Nike Vaporfly 4

Maybe my favorite pair of running shoes. The fit is phenomenal, and the connected-to-ground feel really makes me enjoy my daily running. Some folks don't like the laces, but they are my favorite. I sometimes wish the shoe had slightly more stack, but only because it does tend to compress and lose bounce after awhile. I have 300 miles on my pair. I love them for easy runs and hill repeats and medium long runs. Towards the end of a 10+ miler I do start to feel like these may not be the best for a full marathon. I hope the next iteration is even better!

When I first put them on, I could immediately feel the soft and bouncy ZoomX foam and when I ran in them, the fly plate was so propulsive and got a new PR on my time trial in the 3200 on the roads!

I really like the look and feel of the shoe however, the manufacturing quality is unacceptable. I’ve had the soles fall off of three pairs of shoes within the first month of running. I’ve never had a quality issue on any other running shoe for over 40 years except for this specific model. Nike, you need to do better. This isn’t a fluke, this is a quality control issue with your manufacturing.