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Nike Vomero Premium Review: Radical Fun! Runable! Comparisons: Vomero Plus, Pegasus Premium & Plus.
Sep 22, 2025
In the video, I detail the Vomero Premium, compare to Nike's other Plus and Premium styles and comment from the run along the sunny NH Seacoast covering Fit, Ride and Comparisons. The highest stack height Nike (or any run shoe?) ever the Vomero Premium will be available October 2025 for CORRECTION: $230 Samples were provided at no charge for testing purposes with no additional compensation. The opinions herein are entirely the author's 1000’s of Run Shoes and Gear Multi Tester written reviews at www.roadtrailrun.com SHOP Running Warehouse at the links below for the widest selection of run shoes and gear anywhere and help support our channel! USA https://tinyurl.com/RWRTRUS EUROPE https://tinyurl.com/RWRTREU EU Only: Use RTR code RTR5ALL for 5% off all products, even sale products AUSTRALIA: https://www.runningwarehouse.com.au/?from=rtr EUROPE SHOP Top4Running https://tinyurl.com/bh9t3hpm Use Code RTRTOP4 for 5% off All Products, Even Sales RTR receives a commission for purchases made through these links which helps support our channel and site.
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In the video, we're going to take a look
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at the Nike Vomero Premium, $220.
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It releases in October 2025, and it's
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Nike, and we think maybe running shoe
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dumbs highest stack kite shoe ever with
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a 55mm heel, 45mm forefoot. Is it
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practical? Is it a running shoe? Well,
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stay tuned to to find out, but yes, it
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is a good one.
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We're also going to take a look at how
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the premium vimeo premium vimeo plus the
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Pegasus premium and the Pegasus plus uh
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fit in the lineup as Nike moves to a
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kind of three tier for each key model of
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the icon uh the plus and the premium for
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each uh each of their key um daily
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trainer type shoes. Uh there are some
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significant differences, but also some
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similarities here. So, we'll get into
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that as well.
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Well, there's no question the Vomero
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Premium is the highest stack height shoe
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I have ever run. I think the highest
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ever created because we've got 55 mm at
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the heel, 45 at the forefoot. And our
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midsole is with two of Nike's uh kind of
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iconic materials or technologies. We
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have Zoom X uh as the foam. It's
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entirely ZoomX. And you can see it's a
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very soft Zoom X. And then we have two
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air units front and back. They are not
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full length as in the Pegasus Premium.
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And that makes a big difference I think
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uh in terms of the runnability of this
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shoe. You can see the profile is very
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flat. I didn't think it would be
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runnable, but in fact it is. And I'm
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going to give you a commentary from the
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run. Beautiful day here in New
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Hampshire. It was my second run in them.
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In terms of the weight, we come in here
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at about 11 oz. Uh
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312 gram
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in a US 8.5. So this is the heaviest of
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the premium and plus shoes from Nike. Uh
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with the uh Pegasus Premium getting
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pretty close at 11.86 O. Um, we have a
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and that really comes from the giant
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stack height here. We have a very broad
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platform. The platform is 100 mm at the
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heel, a big 90 at the forefoot and that
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helps stabilize
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uh and then 115 up front. Um, and you
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can by making it broad here. Uh they're
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decently stable really surprisingly so
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for the height uh with you can see the
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gap where we don't have the air unit. So
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they had to go broader to keep them
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stable and they're decently stable. Not
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a stability shoe. In terms of the upper,
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it's a beautiful engineered mesh. Uh
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I'll give commentary on the fit, but it
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fits true to size. The hold is really
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good, and that's important given the
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giant stack height. It is for sure
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helped by this very, very extended stout
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heel counter. That may add some weight,
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but that's okay to keep things stable.
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You've got lots of plush padding, a
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decently plush tongue. Lace up is easy.
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This is a really fine fitting upper uh
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from Nike. Um, in terms of uh its uh
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kind of ride, we'll get into that, but I
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was surprised. Um, you've got a lot of
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soft foam, but you also have a lot of
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energy from the ZoomX and a touch of
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response and stability from the uh air
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units. And underneath you could, it's
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hard to see, but the the bottom of the
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air unit is kind of a plastic, maybe a
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hardened EVA, so I wouldn't call it a
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plate, but that does contribute to the
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stability. Um, we're going to get to the
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run, but I also wanted to kind of
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comment on some of the other premium and
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plus from Nike. Uh, first up, let's stay
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with the Vomero
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with the Vimeo uh, plus. It is a It's
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hard to believe, but it's a full 10
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millimeters lower stack height than our
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um than our premium on a somewhat
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narrower platform. It's 4535.
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Uh the heel's 95. What's notable is a
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narrower midfoot at uh 75. Same for 4
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foot 115. So this is all ZoomX here. And
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this is really kind of a more uh
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versatile flavor of what we've got in
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the premium. a premium because of the
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softness and and kind of the the the
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experience of energy return is more kind
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of for me anyway a um slower uh paced
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kind of recovery shoe. However, I was
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very surprised today. I didn't mention I
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won't mention it later, but as I picked
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up the pace down into the 820 per mile,
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which is kind of a slower tempo for me,
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even though they felt soft, the return
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was there and the speed was there, but
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they get a bit lumbering at slower
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paces. This is a relatively more agile
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shoe. Now, moving over to the um
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Pegasus, the Pegasus Premium. Let me
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find them over here. a little bit
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lighter weight, 1186
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oz, 308 gram. Um uh and 4535. So again,
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10 mm lower than our um our premium VRO.
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Um it has a very similar upper, a little
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bit less soft. Um priced um priced at uh
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210, so $10 less than our um our
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Veromero Premium. The big difference
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here is we have essentially uh three
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Nike technologies. We've got Zumx
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underfoot, a little firmer than in the
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Pegasus Premium. Maybe I can compare for
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you. A little firmer. Uh then we have
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instead of two air plates air air units,
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we have a full length plate that's um
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shaped, if you will, like Nike's carbon
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fly plates. Um underf foot, we've got a
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similar kind of outsole. Um, this shoe
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is kind of more responsive. It's kind of
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stiffer feeling even with its 45
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millimeter um, stack height being so
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much lower than the uh, it's kind of
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more of a little bit more of an uptempo
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feel. I guess I'd have to say it's my
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least favorite of the pluses and
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premiums. Um, I think the plate does a
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little bit too much. Um, below the plate
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we have react uh, Reactex foam. So, so
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it it's kind of a more uptempo take, but
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doesn't quite get there quite the way
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the
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Vimeo Plus does. And then, um, finally,
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we want to take a look at the a little
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bit older kind of the original Plus
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Premium, the PEG uh, Pegasus Plus. Now,
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this is considerably uh, lower stack.
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It's 3525,
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I think. I'll double check that. All
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ZoomX,
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no plate,
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uh, a streamlined outsole. This is kind
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of your more uptempo daily trainer in
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the Plus Premium line. I really like
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this shoe. It's It's more kind of old
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school, a little bit less radical than
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the others. Uh, very practical. So, it
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might make a very good pairing with the
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um
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with the Plus or the Premium in the
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Vomero line.
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Now, um we're going to I'm taking now
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our our uh our Vimeo Premium out on the
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road here in New Hampshire to give you
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my impressions from the run. But it is
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one fine shoe that's very radical, but
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actually very runnable in its own way.
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So stay tuned for that. Everybody, we're
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at the beach in Ry on a beautiful,
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beautiful fall day. It's fairly warm,
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but it's super nice. Let's talk about
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the fit of our Romero Premium. So, I'm
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at my usual US 8.5 and this is a
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wonderful fit. It's a perfect true to
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size. Lace up is easy. Um, I'm
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particularly impressed that this is a
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relatively light upper. Um, but it locks
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my foot to our giant platform just just
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fine. So Nike's done a great job here
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with the upper. Of course, to keep
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things stable, we have a very
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substantial heel counter. In terms of
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length, I'll give you an idea here.
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Nice thumbs l uh width, maybe a tiny
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touch under. Uh I have a narrower to
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medium foot. I think this will fit uh
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most uh narrower to medium fit fine. I
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think larger width feets uh should be
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pretty good here. Um this is not one of
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those super aggressive kind of feeling
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suffocating Nike uppers, but it is
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substantial.
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So I'm going to keep running here along
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the beach this beautiful morning and
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give you some impressions from the ride
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of this giant of a shoe. 55 mm at the
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heel, which is a lot. Um, but uh this is
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my second run. First run was super
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pleasant. Uh, they got something here.
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Even though this is not a light shoe,
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runs considerably lighter than its
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weight. So, let's keep So, what's the
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feeling like? Well, it's like here we're
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on sand, but it's a bit like running I
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won't say barefoot on nice firm beach
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sand. is some nice sink in, but you
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don't feel mushy because our ZoomX
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really gives you some nice return. Got a
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lot of surfers out today. Nice clean
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waves.
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I'm going to hit some pavement and uh
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tell you how that feels. But very
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pleasant, very smooth, surprisingly
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smooth given the stack height and what
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looks like sort of a flat on the ground
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profile.
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What I felt during my first run is your
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front and rear air units provide a
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little bit provide some stability
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and sort of because they're separated at
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the midfoot. It's like there's sort of a
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hinge effect between the front and the
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back of the shoe. Even though there
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isn't any flex, I think it's the softer
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Zumx that lets you kind of sink in and
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bend forward
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towards your toe off. This is a very,
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very soft
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Zumax foam here. Certainly softer than
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in the
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the Merrill Plus or the
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Pegasus Plus. Quite soft.
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So,
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lots of bounce and rebound here.
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And kind of that, I said it earlier,
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kind of a smooth hinging feeling to get
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you forward. Heel landings are soft but
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relatively stable due to that big heel
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counter I think and the width of the
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platform.
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Uh
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this is kind of a a shoe for your big
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smile sort of easier runs for the faster
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runner.
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For the
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more recreational runner, if you're
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looking for soft that actually gives
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back, isn't mushy, the ZoomX here really
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delivers in a soft soft package without
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getting out of control or that sloppy or
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sloppy at all. The other premium Nike
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that we know of so far is the uh Pegasus
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premium. Again, about 10 mm lower stack
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combination there of ZoomX,
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then a full length air plate shaped like
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Nike's
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carbon plates. Then below some Reactic,
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it's a firmer, more responsive shoe. Uh,
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in terms of weight, 10.86 oz versus 11
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here. So,
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we're about the same weight. Not as much
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fun. Maybe a bit more stable, bit more
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responsive.
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If you're going to go big Nike, I think
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the Romero Plus and these shoes are
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better options.
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And then if you're a Nike fan and you
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want something
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for faster days that isn't a very rigid
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zoom fly, I think the Pegasus Plus, the
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first in the updated
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three tier series, is the one to go
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with. One of my favorites 35 25 I think
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the stack height under 9 oz really a
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nice nice more traditional
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daily trainer
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in the scheme of things that's a good
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one uh nice pairing might be the Pegasus
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Plus for fast for daily training the
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Vomero Plus for long runs at moderate
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paces and then the this guy the premium
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for easier runs
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more surfers. So you don't feel
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completely completely isolated from the
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road because you're compressing that
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zoom and then it's rebounding
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uh and it's soft.
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It's really a very pleasant, wellont
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controlled, especially given the stack I
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experience.
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Not nearly a wild experience like
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Adidas's
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50 mm heel, more uptempo Primex Strung
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with all its plates. Nike went for
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pleasant here and kept it well
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organized, let's say, to be fun
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and soft. It is not a light shoe, but it
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seems to run somewhat lighter than its
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weight.
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uh because the foam's so energetic and
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we've got a good transition throughout.
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Beautiful flowers. So, I definitely
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wouldn't call it a slow shoe. I'm down
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getting down around 9 10 pace. Very,
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very easy,
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smooth. I think the more you kind of
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pick up the pace and drive into the all
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that sumx, the more rebound you'll get.
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Uh, so I think for example, somewhat
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heavier runners, I wear weigh about
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157bs.
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So I'm not light, but I'm not heavy. the
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more you'll get out of them. I'm sure
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you won't bottom them out. Uh but
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for
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recovery runs, easy runs, big smile runs
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as a daily trainer, if you, you know,
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are want soft and forgiving,
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it's very well executed, especially
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given the sack height and the softness.
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It's not wobbly at all.
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really well done.
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So, the Vomero Premium will be available
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starting in October 2025 for $220.
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In summary, it's Nike's highest stack
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and I think the highest stack road shoe
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or running shoe ever created. It's quite
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soft. It's energetic. It's quite an
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experience. Um, it's not light, but it
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makes up for it with the all ZoomX and
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our air units. Um, is it a good value?
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It all depends on what you're seeking.
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If you're seeking something just
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incredibly plush and soft for mainly
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easier runs, it's a great choice. If
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you're looking for something a bit more
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conventional, I think the Vimeo uh Plus
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is a better uh better better option. But
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Nike was very bold with this shoe. Its
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unconventional looks
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are really something. Uh the design is
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really neat. Uh do not laugh at it. It
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is a real running shoe of a kind of new
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super soft experience that works really
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quite well. Uh not perfect. I wish
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personally that it would they had stuck
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to maybe 50 millimeters of stack height
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like the Primex from Adidas with all its
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plates. A much more aggressive shoe to
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bring the weight down. I think they
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could have probably pulled that pulled
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that off uh nicely, but they did make a
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big statement here. So, thank you very
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much for watching. Have a great run.