 30-minute lunch lift. Come on. There we go. There we go. That's what I'm talking about. All right guys We're going downtown. I had to divert from the mountain run today. I'll explain downtown. All right. Let's go. Come on It's coming YouTube be patient. It's coming. Oh, baby. Okay. We made it downtown and it's cold out Filming outside is about to get a lot harder for you guys as the winter months arrive And so why am I not filming up in the mountains right now? Well, let me read a comment from yesterday from Damien remember when we were talking about that the value proposition with running shoes Well, I picked up my first pair of Skechers ever yesterday. I'm hoping these deliver a lot of great value I'm not gonna be running in these today Rather, I'm gonna be running of course in the Clifton fives and the beacons But here's a comment from Damien and it just it made me laugh and I love it So here Damien's from Wisconsin and he said this There's lower-end Nikes at department stores coals locally in Wisconsin 40 to 60 dollars But hard to beat 20 dollar hokas in reference to my hokas, which I'm wearing right now and I lifted in today I bought them for $20 off a craigslist Filas usually lowest price out there 30 dollars for running shoes no bells or whistles but comes with free Humility Damien. I love it and yes a little bit of free humility perhaps in the Skechers I don't know another area of my life where I Where I have some humility is this car and this car is a 2002 Toyota Corolla And essentially it will not make it in the mountains when it's snowing So I was planning to go to the mountains today to film for you guys But I probably would not have made it back. I would have gotten stuck up there for sure So I decided to change plans. I'm gonna film in Denver today in the city So I had to divert my plans from mountain filming to urban filming where yes We're gonna compare the new balance beacons to the hoka Clifton fives. Let's do this All right starting off in the hoka Clifton fives and then I'm gonna I'm gonna wear my vest my raid light vest on the run Carrying my beacons and then halfway through the run exactly halfway I'm gonna switch over to the beacons and I want to make the transition very as quickly as possible Because I just want to have that muscle memory in my feet in my legs and just to remember like okay How did the hoka Clifton fives feel and then boom right into the beacons just to give you that really precise Comparison and again, I realize the category of shoes is just slightly different But a lot of you are asking to compare the two and so that's what I'm doing I'm trying to listen to you guys So it's gonna be interesting to carry these and then I don't know if I've ever done this before I don't think I have where I'm carrying a shoe on a run Switching halfway and then just boom muscle memory trying to remember exactly how they feel. All right, let's go Gonna talk about these shoes in one minute, but true love and I we're actually off tonight on a Friday night We're going out on the town crazy to a swanky cocktail party. I gotta go get ready. I'll be right back be right back We runners can clean up a little bit. We can clean up a little bit You know, we sometimes prefer dry fit clothing and spandex and you know polyester But hey, listen, we can clean up every now and every now and then. All right, guys Let's start with a beacon some specs on this guy right now. The beacon is Incredibly lightweight 7.7 ounces 7.7 That's amazing. The beacon has a nine millimeter drop from heel to toe nine millimeter from heel to toe It's definitely a soft landing, you know And I think that is why a lot of people are comparing this beacon to the Clifton 5 is that it's got a lot of that fresh Foam through the midsole the flexibility on the beacon pretty incredible like I think it's a flex Personally, I think it's a flexible shoe compared to many others like I could bend this in half If I wanted to like right there right there and the Hoka Clifton 5 10 ounces so about three ounces more than the beacon 10 ounces for the Hoka Clifton 5 The Hoka Clifton 5 I didn't even actually realize this has an 11 Millimeter drop from heel to toe heel to toe 11 mil That's pretty high on the scale of running shoes. How about the cushion? How about the cushion in the Hoka Clifton 5? I think this EVA foam through the midsole. Yeah, I mean, it's got some cushion for sure That's what the Hoka is known for is having good cushion through the midsole And I'm gonna talk about that more in a second and then the flexibility I Would put it more in the category and I don't want to stretch it too much But more in the category of moderate to stiff or moderate to rigid if I can use that term So see I'm it's not definitely not quite as easy to Flex compared to the beacon now as concise as possible. I'm gonna try and compare these two shoes Who wins the game when it comes to the upper? I'm gonna give The Hoka Clifton 5 the win for the upper this upper in the Hoka Clifton 5 It's a new they're calling it like an engineered mesh. It's very comfortable I would put it on par with the turbo the Nike Pegasus 35 turbo It's got a really comfortable upper Whereas the beacon is more of a knit upper which is also comfortable But this this feels like it has a little more Compression around the top of your foot in a good way So it's it's more hugging your foot whereas the knit upper in the beacon It allows your your toes and the top of your foot to Splay a little bit meaning spread out And I actually prefer a little more of a snug fit through my upper on any running shoe And so anyway the upper goes to the Hoka Clifton 5 and through the midsole who wins the midsole game I'm going with a beacon. It's a little more comfortable a little more cushion a little more Yeah, you sink into the shoe a little more in the beacon which maybe you don't want that But if you want a little more Forgiveness when you step down into the shoe, you know just to help you in my opinion recover on easy days I'm going with a beacon over the Hoka Clifton 5 It felt I'll be frank like it felt a little stiff through the Hoka Clifton 5 All right the important part of the video right now when should you use each shoe and guess what yes It's different times. It's different. It became very clear today in the streets of Denver I you know did five miles in this guy first five miles in this guy's second And then I doubled up with another mile in each one just to make sure I Understood the feel of each one the Hoka Clifton 5 in my opinion is gonna be perfect For the eight to yeah eight to 20 mile middle to long distance runs I don't think it's a easy day shoe when I was running in the shoe at nine minute pace It just didn't feel good. It felt clunky It felt like I had to use that meta rocker that Hoka is known for so I had to try and land on my heel and I am more of a land on my four foot type of runner So I felt like I had to change my stride at at slower speeds in the Hoka Clifton 5 Just to get the benefit of that meta rocker design in basically all of Hoka shoes So eight eight to 20 mile middle to long distance runs in the Hoka Clifton 5 Whereas the beacon the new balanced beacon is gonna be and I'm sticking to my guns on this I'm sticking to my guns on this three to eight mile easy days Although I will say this I switched from this guy after five miles to this guy as soon as I put this shoe on Which is three ounces lighter than the Clifton 5. I immediately was like, oh my gosh I want to run fast. Let's do this. Let's do a time trial. Let's do a workout Let's do a race like I felt like this shoe was poised for running fast Immediately as soon as I put it on and actually if you look on Strava, let's connect below I I think my splits got a little faster in this shoe as soon as I put it on however By mile nine or ten for the day in this guy I Was starting to feel tired and that's why I mentioned a couple days ago that I don't think the beacon is made for a Half marathon or marathon distance race I think you're gonna be losing too much energy because it's too flexible. Does that make sense another big question? Would I buy these shoes again? Absolutely 100% can't wait for the beacon version 2 which is I've seen photos of it It looks actually quite a bit different, but I'm excited for it. It's being released. I believe early 2019 maybe spring 2019 would I buy the Clifton 5 again? The verdict is still out the verdict is still out. I will say though Today after running in both shoes my planter fasciitis Feels amazing. It feels amazing now I'm doing a lot of upkeep and maintenance on my pf right now, but I'm telling you Jessica at Roadrunner Sports led me to this shoe and Like walking around my house right now. It feels Amazing good news good news YouTube and the question of the day what I don't we've talked quite a bit about Recovery shoes on this channel. I'm curious to hear. What is your go-to? Middle to long distance running shoe and why middle so for me I would put the you know definitely 10 miles plus type of shoe or even 12 miles plus You know depending where you're at and your training schedule and your training regimen and how old you are and like just the But like I love going out for 20 miles And so like that's that's my mentality and just getting a good long run in so not a tempo run But just a good long run or a middle distance run What is your go-to shoe for that? I'd appreciate learning and definitely like if you have the time explain why I Think a lot of people would appreciate hearing your insight into why you chose that shoe for middle to long distance runs We could talk all night. We could talk all night But I got to go to a swanky cocktail party and I got to get some sleep tonight at some point at some point When will that happen? I do not know but tomorrow. Oh We're we're gonna we're gonna talk about yeah the Nike Vamaro 14 We're gonna talk about we got to talk about the Nike Vamaro 14's remember. They were stolen Four or five days. They were stolen somebody took my Nike Vamaro 14's Seek beauty work hard Love each other. Thanks for being here YouTube. Thank you for being here. Boom See you tomorrow