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Saucony Triumph 23 Review: Big Weight Drop Energizes the Bouncy Soft Ride!
May 14, 2025
In the video, we test and review the Saucony Triumph 23. 00:00 Details, 06:00 Ride, Fit and Comparisons on the Run. 13:58 Conclusions.
The Triumph 23 drops 1.32 oz / 38g in the US8.5 sample to 9.3 oz /263g which livens the ride considerably of its supercritical PWRRUN Pb EVA/PEBA blend midsole more squarely putting into a daily training class shoe with friendly cruising characteristics
$160 Available June 2025
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the Triumph 23 releasing in June $160 is
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Sakin's higher drop kind of more
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traditional trainer it has a 3727 stack
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height so 10 mm drop its midsole is an
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expanded bead superc critical EVA pea
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blend so this is a soft and kind of
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bouncy shoe the big changes here are the
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drop in weight a big 1.32 oz 38 g in my
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US 8.5 so that puts it really right in
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daily trainer class i took them out here
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for a couple runs on the New Hampshire
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sea coast and I'm going to share my
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impressions from the run ride fit and
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some comparisons stay tuned please hello
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everybody Sam from Road Trail Run today
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we're going to take a look at the Sakin
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Triumph 23 it's Sakin's more kind of
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plush bouncy daily trainer uh it sees uh
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no kind of obvious changes uh from the
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22 but most significantly it drops 1.32
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oz or uh 38 g in my US 8.5 so that's 9.3
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o 260 gram so that really puts it in the
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daily trainer class how did Sakin do it
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i'm not really sure trying to find out
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um but I think in part the outsole
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design is a big factor here um because
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they went to a more platelike
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arrangement and also you can see in the
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midfoot compared to the prior and here's
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the
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prior there is less rubber there don't
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worry about wear maybe a touch less
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stable but I think that contributes to
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the big weight loss and also to uh quite
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a bit of flexibility for a shoe that has
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37 mm at the heel 27
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mm at the forefoot now you're going to
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say "Oh 10 mm drop i I really prefer
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something less." Well when you have a
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soft foam and this foam is a blend of
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EVA and PEA uh if you have a a low drop
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your heel is going to feel even lower
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than that I think and combined with the
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rear rubber coverage I find the shoe has
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a really nice flow forward i'm going to
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be taking them out on the roads out to
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Newcastle and give you uh impressions
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from the run and some comparisons but
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this is a fun bouncy shoe that's now at
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a very competitive weight at 9.3 oz 2
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263 gram it's really in the hunt as a
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daily trainer whereas before at 10.5 and
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above it was sort of a plotter and
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that's really felt on the run now in
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terms of the platform and we'll get to
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the upper in a sec the platform remains
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pretty much the same as before we've got
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a a a really quite broad 95 mil
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millimeter heel a relatively narrow 75
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millimeter uh midfoot and a big broad
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120 mm up front so that contributes that
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narrower midfoot to the kind of feeling
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of agility the the 22 had something very
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similar the upper well when I first saw
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this shoe and I see a lot of shoes I
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said this shoe was made in Indonesia
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then I looked at the label and yes it is
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um and primarily because of the upper i
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often see these kinds of uppers on shoes
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from Indonesia they're really good
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uppers they fit well a lot of the Adidas
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Supernova made in in um Indonesia but
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they're not particularly fancy uh this
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one fits really well it fits true to
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size you see we have a nice toe bumper
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uh that to kind of hold you because this
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mesh is quite stretchy but this isn't
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one of those um stretchier kind of mesh
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uppers that doesn't hold your foot well
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so it's a good balance another big
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change in terms of a big change in terms
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of the upper is now the more elflike
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heel achilles hold and I like how they
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put sort of the top as a separate unit
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with more flexibility
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whereas and then they've got a good
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solid heel counter 22's
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collar we had a very kind of plush soft
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lower um uh heel kind of uh Achilles
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construction it was fine it held well it
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was more friendly than the 21s but I
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think this one's a bit a bit better you
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can see the the padding is not
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ridiculously soft this is with this kind
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of upper we're really well held we also
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have a gusset tongue a moderately puffy
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tongue not super puffy but gets thinner
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towards here lace up has been good all
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around i'm a I have a narrower to medium
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foot i think this one will fit uh not
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only the kind of narrower foot but
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somewhat broad i think they'll also be
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available in wide so at
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$160 it's Sakin's kind of plusher daily
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trainer and now with its lighter weight
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um it's a real contender um not just a
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recovery shoe if you like a soft and
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bouncy ride you'll you'll hear more
5:28
commentary from the run i think it could
5:31
use a touch more response off the front
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it's not bad um but you know you've got
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a lot of soft uh foam here uh that the
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the pea EVA blend that hasn't changed
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from before but I think it's a snappier
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shoe so I'm taking them out for the run
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in beautiful Newcastle stay tuned for
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more commentary and some
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comparisons okay headed over the bridge
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into Newcastle
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got some lobster boats a naval shipyard
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the former US naval prison over there
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now let's talk about some impressions of
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the ride here of our Ty
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23 first thing you notice is that it's
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soft bouncy but also springy and I think
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the springy comes from the pebba
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component we've lost an ounce 1.3 O 38
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grams in my US
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8.5 that may come some from the outsole
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but it may come from a lighter foam
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compared to the prior one the turnover
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is a lot quicker here even though the
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stack height doesn't change
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3727 but with less rubber at the midfoot
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we also get more flexibility
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so a brief comment about soft and
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drop this is a 10 mm drop shoe and
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before you turn
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out when you get a soft
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foam you need drop I think and
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flexibility
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otherwise with a soft foam you're going
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to sink in at the heel it's going to
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feel mushy back weighted here not so we
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we roll very nicely forward now mind you
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this isn't a speed type shoe you got the
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Dorfin Speed Five we're going to be
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reviewing soon the Tempest for from
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Sakin
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but even though it's a little bit higher
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drop and stack than the Ride 18 with its
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regular power run plus foam here we have
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the PB the Super Critical
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PB i like I I'm preferring this one to
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the ride so let's talk about the fit and
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the upper no question true to size fit i
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believe they'll be wides as well you can
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see where my toe is right here nice
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thumb the mesh is quite thick quite
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dense it's not particularly warm right
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now but uh warm enough and I think this
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is going to be a fairly warm shoe lace
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up is really good as it often is with
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sock and I just lace them up and go you
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can see the tongue is quite thick and
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puffy but not ridiculously so gets
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thinner down in here has aation holes
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that are well needed we do have that
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gusset and we have the elf at the rear
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we've got a very very solid heel counter
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so even though this is a neutral shoe if
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you thought the guide gave you a bit too
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much guidance um this is an option
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understanding that there's less midfoot
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rubber so this is more flexible now than
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before um the upper I don't know at 160
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the balance of super critical foam and
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upper sometimes there are a few
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compromises i think it could be thinner
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certainly not very elaborate i don't
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really care about that more about the
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fit but thinner maybe a touch more
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breathable but it's certainly certainly
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a fine
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upper sorry about the garbage
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[Music]
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truck flowers are getting
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out this is the oldest house in New
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Hampshire
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here 1647 they're working on it so the
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sign is down
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coming to the mouth of the harbor here
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going to give you some more impressions
9:43
the small building on the left you can
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see is the Wood Island Life Savings
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Station recently restored and that's
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Portsmith Harbor
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Light so a few comparisons from the
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beach so first up the ride from Sakin
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slightly lower drop power run uh beaded
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foam which is not a um super critical as
10:06
this is uh I I'm preferring this one no
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question there's not much of a weight
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difference this is a livelier bouncier
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ride uh a lot of shoes are going higher
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stack than this 3727 here so something
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like the Vomero 18 a little more stable
10:25
a little more reactive not as much fun a
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bit faster maybe daily trainer with bit
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more
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cushion uh over in New Balance not
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really a fan of fresh foam kind of not
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as lively as what we have here uh so
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things like the 1080 although the
10:48
Ballows is pretty close then over at A6
10:54
uh we've got Cumulus 27 I think is a
10:57
very close
10:59
comparison more so than the Nimbus which
11:02
is super high as well as the lighter and
11:06
yet higher uh Super Blast 2 which is not
11:10
a flexible shoe neither really is the
11:12
Nimbus it depends if you want some kind
11:15
of old school traditional flex in your
11:19
trainer this one delivers it's kind of
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one of the few that that's still does
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that and I kind of like it well I'm
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going to keep going there's something
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out there a
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mast maybe it's a ship that's
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anchored and here we
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are portsmith Harbor Lighthouse in the
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fort giant ships come in through here
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and I saw this morning that four
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tugboats are ready to take
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them and soon it'll be beach real beach
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weather but this is great running so the
11:54
combination of the
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energetic bouncy plus springy foam the
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outsole design with the
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flexibility the
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upper delivers a really practical soft
12:08
shoe i find a lot of them over kind of
12:13
mushy back weighted here at just about
12:16
any pace i'm feeling good and they're
12:19
fun this is a fun shoe uh so I think
12:23
stocking is really done something good
12:27
here that 10 mm drop sure helps in this
12:30
kind of
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shoe cuz if it was four with this foam
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you'd be zero or lower
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[Applause]
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anyway running a little bit of dirt road
12:42
out here in Newcastle just a short
12:45
segment one of the last dirt roads
12:48
around so if you're a fan of lobsters
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these traps are about ready to go in the
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water and if you're a fan of
12:56
basketball this little school here is
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where Duncan Robinson of the Miami Heat
13:03
went to elementary school he's from
13:05
Newcastle out here
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so who's the shoe for well I think the
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Triumph 23 is certainly a daily trainer
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for those who like a soft ride that
13:17
won't get them bogged down uh it's not
13:21
the fastest shoe out there um but it's
13:25
very very kind of forgiving and fun lots
13:29
of energy much improved I think over the
13:33
earlier version as it's so much lighter
13:35
and maybe the foam's a bit
13:37
different for the runner who's looking
13:40
for a recovery run type shoe pretty much
13:44
ideal I think at least for me for that
13:47
kind of use and you can range over to
13:50
daily training with them so all around
13:53
it's an allarounder well done Sakin
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so the Sakccin Triumph 23 will be
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available in June for $160 it's a
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wellbalanced softer riding shoe uh that
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weighs a very reasonable uh 9.3 O in my
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US8.5 it has plenty of outsole rubber
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and traction uh its upper is soft and
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friendly if a bit simple but it works
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just fine thank you very much for
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watching have a great run