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Nike Vaporfly NEXT% 3 Review
- MSRP: $250
- Weight: 5.8 ounces (women’s 8), 7.0 ounces (men’s 10)
- Stack Height: Not yet revealed, but less than 40 millimeters heel
- Heel-toe Drop: 8 millimeters)
If running shoes had royalty, the Nike Vaporfly would wear the crown. When it debuted in 2016, it created a new class of racer, the supershoe, which quickly made all other racing shoes obsolete. Supershoes’ ability to enhance running economy caused world, national, and personal records to fall faster than a neatly organized string of dominos.
Like all monarchs, however, there comes a time when the current ruler must step down to usher in a successor. The first heir to the original Vaporfly 4% was the Next%, which shared the essential DNA but had a different build, with 15% more ZoomX foam underfoot and three millimeters less heel-toe drop. The second version of the Next% only…
