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Podcast: Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
Episode: How Much Faster Will You Run in Nike Vaporflys? Mike Haischer Has the Data
Description: Will running a marathon in high-tech super shoes help you run faster? Nike made huge headlines when they came out with the Vaporfly series in 2017. Featuring a new kind of foam and a flexible carbon plate, Nike promised that their expensive new shoes would improve a marathoner’s running economy by 4%. With elites and recreational runners doing everything they could to improve by just one percent, these magic new shoes were pretty tantalizing. But with all new technology comes controversy. Nike had already been supplying its best runners with Vaporflies as early as 2016, whic...