Metaspeed Ray

Don't wear the Metaspeed Ray for fulls, I made that mistake at Arizona and rolled my ankle. I've worn the Metaspeed line for all my Ironmans and 70.3 the past 2 years. Paris this past season and will wear the Tokyos this season.

Metaspeed Ray. They're so comfy and are the fastest super shoes I've used by a noticeable margin. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone without a very strong running background and neutral footstrike though. I did one 10 mile run with some race pace efforts to feel the shoe out. In my experience most carbon shoes perform great right out of the box so I'm not worried about breaking them in prior to a race. But I do like to do a test run if I plan on racing in a new model.

Training for a marathon you’ll need more than 1 pair of shoes imho. 1 for easy days, 1 for seshs or longys (eg superblast are amazing) and for your pace probly some carbon platers (eg vaporfly or asics metaspeed). But try a bunch on to see what works for you. Some will say you can get away with one pair but I like to alternate

I grabbed the SB3s for my most of the time stuff. I have my EVO SLs for a change of pace. And I still really like the Metaspeeds for faster stuff. I was hoping the Megablast was gonna be a “lighter” SB2. But I think the SB3 is that, while the MB is more an extension of the SB2. Unfortunately the things I didn’t like as much (with a much smaller toe box).

I'm the same size as you, but old, slow, and more money than sense,so I've tried a few different race shoes even though many on this sub will say that I don't "need" race shoes. For me, two attributes that are critical for them to work are that they have relatively soft foam and on the flexible side. I caught the AP4 at my local outlet store at a great price ($125!) and they are head and shoulders above any other I've tried. They are light, comfortable, definitely makes me faster, and legs feet feel great after. Two others I've used that worked well, but not as fast are the NB SC Elite v3 and the Atreyu Race Model. (You can get the Atreyus on their web site for $100 at the moment)

Well no carbon plated (or rods) racing shoe is flexible, but compared to many other racing shoes the AP4 are more flexible. They are not "extremely rigid", even for my 125lbs running 8:00-8:30 mile. Some examples of extremely rigid for me would be the Asics Metaspeeds and the Hoka Rocket X2

Sooo difficult choosing one they all have their place Got to go with Asics, from the Novablasts to the Metaspeeds they cover most off one of the best

I have almost 400 miles on mine and I’m in love. No upper issues and I find myself grabbing them for everything except races. I’ve already bought a second pair to replace these. I also wasn’t impressed by SB2, and I’m not an ASICS fanboy in general. The Metaspeed line doesn’t work for me