 Here we go onward and upward butter my bread life is beautiful Life is beautiful. I'm just gonna say that much. I'm just gonna say that much All right, everyone some boxes arrived and I have said this in the past that It's been a little while so I think it was in January, but sometimes I buy running shoes Sometimes companies send shoes to me. Okay, so it's like it's a mixture I get that question quite a bit. I think on I don't know where I think in the comments down below So it's a mixture where I I buy them personally like I'm interested in that shoe and then sometimes shoes show up at my house Like these two. I don't know what is inside this and it's always hard to tell based on the address So let's open these up. I don't have my handy my big my big. Oh my my okay There we go. Here we go one, two, one, two, three Skechers in the house and I have been interested in the shoe. Oh That is sweet. Oh my goodness ultra flight midsole Skechers vanish get one more and this one says urgent. So I don't know what that's all about Oh, yes, okay, I think I might have a sneaking suspicion what's going on in here Yep, aha. Yep. Okay. One, two, three. Oh, yeah The sketchers elite with the carbon fiber plate in the midsole Skechers elite. Oh my my speed elite. I should say specter sketchers speed elite. That is amazing Look at that. Okay. Let's oh man. I might have to take this out for a run today. Whoa Whoa That is lightweight. In fact, I cannot resist. I've got to weigh this right now Okay. Oh my goodness. There's the scale right there. Let's set it on the table put it into ounces first and Yes, so this is the next. Oh guys the Competition has begun for carbon fiber plates racing shoes in 2020 Guy as we know as we all know Nike has dominated the carbon fiber plate game for two years three years Yeah, about a little over three years actually so now Skechers is the next for me and then it's it's just an onslaught Socconee Adidas Brooks Who else is New balance. Oh my goodness the list goes on. So let the games begin. Here we go. All right. Let's just see here five Point three ounces five point three ounces in my size in my size obviously for men's in fact I'll put it on the screen right now men's size nine. Let's see and let's see a hundred and fifty two grams a hundred and fifty two Grams that is what I'm talking about Definitely cannot resist taking out the sketchers speed elite for my long run today. Let's go. Come on Okay, here we go everyone. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, all right Skechers go run speed elite hyper first impression not my full review that'll happen after 50 miles Let's dive in first of all the drop on the speed elite hyper We're looking at a four millimeter drop so pretty low for a racing shoe 23 millimeter stack height in the heel 19 in the forefoot. I saw a couple of conflicting reports on those numbers But I'm gonna go I did some rough measurements I'm gonna go with 23 and 19 for that slope inside the speed elite hyper for the weight in men's size nine We're looking at five point. I saw five point six ounces and in my sorry Sorry five point nine ounces in men's size nine and five again once again five point three ounces in my size So we're talking Lightweight featherweight as I said out there on the rose just I you notice it immediately Through your gate cycle when you're going like it just feels very lightweight even just holding it in my hands Even compared to like the next percent or I can't wait to compare it to the other carbon fiber plate shoes coming onto the marketplace Okay, here we go. The upper is a It's a TPU mesh upper which basically means it has a little bit of a plasticky feel. Okay, very lightweight Fairly breathable today and it would be interesting to take the shoe out In a very humid humid advice humid climate or when like I'm racing and you're sweating a lot just to see how it wicks away The water I don't know how it's gonna do But anyway, it's and it's translucent meaning you can literally see through the upper So it's a very very minimalist Torn down upper and the heel counter. Look at oh my gosh. That's crazy. Look at that heel counter Just breaking down real easy and I'll just say it right now as far as the fit goes I went true to size no issues with a fit But I did feel a little bit of slipping in the heel the first mile of today's run But then at about mile 10. Oh, yeah, I should tell you what the run was today But at about mile 10 I remembered wait a minute. What's going on in the heel counter? Nothing like I had completely forgotten about the fact that my heel felt like it was slipping just a little bit early on in the run So today's run 21 miles 640 a mile. I'll explain more about that here in a little bit 21 miles so I threw steezy pace out the window So there we go for the fit and for that midsole We're looking at the hyperburst midsole and I oh, I wish so bad I could see what the carbon fiber plate looks like inside this midsole and in addition The angle and the the shape of the carbon fiber plate compared to yes Yes, here we go compared to the 4% the next percent and all the other shoes that are coming on to the marketplace very very soon And for the outsole the bottom of the shoe you see the yellow good year rubber All right, Skechers has a partnership with good year So I love how they're cross-pollinating there and yeah the good year rubber felt fine Like I didn't feel like I was slipping even though I did run over some ice and snow today just a little bit it did fine, but there is quite a bit of There's quite a bit of exposed Hyperburst midsole foam on that outsole you can see it there and what Skechers is promoting for this shoe is a midfoot Strike not a heel strike not a forefoot strike, but a midfoot strike and it even says it right here on the bottom of the Outsole so that is interesting Yeah, it's just interesting that they're promoting that in their marketing for my positive and my drawback the positive It felt so fast so light weight immediately. It really really was nice Like I actually had to rain it in a little bit just a little bit I ended up running pretty fast today, but it felt very very fast But the drawback here is this actually hasn't happened to me in a long time Is that I was confused as to where to strike in the shoe? Whether to do a little more midfoot when I mown my legs were getting tired I was doing a little bit of heel striking and then my traditional kind of racing posture for my foot strike is that forefoot strike right below the toes and It's like I was I was trying different ways and here's what okay. Here's what's crazy I wish it was out here. Is it oh? Yeah, here we go so compared to the stack height of the next percent and the stack height of the speed elite from sketchers the stack height of the next percent is much much higher, so it gets into the whole discussion about should you be Protecting your legs a little bit for a marathon racing shoe with a little more stack height or Is the stack height changing your gait cycle too much and you're protecting your legs too much with a high stack height versus a Lower stack height and I'm gonna put this into the medium to low stack height Category especially for a marathon racing shoe and yes It is being marketed as a marathon racing shoe just so everyone knows and I'll give you my opinion here in a second as to how I would use this shoe move how I will use this shoe moving forward So the drawback is that I was confused as to where to strike my foot. I was trying different ways and Like when I was doing a little more midfoot my heel was getting a little tired a little bit of pounding in the heel Probably because that stack height is just a little bit lower So anyway something to keep in mind as you're discerning your marathon racing shoe in 2020 So for my durability prediction 200 to 250 maybe 300 miles pretty low that exposed midsole foam The even the the rubber on the outsole even though it's good your rubber It just I can sense that this is not gonna have a lot of life to it now. It's a racing shoe So, you know, maybe you just you save it for racing days and if you race over a hundred miles in this shoe That's a lot of racing in this shoe. So but I do predict that the durability is gonna be a little bit lower Okay, here we go. How will I use this shoe moving forward? Ladies and gentlemen, I may have just found and here's the title of the vlog Marathon versus half marathon this might be a half marathon racing shoe I don't know if it's enough protection for the lay I went 21 miles today and I did pretty good But I must say like walking around my house my legs felt a little a little tired a little beat up afterward And so I'm just wondering this could be the Irving half marathon shoe that I use on March 28th. It's so lightweight felt snappy and I don't know I'm kind of excited. So I'm leaning toward half marathon versus marathon for the Skechers Go run speedily typer all that long name and on to that price point a hundred and ninety dollars hmm interesting I think it's actually not bad Especially compared to all these other carbon fiber plate shoes on the marketplace that are about to arrive on the marketplace This is gonna I think this is gonna be in the more affordable category for carbon fiber plate shoes So if you're looking if you want to race in a I need to come up with carbon fiber play in a CFP shoe If you want to race in a CFP shoe and not shell out two hundred and fifty dollars or more Then this could this might be your option and again, I'm leaning toward that half marathon. Okay, there you go My first impressions. I'm actually ladies and gentlemen. I'm actually pretty excited, but I just I don't know about the marathon I can't wait for that Irving half marathon frankly. Okay vlogs not over. We're going inside. Here we go. Oh My my oh, what did I say this morning? Life is Beautiful life is beautiful. Okay. Let me just pull it up I think some of you know that I am not timing a race right now. I am not timing a race It's happening. Okay. I'm glad I snuck in the first impression while I had a moment And yes earlier today on the run. I was not supposed to run 640 a mile that was not a steezy day for me 21 mile 6 the reason I did that and I said on Strava throwing steezy out the window Just in case what did I mean by just in case just in case? It's happening and ladies and gentlemen. It's happening. All right. It's happening cannot believe it cannot believe it Oh my my better finish packing kind of focus focus