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Is the Nike Alphafly 3 truly the perfect marathon race shoe? The performances by Kelvin Kiptom and Sifan Hassan certainly has our attention! But let’s talk about the fit, feel and features of the Alphafly 3 in this review to see what all the hype is about with this newest carbon plate running shoe.
The Nike Alphafly, which was released in 2020, was designed to build on the success of the Nike Vaporfly and take things to the next level. These two shoes have truly changed the landscape of marathon racing shoes in the last few years.
The Nike Alphafly Next% 2 has been making headlines ever since it helped Eliud Kipchoge set the World Marathon Record in Berlin in 2022. But of course it started with the Eliud Kipchoge unofficial 1:59:40 in 2019, which was run in the Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT%.
And now we have the Nike Alphafly 3 being used by Kelvin Kiptum to set a world record of 2:00:35 and Sifan Hassan running the 2nd fast women’s time ever at the 2023 Chicago marathon. Which leads us all to ask, is it the shoes??? Is it so much lighter we don’t have to say Next% anymore??
Like any new model there are those who prefer the previous version and…
