Flexible Nikes for training and road ultra?

Rob Krak has doing awesome in ultras while wearing the Nike Lunar Racer 3.

Thanks, I had a pair of the originals, but I picked up a pair of the latest version and thought they're extremely stiff.

Have you thought about the plain old Streak, rather than Streak XC(or Streak LT as they're now called)? The forefoot is the same height as the XC but there's more in the heel, if that's the sort of thing you're looking for.

New streak is trash. Nike flats are not great right now. The Nike Free 3.0, however, is a superb shoe.

asdfasdfs wrote:

New streak is trash. Nike flats are not great right now. The Nike Free 3.0, however, is a superb shoe.

So you think the Free 3.0s are worth a shot? I tried both the V4s and V5s at the store, but wasn't sure which pair I liked better. It seems like I tried the Streak flats about a year ago, and thought they were too stiff. I don't know what's up with all the companies making their racing flats stiff.

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asdfasdfs wrote:

New streak is trash. Nike flats are not great right now. The Nike Free 3.0, however, is a superb shoe.

So you think the Free 3.0s are worth a shot? I tried both the V4s and V5s at the store, but wasn't sure which pair I liked better. It seems like I tried the Streak flats about a year ago, and thought they were too stiff. I don't know what's up with all the companies making their racing flats stiff.

Stiff shoes with slightly rounded bottoms are more economical especially at longer distances, simple physics.

If you can get your hands on the Free 3.0 V1-V3 models they would work well, I would use them anyways. I find the V4-V5 to flat. I like the curve of of the earlier models.

The LunarSpider R4 is an awesome shoe, hard to find and expensive but such a firm responsive ride. I guess this would be your best considering that Nike are providing them for you?

runner1435 wrote:

Stiff shoes with slightly rounded bottoms are more economical especially at longer distances, simple physics.

Stiff shoes aggravate my PF. Took me forever to get over it, which basically came down to being in more flexible, firm shoes. Too many stiff racing flats nowadays. I don't want it to come back, so flexibility is a must.

I actually had the first version of the Free 3.0s, but I only wore them for walking and thought they didn't feel quite right the one time I tried to run in them. I haven't seen the Lunarspiders in the store. Yes, I can get them free in a local store- ordered the Free 3.0 v5s a few days ago, so we'll see if I like them. Thanks guys!

So you are willing to jeopardize your training and season for a few bucks from a club......lame

Run in what you like and f*ck the rest

I've had every version of the Free 3.0. They've made minor mods to the sole but I really don't think it makes a perceptible difference. The arch was probably a bit more flexible in the first couple of versions but to me the real difference has been in the upper which totally sucked in the early versions. v4 and v5 have excellent uppers, by far the best upper on any Nike shoe incl. all that flywire and flyknit crap.

Cash mcmogulson wrote:

So you are willing to jeopardize your training and season for a few bucks from a club......lame

Run in what you like and f*ck the rest

Without revealing too much, it's an international club and race, and the payout is $$$$ for wearing Nikes (on top of prize earnings and bonuses). So yeah, it could be worth it.

I'm going to see what I think of the Nike Free 3.0s. Otherwise, I might try the Streak XCs I already have or the new Streak LTs (which I haven't tried yet).

Comrades? I wouldnt want to wear the free anything for running at all. I thought the lunaracer3 was pretty flexible compared to most flats.

just tape a nike symbol on your favorite shoe lol

I hate to state the obvious, but you should try the Nike Flex 2013.Good shoe. Very flexible. The downside is they wear very quickly.