While the name of it isn’t very original, the name “Tempo” certainly is very fitting. The shoe felt better the faster I ran in them. The ride of the Tempo on my first run felt much firmer than I expected them to feel.Ĭonsidering it was designed to be a daily trainer, and how squishy the ZoomX felt in hand, I expected the ride to feel soft and bouncy but instead, it was firm and springy. My first run in them was a 15 kilometre run at mostly easy pace (5.50 per km) with short bursts of marathon pace segments (5.39 per kilometre) and 10km pace segments (5 minutes per kilometre). It felt like I was walking on top of a shoe rather than inside a shoe- a sensation similar to wearing the Ultraboost ST. Walking around in the shoe made me feel a lot taller because of the huge midsole stack height.

I flexed the shoe to test the rigidity of the composite plate and I was surprised at how flexible it was- much more flexible than the Alphafly, Vaporfly and Zoom Fly 3 carbon plates. The React in the heel felt dense and rubbery. When compressing the ZoomX foam in the midfoot and forefoot with my fingers, it felt soft and squishy. So is the Tempo Next% a good replacement for the Pegasus Turbo 2 and is it worth its huge price? Nike Air Zoom Tempo Next% First Impressions I was heartbroken to hear the news that the Pegasus Turbo 2 was being discontinued, to be replaced by the Tempo Next%.īoth shoes have a dual-foam setup of ZoomX and React foam but the main difference is that the Tempo Next% has two giant Zoom Air pods in forefoot for extra explosiveness. It was super soft while also being super responsive which is a rare trait. The Endorphin Speed is the training companion to the Endorphin Pro, the FuelCell TC the training companion to the FuelCell RC Elite and now the Tempo Next% is the companion to the Alphafly Next%. Since Nike first created the Zoom Fly range as a training companion to their Vaporfly range, other brands have copied the template.

Training companion shoes are all the rage right now. That or else they don’t have the stock ready to go if it sells out quickly. It could be that Nike has such high confidence in it that they don’t feel that it needs a marketing push. This is already the third Tempo-named shoe this year alone, the first two being the Hyperion Tempo and the Fresh Foam Tempo.įor a brand new shoe with such a big reputation, it was strange that the Tempo Next% received none of the marketing hype that other Nike newcomers have received.Īdvertising for the Tempo Next% was below Pegasus Turbo 35 levels and nowhere near Epic React levels.

While being an exciting shoe, it doesn’t have a very exciting name. The Tempo Next% is one of the most eagerly anticipated shoes of the year and without a doubt the shoe that I’ve been the most excited about.

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