#190 Buy/Sell: Are Super Trainers WORTH IT? Should Shoes Have NO Outsoles? Super Shoes for 5ks, and Post-Race Beer

#190 Buy/Sell: Are Super Trainers WORTH IT? Should Shoes Have NO Outsoles? Super Shoes for 5ks, and Post-Race Beer

It's time for another round of buy/sell, no maybes, no caveats here. Nathan, Matt, and David debate the utility of plyometric training, the value or supertrainers, running "slow", a post-race beer, and more. Hot takes only here!

Chapters

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 2:50 - Plyometric training will help train for the marathon distance
  • 11:03 - Supertrainers that cost over $200
  • 16:24 - Supertrainers are worth it for new runners
  • 21:06 - Youth racing in Vaporflys
  • 24:50 - Regular super shoes are better at short distance races than specific 5K/10K shoes
  • 30:53 - Trainers without outsoles
  • 34:47 - Run slow to run fast
  • 44:54 - Post-race beer
  • 50:04 - Minimalist footwear is a dying breed
  • 54:48 - Wrap-up

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#271 Inside Mizuno’s High Tech Future: 2026 Shoe Preview

#271 Inside Mizuno’s High Tech Future: 2026 Shoe Preview

With 2026 right around the corner, we've got a series of conversations with running brand to take a deep dive on the shoes they've got coming up next year. Andrea is joined by Mizuno's Shunsuke Aoi, G...

10 Des 202547min

#270 Top Shoe Brand of the Year? Most Innovative Shoe? Biggest Disappointments? | Our 2025 Recap

#270 Top Shoe Brand of the Year? Most Innovative Shoe? Biggest Disappointments? | Our 2025 Recap

As we approach the end of 2025, we take some time to recap the year in running. David, Matt, and Nathan team up to talk about their favorite shoe brands, most innovative shoes, most disappointing shoe...

3 Des 20251h 2min

#269 Mailbag! Is Heel Drop a Lie? Toe Numbness? Our 2025 Shoe Rotation?

#269 Mailbag! Is Heel Drop a Lie? Toe Numbness? Our 2025 Shoe Rotation?

It's time for a mailbag round where we dig through our emails and DMs to answer your questions! Matt & David team up to tackle questions about heel drop, stable-neutral speed shoes, treadmill shoes, h...

26 Nov 202555min

#268 We Rank Our Top 5 Shoes of 2025

#268 We Rank Our Top 5 Shoes of 2025

It's that time of year! We get the whole team, Nathan, Andrea, Matt, and David, together to round up our favorite shoes of the year. This time we're doing things a little differently for the pod: no c...

19 Nov 20251h 27min

#267 Can We Blame Super Shoes for Overuse Injuries?

#267 Can We Blame Super Shoes for Overuse Injuries?

Matt is joined by a familiar face this week as Saucony’s Senior Performance Engineer Cory Hofmann joins for a discussion about super shoes. Matt and Cory debate whether this unique footwear is the cau...

12 Nov 20251h 3min

#266 Do Not Make These Offseason Running Mistakes

#266 Do Not Make These Offseason Running Mistakes

It's critical to take time off after a big training block, but as runners it can be hard to convince ourselves to do it. Nathan and Andrea team up to talk all things offseason and base building to hel...

5 Nov 20251h 9min

#265 The Best/Worst Things Each Running Shoe Company Does

#265 The Best/Worst Things Each Running Shoe Company Does

On this episode we've got a bit of a spinoff of our buy/sell format where Matt & David break down what each running shoe brand does best and worst. They take a broad look at what each company offers a...

29 Okt 20251h 24min

#264 Answering the Most Common Questions about Shin Splits with Dr. Doug Adams

#264 Answering the Most Common Questions about Shin Splits with Dr. Doug Adams

Shin splints (or medial tibial stress syndrome) are the bane of many a runner, proving hard to find a cause for and hard to treat. Nate is joined by Dr. Doug Adams to demystify this frustrating ailmen...

22 Okt 20251h 5min

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