#Saucony endorphin speed pro pro#
While most of the fastest runners will still reach for pricier racers with carbon-fiber, like the Endorphin Pro and Nike Alphafly Next%, the Endorphin Speed will be a suitable racing option for most of us. The curve underfoot isn’t as dramatic as a rocker-where the whole sole is rounded almost like a wheel-but it’s enough that you can feel yourself being propelled forward. On this shoe, it begins a little further back than typical, beginning its rise slightly back from the ball of your foot. Basically, that’s what we used to call toe-spring-the front of the shoe curves upward. Saucony uses what it calls “Speedroll” to get you from heel strike to toe off efficiently. The foam, combined with the underfoot shape, really makes it comfortable at high speeds. The company says they’ve found better durability with this construction, and compared to the lightweight foam used in Nike’s top racing shoes, we’ve noticed less wear on this shoe at comparable mileage. In this case, the raw material is in a pellet form, which Saucony fuses together with steam and pressure. That makes the shoe significantly easier to flex and boosts comfort for longer runs and workouts. One key difference: instead of the extremely rigid carbon fiber of the Pro, it uses a nylon plate in the midsole. While it costs less than the Pro, the Speed gets most of the same features, including the bouncy, PEBA (polyether block amide)-based foam. Saucony didn’t claim any performance gains with that shoe the way Nike did with its Vaporfly 4%, but Jared Ward tested it in a lab and found his running economy improved 4.4 percent. It’s the more affordable workout shoe to complement the company’s Endorphin Pro model ($200), which is perhaps the most exciting marathon racer made by anybody not named Nike- Molly Seidel captured second place in the Olympic Trials Marathon wearing it. The Speed is the mid-tier training shoe in Saucony’s new Endorphin collection. At $160, we expect Saucony to sell a truckload of these shoes.
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A nylon plate is embedded in the midsole instead of the pricey carbon-fiber found on the Endorphin Pro.PEBA-based foam is exceptionally lightweight and bouncy.The RW Takeaway: This speed training version of Saucony’s top racer might just be the better option for most of us amateur athletes.