 but $130. I am loving it. And who is it best for? Somebody looking for a bouncy ride. A ride that is forgiving. Okay. Good morning, everyone. How you doing out there? Cheers. Drinking my turmeric tea after my first run of the day. So I'm doubling today, ran eight miles this morning, and I will run seven miles this afternoon. Here's this morning's run about, I think it was about 820 or 830 a mile. There it is on your screen in the Asakini Kinvara 11s. Now, here's the deal. First of all, I don't, I don't have time. I just don't, I breaks my heart. But right now, with life, with the new baby, with training for this marathon, running 120 miles a week, I just don't have time to do individual full review vlogs or videos. Okay. So here's the Hoka Elevon 2, the Asics Nova Blast, the Asics Evo Ride. All three of these shoes are now past 50 miles, but the Sakini Kinvara 11, I believe we're sitting right at about 30 miles. So bottom line, I just, for the time being, I don't know what's going to happen moving forward, whether I need more help or what the deal is, but I just, so what I'm doing now is I'm lumping all of these full reviews into one video, because again, it just takes way more time to edit three videos versus one and not to mention upload three separate videos onto YouTube versus one. So here's the deal. That's what we're doing today, breaking down these, these three shoes. But I will just say, this is not my full review of the Kinvara 11. I do believe I will get it to 50 miles, but it just so you know, if I struggle to get a shoe to 50 miles, what does that mean? I'm not as in love with the shoe as I once was. Okay. I was pretty excited. First impression, upper right hand corner. Go check it out. I was leaning toward, wow, this is a tempo shoe. This is going to be a little more peppy, but now after about 30 miles, it just isn't giving me that energy return that I want in a tempo, for a tempo day type of shoe versus what I ran in yesterday for the 10 mile tempo, the Skechers Horizon Vanish, which is a lot lighter than the Soccany Kinvara 11. This shoe is, has me way more excited than the Kinvara 11 right now. So just want you to know, I have not forgotten about the Kinvara 11, but this is not my full review. I'm hoping we'll get to 50 miles, but at this point I'm just, I'm not positive that it will happen right at this point in time. Okay. Let's dive in everyone to the top shoe right here, the Hoka Elevon 2. First of all, it's a neutral road running shoe, but I will say it has some, it has a stability feel going on. The geometry of the midsole, how they are basically forming the midsole shape. You can see it there on your screen. It just has a very unique shape. It's not a stability shoe, but it has stability characteristics absolutely built into the midsole. And even in the twist test, like it's twisting. So it's definitely, definitely neutral, but it's not a crazy neutral shoe versus like the Soccany, oh my goodness, versus the Soccany, or sorry, the Skechers Horizon Vanish. Now for the stack height on the Elevon 2, we're looking at 32 millimeters in the heel, 27 in the forefoot for a five millimeter drop. So basically a high stack height, not maximalist, but medium to high. Okay. Leading into that high category for the stack height, for the weight, we're looking at 10.1 ounces in men's size nine, or 286 grams and 8.5 ounces in women's size seven, or 240 grams for the Hoka Elevon 2. Now it's not the lightest. And I'll just say it right now, definitely placing the Elevon 2 into it, the long run shoe category. So not, it's a, it's got a little weight to it, which I don't mind. You know, you know me, I don't mind a little bit of weight in my long run shoes or middle distance run shoes. But if you're looking for a lighter weight, you know what, I would compare this to, it's not out here right now. Actually, my old one is, I would put it in the same category as the Nike Vemero 14 with respect to weight. It feels very similar to the Vemero 14, just so you know. Now there's so much to say about the Elevon 2 upper, but I'm going to hone in mostly on the tongue. It's slightly baffling and it is a gusseted tongue kind of. It's very unique. Basically, the eyelet chain is alternating between the upper and the tongue. So the lacing system goes back and forth between, I actually kind of liked it as, as I was testing out the shoe over the last 50 miles. And there it is on your screen, how many miles I have in the Elevon 2. So very unique eyelet chain, just so you, as you're pulling it out of the box, if you end up picking this shoe up, don't be surprised by that eyelet chain. So far so good that though, really nice solid lockdown on the top of the foot, which I really appreciate. And for that midsole, it's the ProFly midsole. Okay. And I was a little concerned after my first impression run that the midsole felt just a little firm. But as I continued to run in the shoe, that firm landing didn't end up bothering me over the next 50 miles. So I actually ended up really enjoying that midsole ride overall. And real quick on the outsole, the grooves on the bottom of the outsole, no issues. And I must say this crystallized blue rubber right there on the toe, under the toe box and also here in the heel next to the decoupled groove through that heel, that rubber is not showing any signs of wear and tear, which leads me to believe that my prediction of 400 miles for the life expectancy of this shoe is low. I think this shoe will actually end up getting 500, maybe even 500, maybe even 600 miles out of the shoe based on the wear and tear thus far through that, through that crystallized blue rubber on the outsole. So good work, Hoka. I think this, man, I think, I think it's got some really good potential for the amount of miles or kilometers you can put into the Hoka Elevon 2. For my positive and drawback, positive, nice and smooth through the foot strike. Okay. Good transition. It's that classic rocker feel from Hoka. My drawback is maybe, it's not, it's, this is not a major drawback. Just a minor drawback is the volume of the shoe. So what it actually, like the width of the shoe, it's a very wide landing platform through that outsole. I guess I'd lean a little more in the direction personally for having a shoe that has a little less volume wrapped around my foot or laying underneath. It's just a lot of rubber, sorry, a lot of foam underneath your foot, which you know Hoka is known for, but just keep that in mind. I guess I would lean a little more in the direction of less volume in my shoes. For that price point, we're looking at 160 dollars. If the shoe can get over 500 miles, I'd say we're looking, we're looking okay at that 160 dollars, but I would love to see that price go down to 150. Absolutely. 160 is testing that market a little bit. I'll just be curious to see how many times I see the shoe pop up on Strava runs in the D'Amore Global Running Facebook group. Okay, there you go. Final score, we're going to go 7.3 out of 10. Not bad, not amazing, but not bad for my final score of the Hoka Elevon 2. Oh, and I almost forgot real quick, who is the Hoka Elevon 2 best for someone that is looking for a shoe that has high cushion and a little bit of stability feel built into the ride. And here we go, full review of the A6 Evo ride. And there it is on your screen, the amount of miles I've put into the shoe. It's definitely a neutral road running shoe. All right, but it is, you know, it's not too loosey-goosey doing the twist test. It's not even close to the Skechers twist test. That is for sure. Okay, so A6 Evo ride, we're looking at a 22 millimeter stack height in the heel, 17 in the forefoot. Okay, so definitely in the low category for stack height for that 5 millimeter drop for the weight. We're looking at 8.8 ounces in men's size 9 or 7.4 ounces in women's size 8. It's a breathable mesh upper. It is not, it is not a gusseted tongue. The tongue definitely has some good padding. So if you like to really kind of work on tightening your shoes and get that nice lockdown, you should not feel the laces at all through that tongue. It's definitely well cushioned. The heel counter is, you know, one of those burly, it's reminiscent of the glide ride heel counter, absolutely. So that's the back of the shoe for the glide ride. It's definitely a burly heel counter, like squeezing it right now. You can barely, I can barely make it move not quite as much as the glide ride, but I like that feel because your heel basically sits in that pocket and it's not going any where. There's no slipping in the heel of the Evo ride. That is for sure. For that midsole, we're looking at the guide sole technology that ASICS has developed in 2019 and now into 2020 with the Evo ride. It's a flight foam midsole material. That's the name of their midsole foam, but how I think ASICS is really pushing the ball forward with a glide ride, with a meta ride. It is a rocker feel, but it's the toe off. So through your foot strike and then when you're towing off, going to your next step in your cadence, the curvature of the forefoot, this curvature just allows for a nice spring-like push-off feel. I don't know, it's hard to describe, but I feel it in the glide ride 100% on my long runs and I'm feeling it in the Evo ride as well. So I really like what ASICS is doing with the curvature, not the geometry, but I'll just say the curvature of their midsole. And for the outsole, it is covered with the ASICS high abrasion rubber, the AHR. I'm seeing after, okay, just a little bit of wear and tear, not too much, just a little bit I'm noticing right now through the toe box. Overall, absolutely. I think you're going to get a lot of miles out of this outsole in the ASICS Evo ride. I went true to size in the Evo ride just so you know, spot on, perfect, nailed the sizing, it's great. For my positive, it is snappy. I'm going to say this is not an easy day, honest, it's got to be, it's got to be a tempo day shoe. Now, could you use it for as a daily trainer? Absolutely, but I think it has, it could potentially give you more bang for your buck if you take it for, if you save it for your tempo days and your faster days. It just has that snappy feel again, going back to that midsole curvature. I don't have any drawbacks. I was thinking inside, like I was just trying to wrap, I'm not going to try and make up a drawback. If I don't have a draw, I just don't have a drawback for this shoe. Comfortable on the inside, sock liner is comfortable, upper is comfortable. I just really don't have a drawback. Who is this shoe best for? Someone looking for a snappier ride that has, it's a little firmer on the landing. If you like a shoe that's just, it's not too squishy or bouncy, which we'll get to the Nova Blast here in a minute, then this is the shoe for you and the best part of the deal, $120 for the price point. That's awesome. Asics is, I would say, usually a little more expensive than some other companies out there. So $120 spot on good work, Asics on that price point. Absolutely. And last but not least, moving on to the Asics Nova Blast. There it is. If you watched me unbox this shoe about 10 days ago, and then I just kept running in it and kept running in it. And I think I got to 50 miles in the Nova Blast in three or four days. That tells you I love the Asics Nova Blast 100%. I do have a major drawback, major drawback, which I will get to in a minute. But so far, I'm really loving the Neutral. Oh yeah. Okay, different, different Neutral. Okay, this has more stability built into it just so you know, made by the same company. But the Nova Blast, we're looking at a 32 millimeter stack height in the heel, 22 in the forefoot. So you might think, oh, that means it would maybe be a little more rigid through the twist test. Absolutely not. And that's part of the reason why I love this shoe so much. So we're looking at a 10 millimeter drop, 9.2 ounces in men's size nine. And there it is on your screen in my size for you, for the upper on the Nova Blast. It's that Jacques card, however you say that Jacques card mesh upper. I actually, I love it. I think it's breathable. I would love to, I, okay, I'll say it now. I'm going to buy a second pair of the Nova Blast, even despite the major issue that I'm going to tell you about in a minute. The Jacques card mesh, I want to wear this shoe in the heat of summer when it's 90 degrees out and just sweat because I think this shoe would do great in hot temperatures or temperatures that or if you if you live in a location with high humidity. So I love the upper. The toe box was wide after my first impression run. I thought it was going to be way too wide. No, it's good. The toe boxes, it ended up being really just spot on. It was not too wide of a toe box, but it is not narrow. So if you like a more narrow toe box, this might not be the shoe for you. And for the midsole, it's the Flight Foam Blast midsole material with this very, once again, very unique geometry to the midsole. And yes, I'm going to just jump into the outsole as well. So because it connects to the midsole, the Asics high abrasion rubber is the orange, but then there is this decoupled groove through the outsole, which is creating with a combination of that type of stack height and this decoupled groove. Basically, what is happening and I explain this in the first impression is your heel is pressing into the midsole foam and it creates this trampoline like bouncy ride through your foot strike. And I love it. I absolutely love it. That's why I took this shoe to 50 miles so quickly, is it was just a really fun shoe to run in. So anyway, it definitely has a trampoline like feel through that midsole. Now, under the positive and the major drawback for the Nova Blast, the positive is that this shoe, everyone, oh man, oh man, this is crazy. This shoe can accomplish so many tasks. I think this could be a long run shoe. I think it could be a tempo shoe because the weight is still pretty low, even with a high stack height. I think it frankly could even be an easy day shoe because again, the midsole, excuse me, is just so forgiving. So I think my positive, absolutely, I think this is an all around. If you, if you're going to buy one shoe and you want it to accomplish a bunch of different tasks, I think this could be the shoe for you. I really do. I ran 23 miles last week in this shoe at 640 a mile and I loved it. I absolutely loved it. It did great over the long run and I also took it out on easy days as well. So my drawback though, and let me know if you own this shoe, are you experiencing blisters on your Achilles tendon? Here's the heel tab. This is the heel tab on the back of the shoe. Major, major issue, everyone. I've got blisters on both of my Achilles tendons. It makes me so sad. I'm putting band-aids on my blisters now. Other than that, the shoe is amazing and I think I'm going to, I don't know what's going to happen. I'm going to have to talk to ASIX and figure out like, why am I getting blisters? Because I don't, well, I'm just trying to, it's like not that much of a difference heel tab compared to the Evo ride. Anyway, it's just rubbing my Achilles tendon in the wrong way and so it's not good. But other than that, I love the shoe. I'm honestly probably going to buy another pair. I love it that much. And speaking of buying it again, price point, $130. Awesome. I think they could charge $135 or $140 for the Nova Blast. But $130, I am loving it and who is the best for? Somebody looking for a bouncy ride, a ride that is forgiving. It is quite a bit different than the Evo ride just and even the glide ride for that matter. So there you go. That is my full review of the Hoka Elevon II, the ASIX Evo ride, the ASIX Nova Blast and I gave you my brief thoughts on the Soccany Kinvara 11. All these shoes are available down below in the description in case you're interested in picking them up. If you see a new pair of this showing up at my door, you'll know that I somehow was able to figure out the blister situation in the heel tab. Question of the day, what is going to be your next running shoe purchase and why? What is going to be your next shoe purchase and why? Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching. I know it's a little different doing three running shoe full reviews in one video, but it's just going to have to be that way for the time being. All right, everyone. Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching. We're going to toss it back to, yes, my first impression of the ASIX Nova Blast, okay, where I go into a little more detail. That'll be right there if you haven't seen it yet. 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