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As Kelvin Kiptum raced towards the finish line of the Chicago Marathon this fall, all eyes were glued to the clock. But as soon as the 23-year-old Kenyan runner officially shattered the men’s marathon world record with a time of 2 hours 35 seconds, those eyes immediately turned to his shoes.
On his feet were the long-awaited Nike Alphafly 3, which go on sale January 4, 2024.
Nike Alphafly 3
Nike calls the third iteration of this super shoe a refinement, but (visually, at least) it’s more of a revamp—one that was influenced by the largest ever women’s testing pool for a Nike racing shoe, says Bret Schoolmeester, Nike’s Senior Footwear Director.
“One of the things we’ve noticed across our running line, and with this shoe in particular, is the ability of our female testers to give us more articulate and harsher feedback—it’s kind of a secret weapon…
