Recently when moving houses, I found my old high school track spikes (Nike Zoom Kennedy) in a box in the attic. I was surprised that I...

Puma vs. Adidas, a storied rivalry of the Dassler brothers and the town of Herzogenaurach. In this matchup, I compared the top super shoe...

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Most all of the research on the benefits of super shoes on running economy have been on a level surface. Previously, researchers from CU...

This study looked at the effects of sex-specific running shoes on running economy and biomechanics in female runners. The male and female...

Researchers at the University of Exeter and the Nike Sport Research Lab looked at the impact of an unnamed “highly cushioned” shoe on...

This publication was by researchers out of Germany in a study supported by Puma. They compared the ever-elusive Puma super shoes, both...

This is the first running economy case study I ever conducted comparing the Nike Alphafly to the Hoka Carbon X. I had just raced my first...

I tested my running economy in Puma Deviate Nitro Elite, the shoe Molly Seidel wore in her Bronze medal marathon run in the 2020 Tokyo...

One of the super shoes I wasn't able to get when we conducted the Super Shoe Study was the Adidas Adios Pro line. The first version was...

Perhaps one of the greatest questions in modern running shoe history...how do Crocs impact running performance? This question is only...

Previous research on the Vaporfly showed about 2.5% better running economy over a traditional distance spike. However, there is no...

Previously, our super shoe study data and my personal testing data showed the New Balance RC Elite v1 did not offer the same magnitude of...

Previous research showed that the running economy benefits of the Nike Vaporfly relative to a standard control shoe, while still...

Most all of the research on the benefits of super shoes on running economy have been on a level surface. Do the benefits of the shoes...

Many have wondered how many miles the running economy benefits last for in a pair of super shoes. For the Alphafly specifically, I...

How much do the air units on the Alphafly impact performance? I have been curious about this for a while. Thanks to a gently, used donor...

I tested my running economy in the Nike ZoomX Invincible, a shoe with a thick slab of ZoomX foam, against the Nike Alphafly. I didn’t...

I tested my running economy in the Nike Streakfly, a shoe marketed for 5k and 10k racing. Testing Methods I ran in the Nike Streakfly as...

Previously when I tested the Nike Invincible, I found no benefits to running economy despite all the ZoomX foam. While the shoe is very...