CHAD: The perfect a part of perception is the lie, and if somebody tells you that the Glycerin Max 2 is identical shoe as the primary model, they’re mendacity to you. My solely actual knock on the OG Glycerin Max was that the match was off-putting; the quantity was an issue, and had my pretty common and even regular-plus width toes swimming in them. That has been corrected within the Glycerin Max 2, with the match being way more comfortable, but comfortably so, each in width and quantity, kind of like a heat hug. It bordered on nearly being TOO comfortable, particularly within the toes; nonetheless, it didn’t trigger any issues.
Talking of heat, the Glycerin Max 2 contains a triple jacquard mesh higher, so get outta right here together with your peasant double jacquards. The higher is plush and actually holds the foot properly over the large platform of midsole foam. It was good contemplating my testing miles have been all in temps round 45-50 levels.
The opposite dramatic distinction within the Glycerin Max 2 is that the DNA Tuned midsole feels a lot firmer underfoot, which in flip accentuates the rocker really feel. The roll-through undoubtedly acquired me up on my toes rapidly in transition, and the firmer midsole made going up hills lots simpler than the primary model.
For the primary time ever, I pulled a basic Meg Murray and did a run with the v1 on one foot and the v2 on the opposite. I ran two miles, then stopped at house to swap them, and ran one other two miles. The match and really feel of them was palpably totally different. The match was undoubtedly an enchancment, however the remaining…
