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- Alphafly 4 launches with ZoomX LT foam Nike calls 17% lighter
Believe in the Run got a first look, but nobody outside Nike's testing program has raced in it yet.
- Sonicblast 2 called near-super-shoe, Xiaonian falls flat at $130
Reddit testers weigh in on three super trainers while Believe in the Run gives the Teva Trailpeak a C for performance.
- Reddit poster shares a DIY Maurten Gel 100 clone
One anonymous kitchen experiment, ten pouches per batch, and a warning about the one ingredient that ruins it.
- Zach Bitter says shoe foam lifecycle marketing is mostly myth
A tested pair of super shoes held their efficiency at around 400 miles, and a Reddit poster just retired a Hoka Mach X at 1,011.
- Merrie Mile to pay $15,000, richest US road mile
Men and women race together in Waikiki on December 12, and the top check goes to whoever crosses first.
- Nairobi lands 2029 Worlds, first in Africa and at altitude
Kasarani Stadium sits at 5,289 feet, and people are already talking about the sprint world records.
- On Cloudsurfer 3 lands at 302g, reviewers say easy miles
On's first supercritical foam gets a warm welcome and a heavy scale reading, while Doctors of Running calls the $280 TYR Valkyrie Elite 2 unstable.
- Adios Pro 5 drops the energy rods for a carbon plate
Plus kofuzi on the $175 Endorphin Speed 6 and the first official Alphafly 4 images.
- Believe in the Run debunks the keto-before-carb-load trend
Episode 140 of the Fuel for the Sole podcast takes apart two viral carb-loading posts and lays out a Berlin sodium plan.
- Spencer calls Ingebrigtsen a sore loser after Fifth Avenue Mile
Three of the top finishers in New York got the same question at the mic, and none of them sided with the Norwegian.
- Gabby Thomas calls herself an "equal opportunity doping hater"
The Olympic 200m champion named nobody, but said speaking up last year cost her phone calls and comments behind her back.
- Ingebrigtsen wins 5000m in 12:59.24, then skips the 1500m
Five Americans land inside 13:00.40 behind him, and Josh Kerr has to wait a year for the rematch.
- Spencer calls Ingebrigtsen a "sore loser" over Brussels pacing row
The argument Cole Hocker and Jakob Ingebrigtsen had in Brussels is now the question every miler gets asked on camera.
- Langon wins Fifth Avenue Mile in 3:45, Reekie takes third title
The American's first trip down Fifth Avenue ended with the biggest win of his pro career, and a photo finish for second.
- Kerr wins Ultimate 1500m after broadcast projected 13th
World Athletics' new win probability graphics had Kerr behind a field he then beat, and reporters had already been calling them out all week.
- Endorphin Speed 6 lands October 15 at $175
Three reviews in a day, and they do not all agree.
- Run Testers pick Triumph 24 over Gel-Nimbus 28 at $170
Same price, 16 grams apart, and the new Saucony foam decides it.
- Kazimierska and Werro win World Ultimate titles in Budapest
Day 2 in Budapest brought a 1500m where the top nine all broke four minutes and a 43.39 from Collen Kebinatshipi.
- 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.
- Ingebrigtsen to run 5000m first in Budapest, TV2 reports
The 1500m against Josh Kerr and Cole Hocker is still an open question, and the answer may not come until Sunday.
- Canaday says most sub-3 hopefuls race a marathon in zone 2
The Higher Running coach says most runners can only hold true zone 3 for about three hours, which is why a long race sits lower than people think.
- Novablast 6 beats Gel-Nimbus 28, lighter and $15 cheaper
The cheaper Asics daily trainer wins on everything except the plushest easy runs, per The Run Testers.
- Megan Eckert runs 636 miles in six days for world record
She beat her own women's mark by 33 miles and took the overall American record off the men's side.
- Ultimate Championship starts Friday, $150,000 a title
Straight finals, 8 to 16 athletes per event and no country limits in Budapest.