Nike to launch record-breaking Alphafly 3 in January 2024

Adidas made headlines on the 2023 Berlin Marathon when Tigist Assefa broke the ladies’s world report whereas carrying the new single-use carbon-plated Adidas Adizero Pro Evo 1 racing shoe. Nonetheless, Nike acquired redemption at Sunday’s Chicago Marathon with their new carbon-plated Alphafly 3, which was on Kelvin Kiptum’s ft when he shattered the lads’s world report in a mind-boggling 2:00:35. Sifan Hassan additionally wore the unreleased Nike shoe, operating the second-fastest girls’s marathon time in historical past (2:13:44).

Capitalizing on Kiptum’s and Hassan’s achievements, on Tuesday Nike unveiled plans on Instagram to launch the Alphafly 3 in January 2024. The shoe is poised to be one of the vital famend carbon-plated trainers; its predecessors, the Nike Alphafly NEXT% and Nike Alphafly NEXT% 2, had been already considered prime racing footwear for the half-marathon and marathon.

The Alphafly sequence has constantly been centered on the marathon, and the outcomes of the brand new Alphafly 3 are a testomony to its success, with Kiptum, Hassan and Kipchoge successful Abbott World Marathon Majors whereas carrying it. The Alphafly 3 prototype has been seen in varied iterations all through 2023. Nonetheless, within the mannequin utilized in Berlin and Chicago, it seems that Kipchoge and Kiptum had been carrying the ultimate type of the shoe, embellished in Nike’s signature white and orange racing colourway.

Kelvin Kiptum smashes world record at Chicago Marathon

Nike has been quiet concerning the particular updates to the shoe, nevertheless it seems to have a sleeker higher design and a totally redesigned midsole. The shoe seems to have slimmed down, indicating a weight discount, which is at all times welcome in racing footwear.

Nike has not mentioned how a lot the shoe will value. Contemplating the current launch of Adidas’ single-use carbon-plated shoe at round CAD $650, we are able to anticipate a value improve from the Alphafly 2’s $375 price ticket. We anticipate that many operating sneakerheads might be eagerly awaiting the discharge of the Nike Alphafly 3 in 2024.