Dustin Joubert on Supershoes

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon! Have a peek at our page and show us some love.1:30 meet Dustin Joubert3:00 Dustin’s first experience with modern ‘supershoes’5:30 all the published research is on the Nike Vaporfly line6:30 what is a ‘supershoe’?Carbon plates increase rigidityMore / thicker cushioningNew, higher compliance materials8:15 defining the primary metric used to compare shoes: running economy11:45 the Study19:45 the resultsTop-tier tested shoes: Nike Alphafly, Vaporfly, Asics Metaspeed SkyMid-tier shoes:  Saucony Endorfphine Pro, NB RC EliteNo-effect shoes: Hoka Rocket X, Brooks Hyperion Elite 222:00 is it possible to correlate midsole foam material to performance in this study?25:00 which shoe should I buy?28:45 field testing shoes30:30 translating running economy improvements to race performance~1:1 improvement in race times vs improvement in economy at slower speeds (~14kph)~⅔ : 1 improvement in race times vs improvement in economy at faster speedsWith the caveat that economy itself may not increase as much at slower speeds36:00 what’s next in shoe tech?Dustin's Supershoe paper preprint.Follow Dustin's Instagram account on the latest on his formal and case study work.