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One-on-one with Brenden McAleese, ACG Product Director as he discusses Ultrafly 2, now named ACG Ultrafly, and Zegama 3, now ACG Zegama
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road trail run here at TR 2025 at the
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Nike uh media breakfast with Brendan
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Maise uh from their ACG division and
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he's got some shoes to show us.
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Yeah. Hey, I'm Brendan Mise. I'm the
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product director for ACG uh and yeah,
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excited to talk to you about the
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Ultrafly uh and the Zagama. So, the ACG
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Ultrafly uh is actually our most tested
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uh trail or ACG shoe uh in Nike's
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history. So, over 14 rounds of long-term
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wear testing. gotten is an 8week minimum
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test uh with various mileage logged and
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those total cats accumulated in over
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30,000 miles uh run. So our most trusted
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chew uh and through race environments.
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So for those of you with a really keen
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eye, you might have seen some of our
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professional athletes like Akila Bolson
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wore a prototype of this uh when he won
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Trans Grand Canary Classic as well as
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Western States this year. Uh and so this
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has been put through the paces through a
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race environment as well which is really
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crucial for us. Uh so we'll go through
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some of the technical details and what
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make it really special. Uh really this
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was born out of the ask or challenge
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really from our athletes of could we
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make a super shoe for the trails. Uh we
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did that with the Ultrafly 1 on the
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trail side. Uh and this was taking it
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again into that ACG space kind of
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unleashing uh some of that making it a
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little bit more wild. So we're
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maintaining V-bra Mega Grip uh with uh
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white base. So again reducing some of
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that weight uh but having that security
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of traction uh and trust there that
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V-Bram offers. Moving into the midsole,
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uh you have a dual density Zoom X. Uh
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and this is a newer version of ZoomX
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that's lighter uh and more durable. Uh
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and then you pair that with a fulllength
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carbon fiber split plate uh to deliver
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that amazing propulsiveness uh under
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foot. So you can really kind of actually
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see here where the orange is highlighted
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is almost like showing you where that
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plate is uh within the shoe. So by
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splitting it offering that more
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torsional uh flexibility uh so that you
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can really work uh with the train as
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opposed to the terrain kind of working
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you. Then moving into the upper you have
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a lightweight uh durable breathable and
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drainable uh textile that has this
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dynamic print on it that offers some
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stability containment as well as again
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just a unique uh aesthetic particularly
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with how it blends in with that textile
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forefoot wrap uh kind of linking the
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upper and the midsole. Uh and then you
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have some traditional kind of comfort
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cues as well within the collar and
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tongue. So wanting to really focus on
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making this the right weight uh so that
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again it can handle those 100 mile races
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uh like the western states uh and really
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provide that overall comfort to take you
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the distance. So that's the ACG Ultra
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Fly
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and that's a very light shoe right
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it is a light shoe for us. Yeah. So for
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a men's uh US men's 10 is 278 g
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and can we see the Zagama too?
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Yeah, of course. Let's take a walk over
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here.
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So, the Ultrafly will come out in spring
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26 and Ziggama will quickly follow in uh
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summer 2026. Uh and so this is the Hugg
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Zagama. Uh this is our most max
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cushioned and kind of comfortable shoe,
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really built to handle any terrain uh or
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distance. We call this our all day and
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all night shoe again because it's really
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meant to take you over the course of
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those long uh endurance races as well as
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just as a great training vehicle. Uh
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that max cushioning again really
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providing the legs some added cushioning
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and support uh over the course of those
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long training blocks. So we'll start
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with some of the tech specs that make
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this one uh really come to life. Uh
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utilizing V-bum Mega Grip uh with a 4
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1/2 mil lug height. So again, really
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able to handle uh those technical
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terrains uh and provide that overall
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confidence and stability uh out there.
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Then moving into the midsole. So you
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have a dual density midsole here. We
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have a ZoomX. Again, one of our
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lightest, most responsive phones that's
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really tuned for the trails. Uh and then
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you pair that with a Kushon foam that
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adds some added uh stability as well as
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durability to make sure that again this
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can really handle those technical
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terrains. Moving into the upper, uh you
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have a lightweight and breathable
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engineered mesh. So those zonalized
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structure and support as well as
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breathability in those key zones. Uh and
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then maintaining uh the gator. This
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material has evolved uh from kind of its
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predecessor if you will or inspiration
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point of the Zagama Trail 2 uh to be
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much more breathable as well as it has
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uh better uh responsive properties. So
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as uh kind of maintains its shape uh for
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longer, which is something that we're
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really excited about. Uh and then
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maintaining those comfort cues to again
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really take you the distance. So the
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stack is uh 3834.
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Uh so maintaining that 4 mil drop. Uh
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and then
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and is that the same stack height as
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previous?
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So it's actually increased a bit from
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the previous versions by about 2 mm
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overall. Uh so again getting that much
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more foam under foot to provide that
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protection uh over the course of those
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long runs. But I will show you kind of a
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a tooling part that really shows just
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how low you're sitting within the
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tooling itself. And this also shows that
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dual density system of how much ZoomX
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you're getting underfoot with that
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cushon really acting as that stabilizer
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and durability component. But you can
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really see that almost like bucketed
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construction where you're sitting pretty
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low into that foam. So while the stack
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uh has increased, you're really again
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still maintaining that real stability
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and support. Uh as well as coupled with
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again those slightly wider nets. Uh this
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is again incredibly stable across uh
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really rugged terrain. So uh for a US
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men's 10, it's coming in at 336 g.
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326.
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36.
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36.
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Yes.
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All right. Thank you so much, Brendon.
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That's been awesome.
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Pleasure. Appreciate it.