Adios Pro 5 first look, 195g and $250 on one runner's feet
Nine miles in, one poster says the new plate and lower weight help, but the shoe still sits behind the Fast R 3.
The adidas Adizero Adios Pro 5 has its first set of real numbers, and they come from one r/RunningShoeGeeks poster with nine miles on the shoe. He lists it at 195 grams in a men's US 10.5, $250 or 330 CAD, and 39mm in the heel with what he believes is a 6mm drop (heel height minus forefoot height), putting the forefoot at 33mm. The big change is under the foot. adidas has dropped the energy rods for a carbon plate it calls the energy rim.
The foam is still Lightstrike Pro, which he says is firmer than the Pro 4 but still soft. The outsole carries over from the Pro 4, and he says the Lightlock 2.0 upper does not feel much different either. His verdict after nine miles is that the weight drop and the stability gain are real improvements, and the shoe handled everything from 7 minutes 30 per mile down to 5 minutes flat.
Where does it land? He puts it behind the Fast R 3 and the Metaspeed Ray, and ahead of the Brooks Hyperion Elite 6 and the New Balance SC Elite v6.
The Pro 4 as a long-run trainer
A second poster put 1200km on the Adios Pro 4 and used it only for 20km to 40km runs, never for racing. He heard something snap at 100km and again around 700km, and says there has been a popping sound every step since. He does not mind. He argues the broken plate is the point, leaving soft foam that is easy on the legs, and rates the shoe 5 out of 5 on cost, speed, durability and cushioning as a trainer. He says he trained on them to hit a 2 hour 49 marathon but wore something else on race day.
A £60 bouncy trainer
The Run Testers ran the Qiaodan Leili 2.0, about £60 in the UK and $95 in the US, 225g in a men's size 8, 7mm drop, built on a PEBA blend (the light, bouncy foam in race-day shoes). They call it one of the bounciest shoes they have tested and an excellent marathon training shoe, with stability the clear weakness.
What it actually means. Nine miles is one runner's opinion, not a settled verdict, but it does give the Pro 5 the specs people were waiting on. And the Pro 4 write-up is one person's case for training in a discounted super shoe, which cuts against the usual advice.
However, I do feel that the shoe is just a hair behind the top tier race day shoes like the fast r 3, metaspeed ray, and others.
I heard something snap 100km in and a second time around 700km in and there’s been that popping sound every step since then.
this is one of the highest stack wobbiest shoes you're going to find
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