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Brooks Goes Max in 2024! Glycerin Max, Ghost Max 2, Hyperion Max 2 Comparison Review
Nov 4, 2024
In the video, I compare 00:00 Brooks 3 new max cushion trainer, 08:25 compare to others in the category and 10:33 reach some conclusions. All are distinctly different in focus and best uses.
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today we're going to take a look at
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Brooks's 2024 Max cushion trainers and
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there are three of them the glycerin Max
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the Brand's highest stack trainer to
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date with a dual foam uh midsole the
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ghost Max which unlike prior ghost is a
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6 mm drop shoe with Loft V3 foam and
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then finally we're also going to look at
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the Hyperion Max 2 which gets a higher
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stack and new Flash 2 foam it is the
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only one of the three with a plate a
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plastic plate hello everybody Sam from
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Road trail run today we're going to take
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a look at GL at Brooks's Max cushion
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shoes all new shoes really uh for this
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year and Brooks is really making a
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statement that they're moving up in
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stack height uh so um we're going to
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take a look at the um glycerin Max which
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is an allnew shoe it is the highest
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stacked here uh and the highest priced
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it has all super critical foam in a coal
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molded
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Arrangement and it is uh
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$200 then we're also going to take a
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look at the ghost Max little bit lower
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stack um it has Loft V3 foam also a
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super critical foam it is uh a a if you
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will a uh takeoff on the ghost but it
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has a 6 mm drop not the usual 12
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and then finally we're going to take a
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look at the more
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uptempo uh Hyperion Max the lightest and
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the lowest stack of the shoes um it is a
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uh an uptempo kind of trainer uh and its
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price is uh
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$180 so um Brooks is really
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differentiating their Max cushion shoes
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here uh this year we'll start with the
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newest one we already have a uh review
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uh here on the channel at Road trail run
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but let's start with the um the glycerin
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Max so the glycerin Max is the big one
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here uh it has a uh a very big uh stack
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height of 45 mm at the heel and a 39 mm
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at the 4T 6 mm drop it has a relatively
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wide but not crazy wide 90 mimer heel
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notably it has a a wide uh midfoot at 90
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mm it's definitely the widest of of the
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shoes and 115 at the front so uh it has
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a very pronounce rocker and on my runs
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I've noticed this rocker which really
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when you get this much stack height
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helps move the shoe along it is a
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relatively soft shoe you can feel here
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as I'm pressing or I can feel uh and you
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can see through the yellow the yellow is
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another foam uh to me it feels like a
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tpe kind of foam uh very soft and bouncy
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they're co- molded so there's no glue
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seam so a very kind of smooth uh smooth
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ride this is a relatively soft shoe I
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found that um it favors somewhat faster
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Paces than the more uh kind of uh heel
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strike focused ghost Max 2 which uh gets
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a big big increase in stack height over
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its
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predecessor um to 39 at the heel 33 at
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the 4ot so a bit less than our um than
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our um our uh glycerin Max very similar
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fit here on both of these very very
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plush big collars you can see
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here big collars all well padded uh um
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so that these are your kind of luxury uh
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luxury Cruisers although this uh the
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ghost Max is 150 to our
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$200 um um uh glycerin Max now in terms
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of weight uh the ghost Max is 10.8 Oz uh
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three uh 10.55 Oz 299 G in the US 8.5
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sample whereas our our m Max is uh uh
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10.7 oz in a US 8.5 303 G so what that
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means is that uh this lighter super
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critical foam allows Brooks to uh kind
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of Stack it up even higher so the
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weights are pretty equivalent but also
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we see that the uh ghost Max has let me
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try to show you a a more extensive
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outsole coverage and for me what that
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led to is that I think the uh ghost Max
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is is a bit more heel strike friendly a
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bit more slower Paces friendly than um
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the the um the glycerin Max here uh
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which is a little bit faster paced its
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rocker is really really fun it really
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works well with so much stack whereas
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here your more kind of slower Paces uh
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easier uh easier PAC is friendly now the
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their two Foams or the foam package here
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uh lead to some differences uh the the
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glycerin Max is uh somewhat softer um
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all of a piece uh I found that um at
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slower Paces it was a bit too soft at
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the heel that may also have something to
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do with the outsole coverage um the the
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ghost Max for $50 less is really a fine
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alternative if you want a uh a recovery
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type shoe or slower Paces or if you're
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heavier um it it's a bit a bit more
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friendly to those slower Paces than the
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glycerin Max which I would call maybe a
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uh easier day shoes a long run shoe um
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if you want Max Max cushion now we
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haven't talked about the Hyperion Max
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yet but the Hyperion Max is uh Brooks's
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more uh uptempo kind of uh uh shoe it
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gains quite a bit of Stack height 4 mm
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of Stack height um in the heel and six
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in the 4ot so it becomes a 6 mm drop
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shoe it is by far the lightest of the
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Brooks um max cushion uh kind of
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trainers coming in at 9.03 o 256 G in my
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us
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8.5 whereas our other two were well
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above 10 oz almost 11 oz so this is your
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light uptempo shoe in the kind of more
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max cushion it is a very very stable uh
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shoe in terms of uh in terms of uh for a
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kind of high stack shoe you can see the
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rising sidewalls here on both
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sides and it is the only one that has a
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plate it has the speed Vault plate a
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plastic plate which gives it a
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Snappy uh Flex uh this is a shoe that is
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much more friendly to faster Paces than
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slower ones it's flash uh V2 foam gives
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10% more kind of response according to
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Brooks it's a somewhat firmer foam again
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this is a shoe that favors your longer
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uh faster paced runs it's a better shoe
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uh if you're a uh a faster kind of
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Runner who uh needs a shoe for those
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faster days than the than the other two
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terms of its upper it's a more dialed in
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performance oriented mesh you see we
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have a a uh stretch knit tongue whereas
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in the others we have relatively uh
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plush padded tongues it's still a very
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very comfortable shoe uh but um this one
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is really more focused on performance so
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in terms of kind of some comparisons of
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these various uh shoes well the A6 magic
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speed four comes to mind it is yet
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another uh almost an ounce lighter um
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than the Hyperion uh Max with a higher
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stack it's 435 35 um at the 4ot um and
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it has a a carbon plate the uh Magic
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speed with its combination of uh turbo
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foam and um flight foam uh BL blast plus
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is lighter um now um if we want to
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compare compare some others here uh to
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our um
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Hyperion uh to our glycerin Max I get
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them confused uh the ones that come to
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mind right away are the Skyward X from
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Hoka with its carbon plate um yet higher
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stack that one has 48 uh
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43 and in a big surprise maybe to people
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the slab uh Ultra Glide from Solomon 250
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that shoe has a 41 mm heel 35 mm 4T it
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has a yet broader platform and it weighs
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uh only 10.05 o 285 G in the equivalent
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to my us um 8.5 it's actually a USA uh
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EU I think 41 and A3 that one was a big
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big surprise because with its outsole it
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and also of course it's designed sort of
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as a trail Ultra Shoe um it has a super
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critical uh foam
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core and then uh energy foam Solomon's
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it's a really really fine Road shoe as
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the ghost Max uh well the closest
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comparison I think is probably the
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Nimbus from
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as6 uh so that one weighs almost the
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same the Nimbus but I find the width of
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its platform really gets in the way of
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kind of moving along uh compared to the
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ghost or for that matter the uh the the
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glycerin Max so just to summarize uh the
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the um the glycerin Max Brooks's first
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really super max cushion with a really
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delightful softer kind of energetic uh
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dual foam midsole a very comfortable
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upper
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$200 uh that one's available now the
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ghost Max to a more mellow uh riding
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shoe better suited to heels striking due
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to its I think to its Rubber and its
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somewhat denser uh Loft V3 foam again a
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very comfortable upper uh quite
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comparable even though it's $50 less to
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the uh upper of our um our glycin Max
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and finally Brooks's
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uptempo faster kind of uh Mini Max uh
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cushion sh the um our uh our Hyperion
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Max 2 which gets more saite than before
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that one's
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$180 $150 for the ghost Max and finally
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200 for the deluxe um uh uh glycerin Max
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the new shoe thank you very much for
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watching we have written reviews of all
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the all the shoes linked here uh and
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also uh video reviews on the channel
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have a great run