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video. Today we're going to take a look
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at the Tier Maverick uh V1, the Rad
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running UFO, the Addi0ero Evo SL, the A6
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Mega Blast, and the Sakin Endorphin is
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Azora. All super light uh performance to
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daily trainers. Hello everybody. Today
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we're going to take a look at some of
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the latest performance daily trainers
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and performance trainers. So, um,
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they're arranged here, uh, by weight, if
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you will, uh, with the Mega Blast from
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A6 is the lightest here at U, uh, 7.69
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O. It's 218 gram in a US8.5 with a 4537
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uh, stack height. It is also the most
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Now, very interestingly,
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the tier Maverick is 1 mm lower stack.
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Uh, and we'll get into why such a
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difference. Um, next we have the
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upcoming Sakin Azora. Now, the Azora
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comes in at 7.72 O, 219 gram. Uh, it has
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a little bit lower stack height at 4032.
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And now we'll take a look also at the
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super hot and super hot colored rad
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running UFO. The UFO is the heaviest
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here at um uh let's see here 8.85 O 251
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g with a 4234 stack height. Um, this is
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a super fun shoe. Uh, part of the reason
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for the weight is it has the plushest,
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most padded upper of the bunch. Finally,
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and not really in, if you will, the
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stack height class, but definitely in
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the uh class, if you will, of uh type of
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shoe, we have the very popular Evo SL
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from Adidas, which is 7.9 oz, 224 g. Its
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stack height is 35 and a half 32. So
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lower stack if you will than uh than the
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others. Um it's also $150 with our
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forgot to mention our RAD UFO $200,
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the Maverick $150, and the um Mega Blast
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$225. So, let's talk a little bit about
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the foams and the rides here. So, the uh
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the Mega Blast is the most rigid shoe.
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It has flight foam uh turbo uh foam
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which um which uh is uh quickly
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reactive. Uh it requires I think a bit
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of an uptempo kind of uh running feel to
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make it really work well. Moving to the
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most flexible shoe, the
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Maverick here. Um, this is the most
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stable of the bunch for me. Uh, I think
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it also has the best traction. Um, its
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upper is kind of simple and if you will,
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maybe a bit crude, but at 150, you've
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either got to get a midsole or an upper.
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Uh, I think it provides the most support
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to go with the stability. It's a
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relatively flexible shoe. Uh the ride is
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springy uh moderately moderately uh
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soft, not overly soft and uh kind of the
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most reliable in feel and has great grip
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I think uh cuz there's some profiling.
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The Azora from Sakin has um expanded
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beads PIBA uh foam. Um so the power run
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PB. It's also relatively flexible. It
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has a super supportive simple upper.
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um dollars. Its outsole is the CPU type
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rubber we're seeing more and more of.
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Not particularly profiled, but should be
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very durable. It's kind of the most
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traditional feeling in Ride. Um the uh
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Ride is relatively firm but with some of
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that uh beaded foam bounce.
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Next, we'll go over to the Rad. The Rad
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has a dual density PA, softer up above
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and firmer down below. The lower layer,
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you can see it. It also has a CPU type
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outsole with decent grip, but not the
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best. Um, its upper is definitely the
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most plush. You can see it's a bit
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pointy in the toe box, but it has a very
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broad uh uh midfoot. Uh, I particularly
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like this padded tongue. Very
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comfortable to wear. A bit pointy, but
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all the shoes true to size. This is kind
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of the most fun and energetic if it's
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not the most stable of the bunch.
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Finally, the fan favorite, the Evo SL. I
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said earlier, lower stack height. Uh, it
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has nice springy light light strike pro
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foam. Not really sure exactly what it
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it's. It's not a pee foam. It's probably
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Um, it has the Continental rubber and
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also CPU at the heel. It's lower stack.
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It has a definitely an interesting
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profile that really favors speed much
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more so than I think the others except
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maybe the Mega Blast. Uh with a the most
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flexible toe. You can see there's a toe
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flex up front, a very very rigid midfoot
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because of its small plate under the
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sock liner and then that soft heel. So
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it really favors a forward motion. Uh
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its upper uh well there's lots of talk
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about its upper and their various
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versions as it they've tried to improve
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it and also get supply. Uh it it has a
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decent but not great hold. Um generally
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speaking when you get to $150 and you
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put super critical foam something has to
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give. And the upper I think gives more
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here than in others. It is true to size
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but uh it's my least favorite upper of
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the bunch. And in terms of its ride,
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it's lower stack at um at u u 38 12 32.
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So it's a firmer, more direct ride
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that's kind of more focused on
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performance than uh some of the others.
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um all performance trainers for sure,
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but maybe less for me anyway as a daily
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trainer than say the Maverick
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uh and the Azora in particular
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that handle uh a wider range of paces
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than um I for me than the uh Mega Blast
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which is rigid rocker. So, you really
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got to be up front or the Evo SL. Again,
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you got to be up front really driving it
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uh Rad UFO. Kind of the fun, bouncy one,
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if not the most stable, but definitely
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definitely a fine new contender. So, all
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of these shoes present and offer super
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light rides here. Um other than the Rad,
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which is, you know, up there at 8.85 85
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oz. They're all below 8 oz or uh about
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g, which is really remarkable because
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they all except the Evo have stack
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heights of 40 mm at the heel or well
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above for the um Mega Blast and the
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Maverick. So, if I was to pick one as
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sort of an all-around
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um all-around kind of performance daily
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trainer, I would probably pick the
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Maverick here uh because it's more
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stable despite its kind of simple upper.
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It seems to work well. And then I would
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pick next probably the Azora from Sakin
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coming in early um 2026.
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And for um for near racing or racing uh
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kind of performance in a mostly unplated
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shoe, I would pick the Evo SL for the
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faster runner. For those fun runs,
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definitely the Rad. Um although um I I
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wish for a touch more stability
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personally with the Rad. It's Look at
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that super wide uh platform. And then
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finally, the Mega Blast. the lightest,
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the most expensive. Uh, it sort of sits
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for me uh as a bit more practical than
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the Evo SL with lots of cushioning.
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Great one for uptempo, longer runs. Um,
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uh, with with really reactive, nice
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foam. Uh, so there's the the um that's
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the Mega Blast. Uh we have reviews of
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the Mega Blast, the Evo SL, and the uh
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with the RAD UFO coming real soon. Thank
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you very much for watching. Have a great
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run. I'm going to go out run the roads
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here in the snow right now.
