METASPEED EDGE (1011B427-600)

Much more stable than the EVO SL in my experience.

I started with a Cumulus 27 for about 6 months and have added the NB 5 to my rotation early this year. If you are just starting to run (2-3 times per week), I would start with the Cumulus or NB5s. Try both out in a store. The NB5 is, too me, much more responsive. I find I can run father, faster, and easier on the NB5s. But, I still use my Cumulus for short easy runs. I added a pair of Evo SLs for my speed runs and, possibly as a race shoe. But, I am not 100% sold on them yet. I may go back to my NB5s for my upcoming HM.

Evo sl is what I rotate between my Neo zens with definitely perfect for that.

I have NB5 (easy/about to be retired), EVO SL (tempo), Vomero Plus (easy), Alphafly 3 (racing) and the Superblast 2 (long runs). I would recommend the SB2 all day long for your long runs. Definitely worth the investment and they will last ages.

I definitely think there's a lot of overthinking but I guess the question is does it sound, based on some of the info i'm giving, like i could benefit from switching my shoes up or do i keep the old shoes. Seems like the online running world does not recommend wearing carbon plated shoes for an A race with so many miles on them. I don't think I've ever run with a dead shoe before so I don't know what signs I'm supposed to look for. But also, I've run in the original Metaspeed Edges and don't think I could tell you what the different plate placement (in the Sky) in the shoe did for me. Just that the Sky Paris is firmer than the OG Edge. The availability of choice and opinion is overwhelming!! On the toe box, i felt like the metaspeed edge paris were really tight in the toe when i first got them, which is also why I decided against racing in them at boston last year in the end. And I bruised my toe running in them a few months ago but then didn't encounter any issues this past weekend racing the HM. Maybe the conclusion is that none of this matters and i should run barefoot.

agree that it's super confusing. I think the idea was principally based on plate placement in the shoe : the sky is better for striders (longer stride as you speed up) because it has a flat plate, which is also better for frontfoot strikers ; the edge is better for cadence (more strides as you speed up) because it has a curved plate which increases turnover and better rewards heel strikers who roll off the whole foot. I definitely don't think that my sky parises encourage rolling off the whole foot but my intuition was just that it was due to a firmer sole.