Road Mile Shoes (Masters Runner)

Rippling Hysteresis wrote:

Typically race on the track in Dragonflys, but haven't done a road mile in a few years. I know a lot of fast runners like flats for that, but I'm not at that level. I'll 41 by the time the race comes around, if that matters, and aiming for a modest 5:00 +/- a few seconds.

Vascillating b/w three shoes, but have my reservations with each:

Flats: Light and smooth, but often my legs are trashed in the homestretch even with the cushion of Dragonflys

Vaporfly 2: Seems to be a popular pick. Good shoe, I just don't know if I love them.

Alphafly 1: Love these shoes. They are incredible,, and have seen people wearing them on the track even for a mile. But I worry they may be a lot of shoe for a short race.

Have heard good things about the Takumi Sen, but no room in the budget for those and not a lot of time to acclimate to them before the race, but perhaps I'd consider them in the future.

Djooly wrote:

Rippling Hysteresis wrote:

Typically race on the track in Dragonflys, but haven't done a road mile in a few years. I know a lot of fast runners like flats for that, but I'm not at that level. I'll 41 by the time the race comes around, if that matters, and aiming for a modest 5:00 +/- a few seconds.

Vascillating b/w three shoes, but have my reservations with each:

Flats: Light and smooth, but often my legs are trashed in the homestretch even with the cushion of Dragonflys

Vaporfly 2: Seems to be a popular pick. Good shoe, I just don't know if I love them.

Alphafly 1: Love these shoes. They are incredible,, and have seen people wearing them on the track even for a mile. But I worry they may be a lot of shoe for a short race.

Have heard good things about the Takumi Sen, but no room in the budget for those and not a lot of time to acclimate to them before the race, but perhaps I'd consider them in the future.

If you’re fast enough go with Brooks Hyperion Elite. It’s what Kerr wore in winning NYC Avenue Mile. Fast

MidHobbyJogger wrote:

If you want a road mile shoe that gives you a similar feel to the Dragonfly, you might want to look at the Streakfly, as it has a similar profile and stack height to the Dragonfly but made for the roads, although there is barely even a plate in the shoe and the ZoomX foam may be too soft for some. If that’s an issue for you, I would implore you to get the Adidas Takumi Sen 8 or 9. They’re very similar to the Streakfly, but the Lightstrike Pro foam is firmer but IMO way more responsive, stable, and supportive than the Streakfly especially if you’re running a 5 flat mile. You’ll get that energy return like you would from the Alphafly or another high stack marathon shoe (which is way too much shoe for a mile) but because it’s a flat you’ll feel way lighter and this shoe won’t trash your legs like a trainer or a Brooks “super” shoe. You can get the Sen 10’s if you really want to, but the Sen 8 and 9 are heavily discounted with the Sen 10 out now. The Vaporfly 2 wouldn’t be a bad choice if you want something with more midsole, but I prefer it for something like the 3200m and over as I wore it for mile races on the track and it wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t horrible either.

Sen 10? wrote:

MidHobbyJogger wrote:

If you want a road mile shoe that gives you a similar feel to the Dragonfly, you might want to look at the Streakfly, as it has a similar profile and stack height to the Dragonfly but made for the roads, although there is barely even a plate in the shoe and the ZoomX foam may be too soft for some. If that’s an issue for you, I would implore you to get the Adidas Takumi Sen 8 or 9. They’re very similar to the Streakfly, but the Lightstrike Pro foam is firmer but IMO way more responsive, stable, and supportive than the Streakfly especially if you’re running a 5 flat mile. You’ll get that energy return like you would from the Alphafly or another high stack marathon shoe (which is way too much shoe for a mile) but because it’s a flat you’ll feel way lighter and this shoe won’t trash your legs like a trainer or a Brooks “super” shoe. You can get the Sen 10’s if you really want to, but the Sen 8 and 9 are heavily discounted with the Sen 10 out now. The Vaporfly 2 wouldn’t be a bad choice if you want something with more midsole, but I prefer it for something like the 3200m and over as I wore it for mile races on the track and it wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t horrible either.

What about the takumi sen 10? Have you worn it?

MidHobbyJogger wrote:

If you want a road mile shoe that gives you a similar feel to the Dragonfly, you might want to look at the Streakfly, as it has a similar profile and stack height to the Dragonfly but made for the roads, although there is barely even a plate in the shoe and the ZoomX foam may be too soft for some. If that’s an issue for you, I would implore you to get the Adidas Takumi Sen 8 or 9. They’re very similar to the Streakfly, but the Lightstrike Pro foam is firmer but IMO way more responsive, stable, and supportive than the Streakfly especially if you’re running a 5 flat mile. You’ll get that energy return like you would from the Alphafly or another high stack marathon shoe (which is way too much shoe for a mile) but because it’s a flat you’ll feel way lighter and this shoe won’t trash your legs like a trainer or a Brooks “super” shoe. You can get the Sen 10’s if you really want to, but the Sen 8 and 9 are heavily discounted with the Sen 10 out now. The Vaporfly 2 wouldn’t be a bad choice if you want something with more midsole, but I prefer it for something like the 3200m and over as I wore it for mile races on the track and it wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t horrible either.