Stats
Weight: males’s 4.87 oz / 138g (US9)
Pattern: males’s 4.59 oz / 130g US8.5
Stack Top: males’s 39 mm heel / 33 mm forefoot ( 6 mm drop spec)
Platform Width: 80 mm heel / 65 mm midfoot / 115 mm forefoot
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First Impressions, Match and Higher
The higher is a single layer very skinny tight weave “mono” kind mesh with overlays. To banish the shaky rear maintain of the Adios Professional adidas, properly wraps the heel with a considerable plasticky overlay extending ahead. This overlay will get nearly to the arch and thus supplies a contact of help there.
Inside we’ve a single piece achilles to ankle wrapping bolster. The heel counter is pliable however has a transparent vertical stiffener. Given the minimal development, as with many parts of this shoe, I’m shocked by the wonderful maintain on the rear.
The midfoot can also be tremendous easy. The mono mesh and large Three Stripes overlays are basically as pliable because the higher mesh. Whereas visually showing to, the black stripes the place they cowl the midsole are simply paint
The tongue is as skinny as the remainder of the higher, has no gusset with the Adizero brand down its heart offering a contact of padding. Lace up is straightforward and safe. As with many parts, I’m shocked that such a minimal midfoot and tongue is so efficient.
The toe field is reasonably large and comfy with the one “tightness” in direction of the lace lace holes. I feel to maintain the foot lockdown for the shoe’s distinctive lengthy ahead roll and for sufficient toe field this barely cosy space is crucial. Whereas I observed the cosy maintain there strolling round, it disappeared on the run.
The toe field is reasonably slim however because the mesh is so skinny and pliable and wraps the foot so nicely I’d under no circumstances name the toe field “slim” or constricting. There’s a very skinny toe bumper overlay which is simply a contact stiffer than the mesh higher.
There isn’t a sockliner. There’s a skinny sueded materials glued to the agency to urgent lasting board. I feel this agency board goes an extended technique to stabilizing your entire foot on landings.
The match is true to dimension for me as it’s in just about all tremendous footwear. With this explicit shoe sizing up might have an effect on the geometry and its effectiveness because the EVO 1 is clearly designed for a rolling kind stride with, thanks adidas, and sort of distinctive, a versatile last toe space the place the shoe angles up sharply. Sizing up might make the toe off sloppy and fewer efficient in my opinion.
Midsole & Platform
The EVO 1 meets or beats all of the competitors with a broad 80 mm heel / 65 mm midfoot / 115 mm forefoot and 39mm heel 33mm forefoot stack peak but.. weighs 1.7 oz / 48g lower than its closest rivals.
By means of comparability the Vaporfly 3 is on a narrower 70mm midfoot / 50mm / forefoot 105mm platform and weighs 6.3 oz / 179g in my US8.5 whereas the Metaspeed Edge Paris is 74mm heel / 56mm midfoot / 100 mm forefoot and weighs 6.3 oz / 179g in a US8.5.
The brand new Lightstrike Professional foam clearly performs an enormous function. Adidas gained’t say what it’s however it’s clearly not an expanded bead kind foam or compression molded. My sense is the froth is molded in sheets after which machine reduce to the midsole form. To urgent, it’s reasonably delicate and returns stress in a short time, faster than say the older Lightstrike Professional or PWRRUN Pb or HG. It is vitally shut in really feel to Zoom X with a bit denser snappier return and it appears like extra consistency because the shoe is clearly extra steady than say the Vaporfly 3 entrance to again. It blends the perfect traits of being lots forgiving and fast reacting on the similar time.
The plating is adidas Vitality Rods however in contrast to the Adios Professional 3 the rods and foam are far much better built-in. There may be completely no plate harshness and no midfoot “hump” at slower paces, you footwear corresponding to Rocket X 2. A really, very pleasant really feel right here.
The geometry performs an enormous function in bringing collectively foam and plate. Landings are amazingly steady, helped by the greater than first rate 80mm heel width and there’s even a lateral heel bevel to assist the roll. The midfoot space was by no means hung up as many tremendous footwear can get.
In contrast to many tremendous footwear they’re even extremely simple and nice to stroll in because of the lengthy rocker.
However the true magic in my opinion is the lengthy, lengthy rocker positioned at 60% of the size of the shoe so 10% additional again than within the Adios Professional 3. Many tremendous footwear have abrupt ahead rockers and toe springs requiring a pointy midfoot to forefoot touchdown and robust vertical knee elevate to bounce up away, The Alphafly and Saucony Endorphin Elite come to thoughts with Adios Professional 3 not far behind. Some tremendous footwear don’t require a giant bounce however are extra rolling with their plates situated decrease down within the foam corresponding to in Vaporfly Subsequent % 1 and a pair of.
The EVO 1 is clearly within the “rolling” stride camp, after which some. Photos of elites operating in them clearly present a dramatic roll ahead and right down to the plate and on high of that, and I feel distinctive in carbon footwear, there’s even a last far ahead simple flex level as the only real angles up sharply. Additional the only real flares out medially to supply a broad platform for toe off. All of this was clearly felt on my brief run. It was simple to search out the roll level by physique place, though not fairly as simply as with the very authentic Vaporfly 4% Child Blue.
The rods are cushioned from the highway by a good quantity of froth above it “masking” the rods at contact and making the EVO a lot quieter than most low plate mounted tremendous footwear.
The rods and foam above and under additionally make for a extra pure feeling on the entrance of the shoe with the toes collaborating greater than standard in such footwear because of foot bone like construction of the Vitality Rods (proven under), enhancing the medial facet drive to toe off. The Rods rear and midfoot development clearly additionally improve touchdown and midfoot stability with out overdoing it and making the midfoot inflexible.
I had a number of brief steep uphills alongside the way in which and right here as with all carbon footwear you actually need to drive arduous and up greater than on the flats. The downhills had been simple and steady, no over inflexible awkward really feel there as many carbon footwear have for me after I are inclined to get again extra on the heels.
Outsole
The outsole seems to be a coating somewhat than a standard rubber. We all know from Tigist Assef world report 2:11: 53 marathon that her pair had Continental rubber up entrance and with some profile.
Earlier than I might actually push the shoe I ran a bit on an indoor monitor with a tough easy artificial floor. I ran all types of footwear on this monitor with no points however the EVO 1 was clearly slippery there. I even used a stick on a velcro strip throughout the widest a part of the forefoot to get extra traction.
My highway run was on damp pavement because it had rained simply earlier than my run and grip was good on dry and moist pavement. That mentioned it was not pretty much as good on highway line paint..
Whereas adidas went all out to attain the extremely gentle weight, I feel a extra standard Continental rubber could be so as.
I will likely be wanting intently at put on however after 4 miles on gritty pavement none in any way and no scuffy of the froth though the late winter highway grit did change the colour of the underside of the shoe indicating the froth is considerably porous and doesn’t have a coating over it as Nike does with ZoomX. I additionally be aware no creasing but of the midsole as seems with Zoom X midsoles.
Trip, Conclusions and Suggestions
A couple of miles at pedestrian paces is clearly not sufficient to totally consider the Adizero Adios EVO 1 however as I’ve run nearly each tremendous shoe thus far I take away a transparent preliminary image of the EVO 1 by stats and from the run.
It’s by far the lightest tremendous shoe created thus far with stack peak and platform widths comparable if not beating any of its direct rivals. It has set world data out of the field.
Its experience is surprisingly pleasant and steady with the brand new Lightstrike Professional foam, Vitality Rods, broad platform, rocker and remainder of the midsole geometry enjoying collectively stunning and having it roll alongside easily and successfully even at paces between 8 and 9 minutes per mile.
Its higher is impeccable in maintain and a giant enchancment over the Adios Professional 3.
And what surprises and offers me the most important smilest, is that there’s a lot substance, cushion and even stability in a shoe that’s so extremely gentle. Undecided I’d run a marathon in them but however for positive they are going to be my best choice for 5K to a half as I discover the Takumi Sen overly inflexible and flat feeling at my paces and the Vaporfly 3 overly inflexible and never as easy rolling as earlier variations if extra steady.
In fact, this technological and extra importantly operating marvel comes at a steep worth as typically groundbreaking no holds barred improvements are. I hope over time adidas is ready to transfer its learnings and excellent its manufacturing to scale back prices so extra can get pleasure from and run quick on this marvel and in different by-product footwear to return.
A extra in depth evaluation with comparisons after extra runs and a few races coming quickly.
