A lot of the people I look up to style wise are from the classic rock era, of course. This blog is mostly about classic rock, but also about other things I like and the fashion is a big part of classic rock and something I enjoy writing about, wearing, and photographing. It was true to size for me, though given the slightly loose midfoot fit you might get away with sizing down if you have narrow feet.I love alliteration and I guess this year, I’m doing something called Fashion February. While it has the speed for short reps on the track, I think the softness and depth of the foam might make it less well suited for sustained efforts at 5K and 10K pace, where a more responsive and agile carbon shoe like the Nike Vaporfly 2 or Asics Metaspeed Sky would be better.Īs mentioned, the RC Elite 2 has a fairly roomy fit around the toes, unlike the original RC Elite which was tight. The first 40 minutes or so were great, but as I started to hit and try to hold the faster paces on tired legs, the shoe began to feel clumsy, especially as the route I was running had regular turns in it. The one run I didn’t enjoy in the RC Elite 2 was a hard hour-long session, progressing the pace from around 4min/km to 3min 25sec/km. I’m less confident about how well it will perform in shorter events. I still prefer the Nike Alphafly for running marathons, because it’s almost as comfortable as the RC Elite 2 but has more pop off the forefoot thanks to the firmer Air Zoom pods, but the RC Elite 2 is right up there. I have no doubt that this will be a terrific marathon racing shoe, providing the highest degree of comfort from a carbon shoe I’ve come across while still having plenty of pop from the plate. However, the shoe really performed at its best on long, steady efforts, where the combination of comfort and the spring from the foam-plate combo makes it a joy to run in. A very expensive trainer you probably wouldn’t want to wear out on easy runs, sure, but still, it’s enjoyable to use for them. You don’t really even feel the plate on these, so it just feels like a comfortable trainer. Still, the RC Elite 2 proved speedy enough for the track, and it also surprised me with how nice it was to plod through recovery runs in. Again, it’s not something that really bothered me, but I know a lot of runners who would hate it and choose to replace the insole. Eventually I gave up moving it back to where it should be, so there was no insole under my toes. I like a soft shoe and this doesn’t really bother me, but if you like to feel the ground beneath your feet while running then this isn’t the shoe for you.Īnother small problem I had was with the insole, which rode up the back of my heel during every run. It’s so soft and squishy it’s sometimes hard even to gauge how fast you’re going. The shoe is also incredibly disconnected from the ground, even for a high-stack carbon shoe. I could feel my foot sliding around a little on the bends, especially at faster paces – not enough to be a genuine worry, but enough to be an annoyance. The first is the somewhat sloppy midfoot fit. However, the track runs I did in the shoe did throw up some problems. Even when running sharp 400m reps, the shoe feels pacy and nimble in a way that doesn’t seem possible when you look at how big it is. I’ve used the RC Elite 2 for two track sessions, running reps of various distances at paces ranging from approximately 65 to 80 seconds per 400m.
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