 And before I tell you the drop on the shoe just want to let you know I'm this close to hitting Register for my next marathon to make sure. Yeah, and bottom All right, all a black box. That's that no more orange. That's not for is that for all their shoes all the Crazy, all right, you open those up there boom seven and a half supposedly All right, let's see here. Oh, yeah Nice man cool very cool Insane. All right, Travis helping me out. Thank you. Thank you, sir. This is pretty exciting. I can't believe it I just can't believe it. They're here and Looking fly looking fly black box now for the Nike next percent Here we go ladies and gentlemen, all right first impressions downtown Denver, that's rock and roll And here we are. All right lacing up the Nike next percent I can't believe it. I can't believe it. They are here and what I saw in the shoe store at runner's roost is This heel counter is jumping out at me immediately. So we will talk about that later in the shooty. All right Here we go So so far so good lacing up right now but a very Different unique Islet chain on the shoe it for it goes off to the side and it always takes me Especially with it with a racing shoe. It always takes me two three four times of lacing to really nail it You know how you just to figure out how that lockdown is gonna work with with your foot So that's what it's just gonna take time take time. All right. We are basically ready. All right Here's what's gonna happen my first impressions first steps in the Nike next percent I've died the first time on my feet. So I'm gonna go run and I'm just gonna give you my gut reaction. All right, let's go first steps in the Nike next percent gut reaction We're rolling. Oh man. They're cushy The heel I'm feeling something in the heel a Nice little pop there in the heel So the upper has changed quite a bit from the vapor fly four percent. Oh Yeah Nice and breathable. Oh, yeah I'm not saying I laced it up perfect, but all right, there you go folks. That's just my initial gut reaction. Let's roll Next percent first impression run in the books downtown Denver Zesty Zesty, that's all gonna say right now We're looking good. All right. See you at the studio and Here we go first impressions of the Nike next percent I finally got my hands on these shoes. It's crazy We've been anticipating this shoes since the vapor fly four percent flying it came out in 2018 And yes, I'm gonna do my best not to turn this into a comparison video. That'll happen Maybe a night two weeks from now. We'll see I just need more time in the next percent before going down that road Also, I don't I haven't watched I promise I haven't watched any other youtubers out there who are reviewing this shoe right now I never want to watch other people before giving my own opinion Just want to put that out there and lastly before we dive in Welcome to all the new folks if you are new and you have never been on this channel and you found this channel because of this shoe I'd invite you to hit the subscribe button down below. I don't often say that but we have a lot of fun here We do a lot of crazy things here in the studio. We do running shoe giveaways daily vlogs mountain running running shoe reviews Race reports like epic shots from big races across the country So anyway, if you're new and you found us definitely hit the subscribe button if you found us because of this Nike next percent All right, sound good and before I tell you the drop on the shoe Just want to let you know I'm this close to hitting Register for my next marathon I've been doing a lot of research trying to figure out what the game plan is gonna be for the fall marathon and On this close. So I'll keep you update on it updated on that and we're in the hunt now Will the next percent be my marathon racing shoe? We shall see okay? We just need a little more time in this. You know what I mean, okay? Here we go eight millimeter drop from heel to toe so they dropped it down two millimeters from the four percent All right, and frankly, I love ten millimeters for a racing shoe. So that's an interesting decision I'd love to be a fly on the wall when the Nike You know rate running shoe and racing shoe engineers were deciding okay Let's drop the drop down or drop the offset down by two millimeters Anyway, I'd love to hear their thoughts and opinions on why they chose to do that and as far as the weight goes This is gonna be really my only comparison I cannot resist to compare the weight between the four percent flying it and the next percent Okay, so for the four percent we're looking at six point zero seven ounces or a hundred and seventy two grams in my size and Then in the next percent we're looking at five point nine three ounces or a hundred and sixty eight grams So they did it they pulled it off any new iteration of a running shoe You always want to drop and wait and that's not a significant drop by any means But it is a drop and that's a good thing in fact I'm a little shocked that they were able to pull it off. Why okay? I'm gonna save the midsole for here in a minute and with this upper Nike is rolling out a brand new material called The vapor weave and it's very lightweight very malleable. In fact, when I was lacing up today I just was thinking huh? I'm a little confused as to why it's scrunching up so much through the toe box and at the at the bottom of the eyelid chain But it didn't end up bothering me But anyway, just so you know, it's very malleable and it's designed not to absorb any water, okay? So we shall see I you know I like for example when you're at an aid station and people are maybe giving you water Or you're dumping water on your head and of course you're sweating and everything else like you don't want your feet to get too Wet so the idea with this upper is that it won't absorb because guess what that adds weight to the shoe when it's absorbing water So we shall see I haven't you know I don't know if I'll be able to put it through a a wet Training test, but that's pretty neat that they put so much into thinking about Let's make sure this this upper does not absorb any water and moving on to that midsole, okay? So this is crazy everybody so they added they added 15% More zoom X foam into this midsole. How did they pull that off and reduce the weight? It's probably the upper but that's incredible. Okay, so the zoom X foam here healed to toe and of course the carbon fiber plate is inside there and Okay, I'll give you my opinion on how it felt on the ride today here in a minute But that's that's the midsole Nike zoom X foam and moving on to the outsole. So the bottom of the shoe They added a lot more Traction to the bottom. Okay, a lot more grooves I would say really from heel to toe all the way you can see the grooves there on your screen and this This rubber under the forefoot It did feel a little stiff a little hard on the landing today just putting it out there But the idea with this traction in these grooves is just to help In marathon races remember the Tokyo marathon this year is a pretty wet year Boston can sometimes be pretty bad as far as rainy conditions. So anyway Yeah, I don't know if people were you know, not complaining but pointing out to Nike in 2018 that they were slipping around a little bit too much in the 4% So a lot of grooves here on the outsole and for the fit of the Nike next percent I went true to size for me and I think we're good It's a maybe a smidge too big in the toe box But I'd rather have just a little too big than a little too small especially for a marathon race So that's heel to toe and I didn't feel like the the the midfoot was too narrow So, yeah, sometimes Nikes can feel a little narrow through the midfoot Didn't think about that at all on today's run and let's talk about the comfort of the Nike next percent So when I pulled it out of the box today I was baffled and slightly shocked to see this pad here at the back of the heel counter I wasn't expecting that at all And I must say it felt really really nice at the back here in the heel counter with this little pad You can't quite see it there, but it's this black pad and that was nice It protected the Achilles tendon nice and I wasn't expecting that at all when I pulled it out of the box Okay, one little situation is the bottom of the eyelet chain the tongue It was a little bit of a chore to get the tongue to lay flat on the top of my foot today And especially toward the bottom so if I was getting ready for my peak marathon race I would spend at least Five minutes per shoe Making sure like as I was lacing up in my hotel room or whatever Making sure that the tongue was laying completely flat I just struggled a little bit to get it to lay flat especially here at the bottom of the eyelet chain Not a deal-breaker, but just keep that in mind as you're lacing up and on to one positive and one negative Are you ready for this? The shoe is feeling fast. It really is and that's my positive. It just it feels fast But here's my negative it's feeling clunky and more so than I expected and I don't like it and now I need more time give me more time But it just felt a little clunky now the volume is at the right or the mass of the shoe has Increased while the weight has decreased. I think because of this upper, but again, they added 15% more zoom X foam through this midsole and on the run today and who knows maybe it's my gait cycle Maybe it's my foot strike, but the shoe felt really clunky between 630 minutes 630 per mile and 7 minutes per mile And then I dropped the pace down to 550 per mile and it started to feel better Okay, and now my goal pace for a marathon is about 520 per mile And I'm hoping the faster I go in the next percent It'll it'll continue to feel better and better, but I just want to say right now They kind of feel like boats on the bottom of my feet. I'm not gonna say clown shoes, but it's it's a drawback I Just want to be I'm just being very transparent and honest and open with you I was not excited. I was not as excited As when I was picking them up picking them up from the running shoe store Like I expected a little bit more of a smooth ride and listen hear me out. Hear me out Maybe I need to put 10 to 15 miles into the shoe in order to loosen up the midsole because it did feel just a little Stiff not rigid just a little stiff and not soft not quite a soft landing So anyway, just being open with you felt a little clunky today, especially at slower speeds. Alright, alright That's alright. I'm gonna leave it there as far as the drawback keyword is gonna be next and the question of the day I Been thinking about this all day, but I had a week of talk just about the shoe But with the 4% with the carbon X with the oh my goodness. I know I'm leaving them out But now with the next percent What's the forecast for carbon fiber plate marathon racing shoes in the next 12 months or next 6 to 12 months? Alright, what's your predictions? Where are you at? How do you feel about this next percent? Do you have opinions and your opinion is just Invaluable for the discussion that goes on about these shoes and so many other carbon fiber plate running shoes that are Already on the market and are about to enter the marketplace very very soon Alright, so thank you for being here again If you're new if you would like that today's content the style that I like to film in definitely hit the subscribe button We do this every single day at 5 a.m. All right. All right seek beauty work hard Oh, what a day what a day