coming back from Greece as well?
Jesus, yeah, is this kid ever not on holiday 
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I just used Funksters OCT2020
Yeah looks like Greece is set for the chop. Will see if itâs just the mainland. Fingers crossed the islands escape it. Will be super annoying to miss it by one day 
Are these the ultimate tri shoe.?
https://www.nike.com/gb/t/air-zoom-tempo-next-flyease-running-shoe-hZHfgq/CV1889-800
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Iâd seen these mentioned on the stryd facebook page. People were interested in them for the same reasons, but werenât sure how youâd attach the stryd footpod
Seems like itâs all ok. Theyâve actually relaxed the need to quarantine for some of the islands too. My gfâs sister and partner are due out to Rhodes next week I think ⌠they were meant to be going to Turkey but when that got added, TUI swapped them
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That is fantastic news.
Weâre also in Rhodes. Weather has been amazing. I can now hopefully enjoy the last couple of days sipping my pina coladas enjoying the thought of not having the spend the next two weeks cooped up
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Yep, all looks fine. The official list is updated, and Greece is still exempt from quarantine in general with some caveats for certain islands, and as you will see, some of the islands where you did need to quarantine are becoming exempt from Saturday. No new ones added.
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Just bought a pair of Wildhorse 6âs for ÂŁ59 in the sale and extra 20%
Borked on the Next%
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That 20% code wonât work for me 
The OCT2020 one? They must have you blocked or something.
I think itâs only on already discounted items though, not normal prices.
Yup. Using it on the ZFFKs and getting an error.
Also tried to get those lurid Wildhorses, but another error.
They donât have the ZFFKâs in my size.
I presume you mean the green Wildhorses, thatâs what I got, same colour scheme as my Peg T2âs, not very nice but they are cheap and soon get dirty.
Have you tried creating another account or does the Mrs have one?
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Excellent work 
youâre on the proper Nike naughty step
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I know that this is what you have all been waiting for: I have done some actual science to determine the relative difference in speed between 4 pairs of shoes.
- Nike Vaporfly Next%
- Nike Vaporfly 4%
- Nike Alphafly
- Nike Zoom Pagasus 36
Protocol
Treadmil, Zwift flat 400m running track
First I ran 7km at 4:30/km
Took 45min break for a meeting
Ran 2km at 5m/km warmup
For each pair of shoes
Ran 1km warmup @ 5m/km
Ran ârecordedâ 1km @5m/km
Repeated this for each shoe
I am interested in the cadence and the average heart rate for each pair of shoes. The lower the heart rate, the more efficient the shoe
So here are the resultsâŚ
| Row Labels | Average of heart rate | mins / km | Cadence | % Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nike Next % | 138.3 | 5.002 | 170 | 4.2% |
| Nike Alpha | 137.0 | 5.002 | 170 | 5.1% |
| Nike 4% | 140.8 | 5.002 | 168 | 2.5% |
| Nike Zoom Pagasus 36 | 144.3 | 5.002 | 170 | 0.0% |
The % Improvement is a baseline against the Nike Zoom Pegasus 36, which is a good normal shoe
The Nike Vaporfly 4% have well over 1000km, it was immediately apparent when running back to back on the treadmill against the newer shoes, just how compressed the forefoot is
I cannont explain why my cadence in the Vaporfly 4% was lower than the others
Even though my HR was higher with the Zoom Pegasus 36, they felt good to run in
The Alphafly felt significantly bouncier than any of the others
Vaporfly Next% is pretty much bang on Nikes claim of 4% improvement
Also spotted something really interesting: My HR was absolutely flat while in the Next% and Alphafly, however, in the VF4% (both in warmup and in recorded session) my HR is much more variable. In the Pegasus 36 it is even more variable. Potentially this consistency may be a key why the new shoes offer so much benefit on a long run
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Nice work, but i guess you need to repeat the test at proposed race paceâŚand whilst fresh for each shoe, or in a mixed order over multiple test daysâŚ
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That said, this could form a good test across the wider TT populationâŚ
now if we could only get some funding to buy me a pair of each of those shoesâŚ
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Nice.
I was contemplating doing the same on a 400m stretch of road near me.
Good comments and fully agree. I chose to do this at an easy pace as I didnât want any HR drift to come into the equation. Also by doing it as a second run (also did an early am bike ride too) I had already built up a bit of fatigue.
I will try again at some point, probably running at 4:30/km this is normally around the top of my Z2, so probably getting into Z3 in the Zoom Pegasus