 In conclusion, here we go, Nike Alpha Fly and Next Percent, I do believe it's time, it's time ladies and gentlemen, full review of the Nike Alpha Fly, Next Percent and you know on this channel I don't do full reviews unless I take a running shoe, whether it's training or racing, past 50 miles and we took this shoe past 50 miles last weekend in the DGR virtual marathon. Okay, so we are now at 72 miles in the Alpha Fly, 72 miles and here's how I got to 72, so I did a 23 mile long run at a fast clip, that was the first run in the shoe, I did a mile repeat track workout, I wanted to see how the shoe would do on turning on the track and then I did a half marathon time trial, went really well on that time trial and then the last, just last weekend on Sunday did the marathon virtual race in the Nike Alpha Fly, Next Percent and before we dive into the specs of the Alpha Fly I would be fascinated to be sitting in the boardroom at Nike headquarters in Beaverton Oregon as they try to figure out how is this shoe going to play out in 2020 with marathon racing in jeopardy. As you probably heard yesterday I announced like the Berlin marathon is not going to happen on the scheduled date in I think it's what late September because of that limit now to 5,000 people gathering in Germany no more than so it's just it's crazy but here it is sure enough just in case we are racing marathons in the fall 2020 marathon racing season you'll have the info from me here on the Alpha Fly, if you want to go watch my first impressions to see how my thoughts changed as you know I put in 72 miles into the shoe upper right hand corner to see that vlog from gosh what was it a month ago six weeks ago I don't even remember but it was sometime in March okay here we go drop of the shoe seven to eight millimeters 38 millimeters stack height in the heel 30 to 31 in the forefoot for that slope of the shoe also called the offset so that's I like that drop that's good for racing okay and then onto the weight of the shoe okay 6.8 ounces in my size or 194 grams all right and I will just announce right now that the battle is upon us so I think Saturday all right Saturday's vlog when I I will record it Saturday publishing Sunday I'm going to give you my thoughts on the next percent versus the Alpha Fly I will just and tell you like which shoe I would choose moving forward in 2020 I will just say the next percent is lighter all right it is lighter that's the only comparison I'm going to do today okay moving on to the Adam knit upper fascinating upper material tons of innovation here okay I'm not going to talk about the next percent tons of innovation here through the upper of the shoe the top of the shoe I will just say first of all heel counter amazing great lockdown as far as the heel no slipping in the heel and yeah really like the heel counter now the actual material has been it's a flying material that's been steamed and stretched in the production process which has allowed Nike to basically use less material in the upper which reduces the weight of the shoe but still somehow through the production process they were able to maintain this contoured fit of the upper through that steaming and stretching process and I gotta say I do not like when running when racing shoes especially when there's scrunching up happening through the toe box and the vamp of the shoe right here in the front and that is not happening with this Adam knit upper so I really like that good work Nike thus far on the toe box now I will say though through the eyelet chain and I mentioned this I think I mentioned it in the half marathon time trial when I was lacing up that and that was the third time I had worn the shoes I was probably at about 25 miles in the shoes that I was I was noticing I needed to lace up the shoes a little tighter which means the Adam knit material especially through this eyelet chain on the top of the foot is beginning to stretch and stretch a little bit more so the long-term integrity of this Adam knit material now I'm at 72 miles I'm not at 200 miles but I am noticing I had to lace up a little tighter as the as the volume increased in the shoe just keep that in mind for the uppers all right there's the upper of the fly of the alpha fly so far very special oh one last point I'm sorry I got one last point is that no water absorption at all so we sweat a lot when we're running marathons racing marathons we were dropping water on ourselves at aid stations and you don't want your upper of your racing shoe to absorb too much too much water because that increases the weight of the shoe actually quite significantly and so far so good I noticed no water absorption at all through the Adam knit upper for the midsole on the alpha fly obviously a ton of zoom x foam going on through the midsole okay I mean just a ton you've got your air pods here okay under the forefoot we'll come back to those in a minute and then yes you've got the carbon fiber plate uh under well between right I guess you could see here on under the forefoot between the zoom x foam and these air pods and I will just say that carbon fiber plate is significantly wider than the next percent carbon fiber plate actually well I die I yes I did my own investigation into the next percent so there's the carbon fiber plate there through this guy we'll talk about this more on Saturday but I'm just gonna say this carbon fiber plate is significantly larger which probably increased the weight of the shoe as well now as far as the integrity or resilience of this zoom x foam you can probably see the creases there I'm just holding you know the creases are happening quite a bit already after 72 miles okay so which means just the compression and the energy return through your foot strike I'm gonna come back to that in a minute I think is starting to decrease definitely after 72 miles all right so there you go that's the that's the midsole I'm gonna come back to that in a minute and moving on to the outsole the bottom of the alpha fly exposed zoom x foam through the heel here but an enhanced rubberized zoom x foam on the outside right here through the heel area and I must say after 72 I'm pretty impressed with the resilience of this outsole this exposed you know yeah I'm actually very impressed thus far with the heel now I will say it's a new outsole pattern absolutely through the with also a hole there under the forefoot probably to help reduce weight which is so this this outsole just the whole configuration is fascinating with the air pods here and then this this outsole pattern um I'm gonna say though one little maybe drawback to this outsole I think that there's too much rubber here on the forefoot which I think increased the weight of the shoe quite significantly now here's what's crazy some people I don't even know how they do this but some people use the I'm I see it on Instagram a little bit on Twitter they're using the alpha fly to train in meaning like as almost like a daily trainer I guess they love the shoe that much I would never do that I think racing 100% and then it's fun you know if you're interested in the shoe for racing and then maybe some really fast workouts but um if you are gonna use the alpha fly just for racing I don't think you need this much rubber on this under the forefoot on the outsole so I'm hoping maybe Nike down the road like for the next iteration I just don't think it's necessary to have that much I think you could reduce it by at least a millimeter which will decrease the lifespan of the shoe but will also decrease the weight of the shoe again for the sake of race if you're just using the shoes just for racing rather than as a daily trainer big topic here big topic fit of the shoe some people were saying before I picked up the shoe that you need to go a half size down I opted to go true to size I'm glad that I did yeah I'm glad I'm no issues at all in fact you know it's actually a little bit difficult to get the shoe on the foot it's such a the Adam knit upper just is so I don't know like it's I guess through the heel collar like slipping the shoe on it's a little bit of a tight fit so I went true to size just want you to know I did not go a half size down as far as comfort goes for racing shoes I'm not that concerned about comfort the Adam knit is not you know obviously it's not plush at all but it's not no issues with comfort of the shoe whether it's the upper or the midsole like you definitely all right I'll just there's no ground contact feel at all like yeah you know you are up there in the sky in the shoe with that kind of stack height so if you like a shoe that you don't feel the pavement and the pounding on the pavement this is a good option for you onto my positives and drawbacks for the Nike Alpha Fly next percent all right my positives out of the box out of the box everybody air pods butter my bread I'm where I even said it I remember I said it after the 23 miles well I'll just try and find it right now the carbon fiber plate yes helping I'm sure I could distinctly see a difference with these air pods through my foot strike there you go bouncy bouncy bouncy tons of energy return out of the box okay okay now onto my drawback I am suspecting that the resilience of the zoom X foam and the air pods is not going to be as long as we might like I'm already noticing a pretty significant drop in that out of the box bouncy feel okay and we're talking pretty special shoe here but I think again there may it's made for racing like I I knew I'm just noted you know we're at 72 miles I know I'm not at 150 but okay they just don't feel right now like they did coming out of the box I guess four to six weeks ago sorry one last drawback is bulk they just feel a little bulky underfoot okay more so than the four percent I guess I'll just mention more so than the next percent they just they're why you know it's a wider landing area through the forefoot they just feel a little bulky not a major deal not a deal breaker but just you know a little bulky now how will I use the alpha fly moving forward uh you're gonna have to come back to sunday's vlog I'll give you my answer once again all right I'll give you my answer once again who is this shoe best for again someone that likes to be let's say completely protected from the pounding on the pavement in a racing environment if you can be a midfoot to forefoot striker more so I think you'll get a little more benefit out of those air pods okay right under the forefoot there and someone that does not mind feeling all right feeling a little unstable because you're so high off the ground I don't mind it at all it's probably because I'm five six so I'm not that high I'm not I'm not that far off the ground anyway but I could foresee like if you're over six foot I don't know like what that feels like to be that high in the sky but um anyway just saying like I could see how they would feel unstable for runners so if you like to feel stable and closer to the ground this is not the shoe for you now onto that price point 275 dollars 275 Nike whoa whoa whoa geez all right coming out of the box first run 23 miles I was overjoyed for the shoe like it performed very very well but I gotta say at this point that I'm not quite as excited for that 275 price point again Sunday I'll give you more answers in the battle I'll give you more answers in the battle on the price point sound good 275 for that price point in conclusion here we go Nike Alpha flying next percent I do believe a ton of innovation went into this shoe in many different ways in fact I think these air pods are going to start showing up in of in adidas prop I suspect adidas because they have a lot of money and it's hard to make something like this in a shoe who knows maybe hoca probably not hoca maybe a6 I don't but I suspect that we're going to see air pods in other even though the you know again patents and everything but as far as yeah patents and other running shoes and using air pods but I think this is a game changer also adam knit very innovative I do believe from Nike so there you go that's my final thoughts overall it's a special shoe and we will get you that we will get you that battle again on Sunday okay there you go everyone question of the day what is your gut telling you about the 2020 marathon racing season all right what's about to go down I'm getting a lot of messages about Boston happening or not I'm getting a messages already about London and even yes New York City which is the latest yeah in November early November as we know Berlin appears to be off the table if not postponed I don't know what's going to happen there exactly but let us know down in the comments what you think about the 2020 marathon racing season because it impacts the alpha fly a ton as far as how many shoes they might be selling all right everyone there you go thanks for being there thanks for watching we'll toss it back to the first impression vlog right here from about four to six weeks ago don't remember exactly when it was but there you have it there you have it all right on with an upward seek beauty work hard and love each other see you tomorrow