Racing foam, no plate
Adidas Adizero Evo SL
The same Lightstrike Pro that goes into the Adios Pro, in a shoe you can train in every day. Light, quick and a lot cheaper than the racer it borrows from.
The numbers
- Category
- Speed trainer
- Stack height
- 39 / 33mm
- Drop
- 6mm
- Weight
- 224g
- Plate
- None, nylon midfoot shank
- Midsole
- Lightstrike Pro
- Surface
- Road
- Best for
- Tempo runs, strides and racing anything up to a marathon
- Price
- R2 999 approx. SA retail, $150 US
The shoe
The same Lightstrike Pro foam adidas puts in the Adios Pro racers, in a shoe with no carbon plate and a far lower price. 39/33mm of stack, a 6mm drop and 224g, with a nylon shank through the midfoot instead of a full plate, and Continental rubber under the forefoot.
Slow Miles review
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We only give a shoe a verdict once we have run in it ourselves. The numbers above are the facts. The opinion lands when the miles are done.
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