quite absurd. i waited the countdown to end, refreshed the browser, 1 piece to cart, checkout and the cart was empty again and sold out. not more than 20 seconds after 9 today. why does nike create this hype when they then produce only a few dozen pairs to sell publically just to fulfill the legal part that it has to be publically available? i think i switch to asics now. f.u. nike ;-)
quite absurd. i waited the countdown to end, refreshed the browser, 1 piece to cart, checkout and the cart was empty again and sold out. not more than 20 seconds after 9 today. why does nike create this hype when they then produce only a few dozen pairs to sell publically just to fulfill the legal part that it has to be publically available? i think i switch to asics now. f.u. nike ;-)
Feel your pain. in my uneducated and limited experience, this occurs in the January to June period, after which there is an online glut of stock available through Nike. I have no idea why they torture the northern hemisphere spring marathon market this way, but it is absolutely like clockwork with every shoe.
quite absurd. i waited the countdown to end, refreshed the browser, 1 piece to cart, checkout and the cart was empty again and sold out. not more than 20 seconds after 9 today. why does nike create this hype when they then produce only a few dozen pairs to sell publically just to fulfill the legal part that it has to be publically available? i think i switch to asics now. f.u. nike ;-)
There are plenty out there, but bots buy them up. They then get sold on eBay, etc for 30% markup.
Man this is what happens when we start telling everyone what a magic shoe it is...
I miss 2017 when it was easy to get the 4% and the turbos, and on top of that, a 30% discount.
Funny, I'd come up with some sort of argument saying that most people are too slow to get the shoe, and they could do better in their regular or stretch the life of their old shoes, but I'd probably be calling myself out too.
So instead of complaining about Nike's hype machine I'll remind myself that I have a sub 16 PR, 2:35 full, hot wife, 2 kids, and 6 figure salary (which I wont spend on ebay resellers).
update 1 day later ;-) it seems it was more a problem of the store i tried and failed to buy a af3. it seems that really some bots bought everything within seconds there. af3 was still available in the afternoon in other stores. and yes, as a guy above mentioned we are in europe. it seems there was a af3 drop in certain countries here yesterday. one disadvantage of the supershoes is that you cannot try them in stores before buying, at least not in my region. there are a few vendors at the marathon expo where im going, im looking forward to try and buy something other. the vf and af are great shoes, at least for me they perform well.
i trained 5 months, nearly 3000k for this. since so many guys have this shoes, you have a disadvantage not having them. the few min difference means you are in or out the age group medals... i want to have a nationals age group medal hanging on my wall, turn 50 this year. its now or never ;-)
update 1 day later ;-) it seems it was more a problem of the store i tried and failed to buy a af3. it seems that really some bots bought everything within seconds there. af3 was still available in the afternoon in other stores. and yes, as a guy above mentioned we are in europe. it seems there was a af3 drop in certain countries here yesterday. one disadvantage of the supershoes is that you cannot try them in stores before buying, at least not in my region. there are a few vendors at the marathon expo where im going, im looking forward to try and buy something other. the vf and af are great shoes, at least for me they perform well.
i trained 5 months, nearly 3000k for this. since so many guys have this shoes, you have a disadvantage not having them. the few min difference means you are in or out the age group medals... i want to have a nationals age group medal hanging on my wall, turn 50 this year. its now or never ;-)
Hope you crush it and earn that medal.
BUT, I don't think you're at a disadvantage by not wearing Nike anymore. Most of the other brands have caught up and have legit super shoes now. It's not like 4-5 years ago when brands were just shoving a carbon plate in a random eva trainer and calling it super.
Adidas, ASCIS have been up there for a couple years, and recently even Hoka and NB have PEBA based racers.
update 1 day later ;-) it seems it was more a problem of the store i tried and failed to buy a af3. it seems that really some bots bought everything within seconds there. af3 was still available in the afternoon in other stores. and yes, as a guy above mentioned we are in europe. it seems there was a af3 drop in certain countries here yesterday. one disadvantage of the supershoes is that you cannot try them in stores before buying, at least not in my region. there are a few vendors at the marathon expo where im going, im looking forward to try and buy something other. the vf and af are great shoes, at least for me they perform well.
i trained 5 months, nearly 3000k for this. since so many guys have this shoes, you have a disadvantage not having them. the few min difference means you are in or out the age group medals... i want to have a nationals age group medal hanging on my wall, turn 50 this year. its now or never ;-)
Hope you crush it and earn that medal.
BUT, I don't think you're at a disadvantage by not wearing Nike anymore. Most of the other brands have caught up and have legit super shoes now. It's not like 4-5 years ago when brands were just shoving a carbon plate in a random eva trainer and calling it super.
Adidas, ASCIS have been up there for a couple years, and recently even Hoka and NB have PEBA based racers.
post race update ;-) i did it and won my m50 agegroup (austria, nationals) quite a cool feeling. was very hot today, high 20s C towards the end, still 2:45:03, not bad for an old guy ;-) not a pb but my best race so far, every km on the point few seconds only between the halfs.
you can discuss about nikes product policy, but you have to admit that the product is a masterpiece. i still want to try something different, the asics sky paris is on my list. but for my running style the af3 delivers... i trained a lot this time, so just part of the success was the shoe
BUT, I don't think you're at a disadvantage by not wearing Nike anymore. Most of the other brands have caught up and have legit super shoes now. It's not like 4-5 years ago when brands were just shoving a carbon plate in a random eva trainer and calling it super.
Adidas, ASCIS have been up there for a couple years, and recently even Hoka and NB have PEBA based racers.
post race update ;-) i did it and won my m50 agegroup (austria, nationals) quite a cool feeling. was very hot today, high 20s C towards the end, still 2:45:03, not bad for an old guy ;-) not a pb but my best race so far, every km on the point few seconds only between the halfs.
you can discuss about nikes product policy, but you have to admit that the product is a masterpiece. i still want to try something different, the asics sky paris is on my list. but for my running style the af3 delivers... i trained a lot this time, so just part of the success was the shoe
Congrats!
Have you raced with the AF3s straight out of the box? I managed to purchase a pair of the protos at my local running store. I've a half coming up in a month and I've run a few halfs and marathons with the AF1 and AF2.
Totally agree. This is ridiculous. How are people expected to run, let alone compete in races without the marginal gain from the newest, most advanced super shoe?