Deviate NITRO™ 4

Puma magnify nitro and deviate. Daily/long in the magnify Speed/race in the deviate

Wow completely agree with your description of the ride. First use today on a 12km tempo run today (4min/km) and don’t really know what to think. The shoe gives very little assistance ( especially vs DN3) so was a harder workout than i anticipated and I wasn’t thinking “wow this shoe is amazing” I just wasn’t thinking about it at all. Doing a 20km long run at the weekend half @race pace interested to see how these will go. I’m a bit stumped on my opinion either it’s great or I could have saved my money for something more defined. Pretty much sits in the middle of the DN3 and VN4. Actually I feel VN4 can do pace easier than this but VN4 gets tricky for long runs cos of its narrow base I find.

This is more of a tempo shoe. In terms of daily trainers there's 4 ways you can kind of go. You can get a versatile, lower stack pegasus type daily trainer (the best ones are probably the velocity nitro 4 and li ning red hare 9 pro), you could get a max cushion longer run shoe (like a magmax 2, superblast 3 or Vomero plus for something a bit more versatile), you can get a carbon tempo shoe (like the ZF6 but the deviate nitro 4 is probably a better shoe) or you can get a supertrainer (like the Megablast or Xiaonian) for something with a greater range. I'm biased because it's my daily but I love the Xiaonian due to it's versatility. Even if I'm doing intervals or tempo stuff I usually put these on over my carbon plated shoes it's that good. Also a good easy shoe

shoes you shall try 1- asics magic speed 4 (5 is expensive rn) 2-ASICS novablast 3- new balance 1080s 4- if you can increase your budget by 2k go for puma deviate nitro 4 they’re the best in this range i think they can be bought for 15 some offer is always going on

Asking advice for running shoes for HM Im a heavier runner at 200 lbs with a forefoot/midfoot strike with HM in about 6 weeks and deciding between shoes. The last HM I ran was terrible since I got terrible calf cramping so trying to be mindful of a shoe that protects my calves. Also get some occasional metatarsalgia issues. Told all this to the salesperson at Snails pace and he had me try puma deviate nitro 4 or mega blasts. I chose the DN4 cuz the upper and shoe felt super comfortable and did a 7.5 mile long run in them yesterday with about 4 miles at race pace. Felt good during it without pain or cramping. The plate at slow pace felt weird but faster felt like I had something to push off of easier. Today right calf feels a bit sore/tight Seeing if it’s overreacting to exchange for the Megablast for calf protection? Anyone with experience with both these shoes