June 1, 2018: Nike x OFF-WHITE Zoom Fly Mercurial Flyknit.April 17, 2018: Nike Zoom VaporFly Elite Flyprint.November 2, 2017: Nike x OFF-WHITE Zoom Vaporfly SP.
September 28, 2017: Nike Zoom Fly SP “Chicago”.June 8, 2017: Nike Zoom Fly & Air Zoom Pegasus 34.March 7, 2017: Nike Zoom Vaporfly Elite.The following timeline shows the different shoes in the Zoom series that Nike produced between 20: The original Zoom Fly came out of Nike’s 2017 ‘Breaking2’ quest to develop the ultimate shoe for breaking the two-hour marathon mark with Eliud Kipchoge, Zersenay Tadese and Lelisa Desisa. Astonishingly, the early stats suggest that the company is spot on this time. That means shaving off around 7 minutes for a 3-hour marathoner, and 10 minutes for a 4-hour marathoner. It’s a bold claim: that the Zoom Vaporfly saves up to 4% of energy per stride. 5 of the top 6 finishers for the Boston marathon included big names like Geoffrey Kirui, Galen Rupp and Edna Kiplagat.8 of the top 12 finishers ran in Nike’s Vaporfly 4% for both the Chicago and New York marathons.
Shalane Flanagan was the first American woman to win the New York Marathon since 1977 at 2:26:53.Eliud Kipchoge recoded the fastest marathon time across all 6 Major Marathons at 2:01:39.With several records being broken, here are some of the stats for elite runners using these shoes: Out of 36 possible top three finishes in the 2017 World Major Marathons, 19 athletes were wearing Nike’s Zoom Vaporfly 4%.
Over the last year, an unprecedented number of athletes finished on top of the podium. With the sudden explosion of new PRs in the elite and recreational running stage, Nike’s latest shoe is like none other in the history of distance runningīut are we heading down an ugly slippery slope? Here, we discuss the facts and bring to light the hot points of this debate.
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