and it's a very different shoe now, and it's certainly looking like an even more different shoe in the V4. What do we know about it? Exciting big update from New Balance. The Rebel V3 was a brilliant shoe. I really liked it. Just a lightweight, plateless trainer. It could do loads of things really well. The new version gets some of, I think it's a mixed foam midsole. There's some of the new Piba foam from New Balance in there.
00:43:38
Speaker
slightly more, you know, that angular geometry you see on the SC Elite before, some positive stuff coming out from the US. I think it's just gonna be one of those categories of shoes that I really like, which is the lightweight, plateless, do-it-all trainer that's, you know, got a bouncy foam in the midsole. Just a bit like, you know, the Mach 5, but with that slightly bouncy and new balance foams in there. And yeah, really excited to test that one, actually. Probably even more excited than some of the carbon shoes. I think that's one I'm really looking forward to trying as a potential just do-it-all great shoe that should be reasonable value.
00:44:06
Speaker
Okay, so trail shoes, anything big coming up at the moment or this year that we're looking forward to with trail shoes?
00:44:13
Speaker
Well I mean obviously there's a couple that we do know based off the back of the kind of Alpha Fly 3 announcement, which Knight kind of announced that the Pegasus Trail 5 and the Zagama 2 will be coming out in the spring.
Trail Shoes Insights & Future Hopes
00:44:26
Speaker
I'm most interested in the Pegasus Trail 5. I love the Pegasus Trail 4. I'm kind of, you know, a Road to Trail shoe is kind of my ideal type of trail shoe now. What will be interesting is they are changing to the React X kind of cushioning that we had in our, oh my God, I've totally forgotten the
00:44:44
Speaker
Infinity Run 4. In the Infinity Run 4, which I liked. I know not everyone did like, but I mean, the Pegasus Travel 4, I think as a kind of a combination of what we got in that shoe was a really good shoe. So whether that really kind of alters or changes how that shoe is going to run, I'm going to be interested to kind of find out. So that's definitely one that's on my radar and that's coming out in the spring, I believe. There's no pricing on that yet.
00:45:08
Speaker
Okay, speed goat six, hopefully this year. I actually went out for a lovely run in the speed goat five the other day, just to remind myself of how nice that shoe is. Do we know anything about speed goat six? I know nothing, I'm not seeing anything.
00:45:22
Speaker
Well, I do know that when I was out at UTMB, Hoka did have it in a room and I didn't go and see it, so it is coming. It was announced at the running, or shown off at the running event as well, too. I think, at essence, it's going to keep very true to the last speed go. I think it's probably mainly going to be changed in terms of the upper, but I think from what I've seen is that it's going to feel or look a little bit more like a road shoe than a trail shoe, but ultimately it's still going to be a shoe I think that's going to be built for those kind of big long distances.
00:45:52
Speaker
And then on to a shoe that I imagine Kieran's extremely excited about, the Tecton X3. Yeah, I mean, I was, I was, but looking at it, I think, you know, this is going to be a big change. The biggest change here is that they're going to have built-in gaiters. So you've basically got collars that come up and hold above the ankle the looks of it. So those things are not optional. For a minute, I thought you were going to be able to choose a gated shoe versus an non-gated, but all of them are going to be gated.
00:46:21
Speaker
I look at that and I think how to get my foot in it. Once it's in, it'll probably be good. I mean, they're doing it obviously to help deal with trail debris. The way that we run over here and things that I do, I'm not sure that that's ever really a big deal for me.
00:46:34
Speaker
It feels like a risk basically to me that that might put a lot of people off that don't like that kind of high booty feel. The other thing is they're going to have a double layer of Piba foam in there now as well. There's a new carbon plate design, which is going to have some sort of wings that come up the side to aid the stability. From looking at it as well, it also looks like the rockering on it is now going to be quite extensive.
00:46:56
Speaker
as well. So I think that's going to be quite a big shift in the Tekton X3. Exciting to try it, jury's out for me on that big gator. I think without that, maybe it'd be more interesting, but that does, it is something that worries me. And then this is based on the, I mean, this is clearly the shoe that's based on the prototype shoe that Jim Wilbsey was wearing for UTMB. So I know kind of following it, he was kind of swapping around two shoes. I know those are kind of prototypes, I think, have influenced what I think the Tekton X3 is going to look like. So it is definitely a unique design, but it's clearly one that, you know, it's been tested
00:47:26
Speaker
by their best runners, their best ultra runners. So it'd be interesting to see whether those changes transfer over to most other runners as well too. Anything coming from Innovate this year? They just launched the Mud Talon shoe, which looks great, which looks like a
00:47:42
Speaker
You know, it's obviously a mud focus shoe. It's got very long eight millimeter lugs. The kind of great things that innovate are known for a lot in the cross country and fell running community. But with a rock plate as well to maybe give it a bit more versatility and cushioning. It's got more cushioning than you see on a lot of things like the X-Talon rash. I use the X-Talon for example in my cross country race at the weekend. And that shoe is nothing but lugs. There's a paper thin upper, no cushioning and a load of lugs. It's almost like a spike, but studs instead. Whereas this has a bit more cushioning, a bit more of a all rounder. I guess that can then handle those really muddy sections, which
00:48:13
Speaker
are tricky for shoes. It's very hard to make an all-rounder trail shoe that can actually handle deep mud because it's such a specific thing to try and run through. So yeah, it'd be interesting to see that one. That's launched now, but we've not got our hands on it yet to test.
00:48:23
Speaker
the shoes we talked about we know a little bit about or we've seen images of but what about shoes that we don't know about yet so shoes that we're excited about that we think may be coming or we hope may be coming in the next year. I mean some of our favorite shoes of all of them didn't get updated last year which is the Endorphins Pro and Speed we're assuming those are coming soon I mean Tom's
00:48:43
Speaker
He's hit refresh every day on the indoor Pro 4, I'm sure. I'm all very excited for the Speed Force. I've got 20 videos lined up for when the Pro 4 comes out. It's really a, please don't mess these up, I think, is the situation here. I mean, the Speed 3 couldn't be in a stronger position because we had all the new Super Trains last year, and all of them kind of fell short, except maybe like the AWS Boston 12, I think is pretty much as good. But everything else, I think, fell short of the Speed 3.
00:49:10
Speaker
got to come out now and actually then either extend their lead or somehow mess it up. I think the pro four will be interesting in terms of, you know, just because the elite is there now, what influence will that you have? I hope they don't change it too much because it's a shoe that I've loved and I know loads of people have kind of picked up on our recommendations as well because it is a fantastic shoe and it's been available at a very good price over the kind of past six months as well too. So yeah, it's definitely one to look forward to.
00:49:37
Speaker
OK, and the Pro Evo 1 has been released, but not really to the general public. I mean, it's basically been incredibly interesting to see what Adidas does this year, whether they actually intend on giving that shoe a big release where people are going to have a chance to buy it and how many they're going to sell at that ridiculous price point and that kind of thing. Or we see the Adios Pro 4 come in with maybe a few bits taken from the Pro Evo 1's design. And that is really the de facto shoe they're actually planning to sell. And the Pro Evo 1 is more the elite shoe they'll put on very
00:50:07
Speaker
to sell occasionally. I haven't seen them in the wild. It'd be amazing to see if I turn up one day at that to see for a half marathon and someone's in the pro 1. That simply is never going to happen. We don't really know if it's going to be the pro. If it's going to be the Adios pro 4, it would be great to see all that as well. Yeah. Okay. And then, I suppose, the only other big shoe ratio, which hasn't had that of quite some time, is the 86 MetaSpeed Sky Plus, which should be an interesting one if that sees a new version come out.
00:50:34
Speaker
It'd be interesting to see if they also go Edge Plus, you know, as well, whether they keep with that or whether they go all in on Sky Plus. But yeah, Astix, the Metaspy Sky Plus, a very good shoe, you know, was happy to take a year out. Things get forgotten a bit, but you go and look at them and go, no, that's still very good, up there with anything. So hopefully it'll be a good new shoe.
00:50:52
Speaker
And then one which, again, I'm very... I actually just thought of two other shooters I'm very excited about, but one of them is the A6 Super Blast 2. I'm a bit worried about this because I love the original Nova Blast, and then over time, over two versions, I liked it less and less. And I'm worried that I love the Super Blast so much that the second one, if they tweak it too much, it's actually going to be...
00:51:18
Speaker
going to lose the magic of the first one. So I'm quite excited about it. But also, for something that expensive, if it's not as good as that first one, it's a big risk this one. I'd almost still wish it lit. I mean, it hasn't really... I mean, as much as we love it, I think it's talked about a lot in geeky running communities like us, but I don't know if it's really hit the mainstream yet. I think almost the best thing that will happen with the Super Blast 2 would be the Super Blast 1 getting a nice big discount and a few more people get to have a go on it.
00:51:44
Speaker
I don't see what they should do to that. I mean, maybe you see something with the new meta speeds and then you go, oh, they're going to incorporate some of that new foam or some of that. Maybe there's new foams, things like that. Super Blast 2, just keep the Super Blast 1, but make it 100 quids to the 200. That'll be ideal.
00:51:59
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Nice. And then the two that I've forgotten to add into this list are, obviously, the New Balance More V5. No, I can't. And then, have you seen the New Balance Ballos? Tom was trying to maybe get into this the other day. It does sound quite good. It's like a big shoe, but with the new foam? It's got a really light foam in it. I suppose it's like the More V5, but with a new lighter speed of foam in it.
00:52:28
Speaker
Okay. Balos. You know what that means? No, do you not, Paul? No, that'd be interesting. It must have some kind of meaning. We're not rebel means. Maybe it's like a different language for balance. Could be. Could be. Certainly a valid guess, Tom. Well, we'll find out soon, no doubt. I just don't think we are going to find out.
00:52:50
Speaker
Well, I'm sure somebody will comment. Great. Okay. So that is our initial preview chat of what we're excited about coming up in terms of really shoes for 2024. Lovely stuff.
00:53:09
Speaker
So what have we got coming up in the next few weeks in terms of videos?
Future Content Plans & Closing Remarks
00:53:15
Speaker
I think I'm going to be doing best daily shoes. So a big guide of all of the daily shoes that we rate at the moment, which includes everything. So it's not going to be our top picks, but it's just going to be all of the shoes that we put classes, the best daily shoes out at the moment. Anything else coming up?
00:53:31
Speaker
I think probably the most exciting thing about the next few weeks is we don't necessarily know what's coming up. At some point some shoes are going to land and we're going to get out for first runs and we're going to get out for reviews and they're going to be extremely exciting but we don't actually know when they are coming and maybe they won't come at all and then that'd be quite annoying. But yeah, I think it's a bit loosey-goosey. Lots of nice, you know, versus of shoes we've done. We've got some more Alpify versus coming for sure, Tom. Cune's going to go on and on about chafing at some point, I believe so.
00:53:58
Speaker
It's going to be a big long video. The first day we stopped the run testers, he was talking about this loop. He's insisting. We go, no, Kieran, no. Tell you what, at 70,000 subs, you can do your loop video. We thought it'd never happen, and now we're going, here we are. It's definitely going to get taken down within two days. The whole channel's going to get taken down.
00:54:19
Speaker
Listen, if we forget that title right, this would be our most popular video ever. If you're just flying down hills in Richmond Park, completely loomed up.
00:54:29
Speaker
People will watch you for 30 seconds and realise they're not in the right place, but you know, we'll get the answer. Nice. Anything else? I have got one of those shoes I can't talk about yet, but soon. Soon I'll be able to talk about it, but very excited about running in that. It will be videos, eminently. Probably the next podcast.
00:54:52
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, these are pretty sporadic, so I hope so. No one racing this month? No, sorry. I was going to say, yeah, it's not as excited as Mike's secret shoe, but we will be doing a round up of the best Polar watches as well. So if you're a fan of Polar or you're wondering, we'll be telling you which one you can buy those Garmin alternatives. voltage V3 if you want to save your time.
00:55:20
Speaker
Nice. Big mud then. Alright then guys, let's call it quits there and see you on the other side. As in a video in the next few days.
00:55:38
Speaker
This episode of the podcast was presented by Tom Wheatley, Kieran Algar, Nick Harris Fry and Mike Sore. It was produced by Tom Wheatley.