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Brooks Glycerin 22 Review: A Steady and Stable Road Trainer with some Supercritical Foam Spring
Dec 24, 2024
In the video, Sam tests and review the Brooks Glycerin 22. 00:00 Intro and Details, 04:18 Fit, 06:19 Ride, Brooks 10:19 Comparisons and at 15:16 Conclusions. It is Brooks highest drop (10mm) max cushion (38/28) road trainer with a new DNA Tuned dual density supercritical foam midsole and a new more secure upper.
The Glycerin 22 releases February 2025. $165,
Samples were provided at no charge for testing purposes with no additional compensation. The opinions herein are entirely the author's
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hello everybody today we're going to
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talk about the Brooks Glycerin 22 so
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it's their High drop neutral daily
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trainer but I'm going to say that now
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it's also more an inherently stable kind
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of shoe in contrast to what they had
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before it will also be available in the
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um GTS goto support version uh and I see
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it as a significantly more stable and
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kind of practical shoe than the 21
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and then we're also going to take a look
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and compare to some of Brooks's other
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Max cushion trainer the glycerin
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Max here and the ghost Max 2 I'm going
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to take them out for a run here uh on
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the Sea Coast that's I think my third
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run now in them and give you my
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commentary on fit and ride but let's get
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into a few details so in terms of Stack
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height we are at 3820
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8 so a 10 mm drop whereas our other two
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uh Brooks Max uh cushion kind of
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trainers are at a 6mm drop now um that's
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unchanged from uh before but what the
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big change here in addition to the upper
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is the new DNA tuned midsole and you can
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see that yellow tint so what they do is
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they coold Foams with different
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densities so I think the yellow on the
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inside the core has larger bubbles
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and is kind of a bit softer than the
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outer carrier this is a moderately soft
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shoe um it's a plush ride but not a
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super super soft ride um it has now this
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is the regular version there's also
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stealth fit
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versions um and here's just a picture of
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what the uh line the rear look like the
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collars look like then the last
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version really plush uh not that cure
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really uh you know you were held but
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here they've gone with kind of the the
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uh knit upper and there's definitely
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lots of very deep and quite firm
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cushioning at the collars very well held
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and you'll see that in the fit
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comparisons the mesh is fairly fairly
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dense the
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tongue is well padded uh there is no let
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me double check uh there is no it here
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um but you're very very well held you've
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also got those overlays uh there's also
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a slight change or somewhat of a change
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in the outsoles here's a picture of the
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prior
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versions you can see now we we have kind
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of more front outsole coverage so before
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we get into the into the ride
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characteristics uh and the fit and even
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some comparisons there uh while I'm
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running uh this is a really really good
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shoe uh if you want a steady reliable
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partner the DNA tuned foam is quite
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Lively I don't think it's quite as soft
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as the DNA Loft we had before but it has
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more spring to it um it's I think it's
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clearly a super critical foam um so it's
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a it's an excellent choice also for the
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runner who isn't sure about do they need
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stability or not many people I think
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really are overr cribed stability shoes
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here you'll get enough stability that's
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for sure but as a neutral Runner I've
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had no problems running in it but what I
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do notice is a really good kind of rear
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platform of uh support they took a
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little while to break in you can see
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here I'll try to show you the flex
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without tipping everything over not too
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much Flex um but you're relying on that
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10 mm drop to get get forward whereas in
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our other two the um
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what in the glycerin Max you've got a
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very pronounced rocker we'll talk a bit
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about that so I'm going to take them out
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um they're
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$165 they'll be available February 1st
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2025 and uh stay
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tuned so it took a few runs to break in
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and the the rigidity of the rear of the
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shoe and the and also the flex
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but okay let's let's talk about the fit
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of our glycerin
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22 first the contrast with the 21 is
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striking I had a real hard time and I
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even had the GTS version with the with
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the raised sidewalls with the softness
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and kind of the loose baggy fit I was a
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half size up but usually that doesn't
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matter here we have a much more lock
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down feel we have a rear collar that's
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not over plush um toe box plenty of room
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true to size no question about it no
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looseness they'll be available in wide
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but a lot of folks who are between
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probably get away with it but the mesh
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now you can see is is nicely dense it's
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well air rated but this is a rugged mesh
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should be really durable lace Up's easy
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there's no gusset tongue just really
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well held here um you know a bit maybe a
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bit more than I'd like I also notice and
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we'll talk about the ride a bit more
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that uh it is now without any GTS or
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go-to support the guide rails it is
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clearly an inherently stable shoe so
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those with mile pronation problems or
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even moderate will get be able to run in
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this shoe I see very few that would
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actually need but you I could be wrong
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the actual GTS version cuz this has a
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lot of stability and support you can see
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the yellowish tinge the tuned DNA tuned
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I think the center portion with
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different size bubbles is a little
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softer the outer is a carrier that
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really helps with the stability so it's
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not a it's a neutral shoe they call it
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but I'd call it an inherent stability a
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light inherent light on the stability
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but definitely
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plenty headed for the coast here so what
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about the ride here
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well the DNA tuned is nice and springy
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quite dense but springy what I really
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notice here is the rear of the shoe is
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like an extended stable platform we do
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have a 10 mm drop but it almost feels
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like the drop part starts further
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forward so you get a nice toe off after
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a really nice stable
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Landing so the shock absorption is
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really good here
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very little vibration transmitted 38 mm
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heel 284t so we got a lot of
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cushion it's a kind of springy foam but
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not overly so it's pretty dense in feel
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but certainly more pleasant than pure
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old L V3 so
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far in terms of being kind of more
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consistent
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hi so coming through the golf course
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can't come here in the summer so this is
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the time of year I get get out here on
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this crushed granite kind of gravel firm
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a little soft from the recent snow last
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night but our
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glycerin is steady very steady very
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stable
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steady the foam's kind of exciting it
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has some nice rebound to it but this
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isn't a shoe for fast or for your Up
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Tempo they've got the Hyperion 2 and
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Hyperion Max too I kind of like the
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ghost Max to uh kind of a
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similar geometry shoe but with all off
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E3 and the uh glycerin Max seems
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livelier they roll off the
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front rapid roll I think they call it
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little snappier but this is a good
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reliable daily trainer for the beginning
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Runner who's not too sure they really
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need a stability shoe most probably
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don't and you get plenty of support and
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stability here you won't get in
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trouble you won't go too fast so it's
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really a uh a good basic now it's 165
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all around
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somewhat Deluxe let's say daily trainer
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with stable manners and a bit of
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excitement so if you're looking for a
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modern foam trainer with a touch of
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excitement plenty of basic stability
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won't get you in trouble for example if
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you think the most recent
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Nimbus uh shoes from A6 with their very
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broad rear platforms are a bit watch I
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did this is a more kind of classic
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geometry shoe with a 10 mm drop that
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kind of in some ways retro but some ways
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modern the foam is great the platform is
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stable you're not going to run fast in
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these but you will get reliable miles or
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kilometers in and if you're a beginner
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Runner it's an excellent excellent first
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choice and if you're a heavier Runner I
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think it'll be good too if you're more
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experienced and you just want a shoe
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That Gets You Through daily or recovery
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miles no problemo good
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choice I kind of like a shoe with bit of
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stability for those kind of runs okay
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let's take a look at some of the Brooks
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comparisons here first let's uh look at
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the ghost Max which uh has DNA a loft V3
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foam which is what the glycerin had
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before um it it sits on a slightly uh on
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a slightly higher platform
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3933 so what you get in the um the ghost
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Max is more 4 foot cushioning uh than we
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have here and a teeny bit more uh um
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rear foot cushioning um it's a very
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similar shoe although it's a 6 mm drop
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it runs quite similarly
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I almost gez as a kind of shoe both of
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them are shoes that I wouldn't consider
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fast day shoes reliable shoes I almost
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prefer the ghost Max the the DNA laof
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foam is a little livelier and I maybe uh
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not quite as kind of springy but kind of
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more cushioned in feel and I think
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that's especially because you got more
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4ot uh cushion now in terms of its
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Flex you can see it's quite rigid really
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and and is more rigid than
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our glycerin 22 so I get a little
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quicker toe off in the in the glycerin
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22 with its higher drop but this is sort
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of your more kind of slow slow and easy
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shoe par ex Elance in the Brooks line
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fit is very similar uh a little bit
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maybe a little bit less aggressive in
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the ghost Max 2 a little softer mesh um
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a little more plush in the the collars
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but uh really quite similar shoes now
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the the the the other big new shoe here
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from Brooks in 2024 25 is the glycerin
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Max now this one here uh yes it it does
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come in um at 10.6 o versus 10.2 for our
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glycerin 22 but as you can see it has a
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much higher stack so we're sitting here
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at a big 39 at the front 45 at the rear
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so a big a big big stack quite a bit
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higher than our our um
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3828 in the the gicerin and to make this
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thing move along and oh I I certainly
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would mention it has the same
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DNA tuned midsole with the softer Center
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co- molded with a bit firmer outer layer
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but to make this thing move along you
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can clearly see here the pronounce
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rocker big rocker there in the front
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that's that for me makes it a shoe that
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you need to go a little bit faster uh
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it's a little bit less kind of easygoing
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in terms of pace then our 10 mm drop
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more flexible um glycerin 22 uh it's
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upper uh quite similar you know in in
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mesh a little bit softer kind of mesh uh
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you see we have a a very different heel
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construction with a uh more conventional
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but High Achilles collar whereas here we
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have the knit and the uh padding on the
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inside you can see the difference um
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this is a a long run shoe kind of par EX
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salance for
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moderately moderate Paces maybe a little
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on the quick side a little harder to
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turn over at slow Paces it is
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$200
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versus
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65 and 150 so Brooks has also given us
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price choices in there uh more Max or
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super max cushion shoes if I had to pick
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one uh I think I still might uh uh uh
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lean more towards the ghost Max 2 for
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its value and kind of more mellow ride
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um in a bigger shoe I'd like a little
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more I'd like a plate probably I prefer
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a plate as we have in the more uptempo
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Hyperion Max 2 or the Skyward X and the
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Skyward X weighs about half an ounce
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more but they're they're all really
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really excellent so the more uptempo
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kind of big big Max
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cushion the one in the Middle with a
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higher drop uh a good daily trainer not
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a fast shoe for sure and the most mellow
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of the bunch for those easy runs uh the
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ghost m Max uh too now I I certainly
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enjoy this one for Recovery easier runs
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um it's really a fine choice for the
15:08
beginner for the heavier Runner and For
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Those runs where you just don't want an
15:14
agenda okay quick final conclusion after
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my test runs so the glycerin 22
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definitely definitely a more stable more
15:23
secure kind of more serious shoe than
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the 21 was for me in the regular up a
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really which really had a a very sloppy
15:31
fit that really got in the way of its
15:33
ride it has the new DNA tuned midsole
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which is springy uh kind of dense but
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springy lots of cushion here lots of
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vibration absorbing characteristics as a
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as
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a um 38 28 stack shoe it's a high drop
15:51
shoe and if you just want to kind of
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roll forward easily higher drops are
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generally better at least for me
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um in until you get into plated
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shoes um so for the beginner Runner the
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heavier runner for the runner who just
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kind of wants to um take it easy on
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their easier runs without thinking too
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much about it it's a great choice the
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upper is very secure greatly improved um
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at 165 for a durable which should be a
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really durable shoe with dual super
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critical foam superb quality it's also a
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a good value that won't get you in
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trouble on the run and it'll give you a
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few smiles thank you very much for
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watching we're also going to have a full
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multitester written review over on road
16:39
trail run real soon have a great run
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