Any conversation about super shoes often starts with Nike. The brand changed running forever in 2017 with the Vaporfly 4%, a shoe that studies showed improved running economy by around four percent.

In 2013, Nike launched a special 40-yard-dash cleat for combine athletes with stud placement engineered for speed, but the Flyknit Vapor Ultimate plate takes that research further, designing a ...

Nike has launched a new performance trail running shoe, the Ultrafly Trail, which is its first with both a carbon plate and VIbram sole for extra speed and grip. The Ultrafly Trail is a premium ...

Now Nike is giving the Vaporfly a revamp. This comes in the form of the ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 3—we’ll call it the Vaporfly 3, for ease. The pricey $250 (£235) shoes have a new, more sculpted ...

However, Nike advises against dropping the 10- and 15-pound plates alone — they should be paired with heavier plates like the 25-, 35- or 45-pound options for safe use.