 Here we go video number two Publishing today on the first impressions for the Nike zoom fly flying it not my full review That'll happen after 50 miles today was eight miles one of those miles I picked up the pace drop the pace down to about 540 pace I was looking at my watch just to see how the shoe was reacting at different paces. I looked at 630 6 flat and then about 540 530 is what I bottomed out at all right, and it has a 10 millimeter drop 33 millimeter stack height in the heel 23 millimeter in the forefoot so quite a bit for a stack height that 33 like You're not right on the concrete or the pavement or wherever you're running like you notice that you're kind of above the ground a little bit in This shoe and okay It has the carbon fiber plate through this midsole the exact same carbon fiber plate that is in the 4% Flying it the vapor fly 4% flying it and just so you know this is not my comparison video to the 4% I'm gonna do my best not to talk about that shoe even though it's very tempting to compare it right now to this guy But I'll wait for that video for another video Okay, and the weight 7 and a half ounces 7.5 ounces in my in my shoe size So 213 grams for everyone outside the United States and it probably I'm guessing It's about 7.8 ounces for bigger shoe sizes would be my guess and moving on to the upper So it's the fly knit upper material that Nike is very well known for now And I went true to size for this shoe But I will say it felt a little tight today, and I had what socks were I wearing? That's really important to remember if your shoe is feeling a little tight You might be wearing an extra thick sock, and I'm trying her. Oh, yeah, the stance. Yeah So those those socks are not thick at all. So that tells me that who knows you might want to go a half size up I like my shoes to feel snug But I will say I could feel a little bit of a little tight Especially over the top of my foot at my true to size in this shoe I have heard and read that the zoom fly upper over time will loosen up So I'm hoping that maybe by mile 25 or 30 that the that the upper begins to loosen up a little bit And moving on to the midsole for the zoom fly. It's the Nike React foam and I'll just put it out there right now I'm calling it. This is gonna be way more durable than the zoom X foam And I think that's a pretty well-known fact in the rut in the Nike running shoe lineup But I can just I can just tell by holding it and feeling it that it has a lot more It's a let's it's more firm than the zoom X foam and Dreymon Green of the Golden State Warriors in 2017 they were they were working with him to develop better react foam for his basketball shoes And then I'm not gonna remember his name But the guy in charge of the running shoe lineup at Nike said wait a minute We want that react foam in some running shoes So that that is the epic react lineup that you see In the Nike in the Nike lineup But what they've done now is they've taken it put it into the zoom fly shoe and then added the carbon fiber plate From the 4% so this is kind of a hybrid shoe between the 4% and the epic react Coming together for what you see here in my hands and the zoom fly which is I think it's kind of neat to see Different technologies across the Nike running shoe lineup Come together into a shoe. I've also read for the Nike react cushioning that they did 400 different combinations on a on a chemistry level with the foam like all these different I don't even know what to say chemicals and different products They mixed like 400 different times they tried before they struck what they consider gold I'm not gonna call it gold yet, but what they consider gold with the Nike react foam So they went through testing and testing and testing again to come up with this react foam and through the outsole Definitely a road shoe. It's got the harder rubber through the forefoot and then the exposed react foam through the midfoot And then in the heel striking areas that get a little more wear and tear again that harder black rubber On the on the heel area where people tend to land more so so for my first impression Firm a little bit on the hard side. I'm gonna say that you're gonna need now It's got the carbon fiber plate in there So that's part of why it's feeling a little firm. I'm gonna say that it's gonna take a good 25 30 maybe even 40 miles before I feel like this shoe will be broken in and You don't want to break it in too much if you're gonna use this for a racing shoe Okay, now some people are training in this shoe. I'm just gonna say right now I don't see myself training in the shoe. It felt just a little too aggressive for training But listen, you could definitely train in it. I prefer here's my thesis. I think carbon fiber plates are great technology I think they're pushing the envelope forward in the whole running shoe landscape, but Imagine training in a shoe that is a little more I'll just say a little more mushy a little more not is not as much energy return because it doesn't have a carbon fiber plate So what if you train in a shoe that makes your workout just like ten percent harder? Meaning you got to make up for that energy loss because the shoe is not as advanced on the technology side and then and then you put on a shoe with Zumex foam react foam carbon fiber plate The ultra boost a phone in the audios for any shoe that is it is pushing the envelope on the technology side When you get to the starting line and you get going you're gonna be like oh I feel amazing So that is my thesis behind this shoe I don't see myself and listen just my first impression, but I don't see myself training in Carbon fiber plates too much. All right again, just my opinion. Okay firm ride. It's gonna take 25 miles. I'm predicting to break it in a little bit because it did feel stiff and then Toe off I think if you're a runner that is really Concentrating on towing off and I mean really all the way through to that to that point right at the top of the shoe Where your toe where the top of your toes so you can get that full benefit of that plate and of the foam I really almost more so and I said I wasn't gonna talk about the four percent But almost more so than the four percent because this is a little more firm Whereas the four percent has a little more cushion because it's that Zumex foam and this guy's more firm So I think you're gonna get if you can focus on that toe off you're gonna get more benefit in that Propulsion forward that's what I was feeling in that 540 mile that I did I was like okay get on the toe get on the toe push Me forward and it felt pretty darn good. I'm just saying it felt real good to toe off So if you're a toe off person Watch out it might do you it might do the trick for you coming out of the box I was a little torn between 10k and half marathon which race would I use this shoe in I'm gonna go with half Marathon you yet of course you can use it for a marathon of course you can use it for a 10k But I'm thinking with the stack height being so high I think it might be a little too much for a 10k and then also with it being a little more firm I think it might be a little too firm for the 26 mile distance I'm just I'm feeling the half marathon like that's again my gut reaction after the first run today We're reacting to the react foam and the keyword is react and the question of the day Do you have a 10k or a half marathon on your racing calendar in? 2019 and if so do you have your racing shoe picked out if not? That's okay If you do what is it gonna be and which you know and so let us know your distance and the shoe that you're thinking about And who knows maybe some of you will put this guy down Maybe you'll go with a new balance shoe or a socket issue or a or a or an Adidas shoe Or whatever the case may be and listen it could be trail, but obviously, you know, this is a road shoe So those are my first impressions of the Nike zoom fly flying it and thank you for being here and Thanks for ascending with us on this 10,000 above 10,000 subscriber territory It's just a it's a joy to strive to do my best to bring you content that I hope you're able to learn from and Anyway, I mentioned this in the vlog earlier this morning, but if you didn't watch that you're just watching this one thank you for being here and Subscribing and commenting through the question of the day and just for caring caring about each other down in the comments and helping each Other answer questions about different running shoes and oh my goodness like the questions that come in down below Are unbelievable and I can't always answer all of them But keep them coming and hopefully we can work together to answer them seek beauty work hard And love each other Actually tomorrow race day tomorrow race day