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today we're going to take a look at the
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puma magnify nitro 3 which is $160 it's
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available now it's the same 4030 stack
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height as before it gets a brand new
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100% pebba foam midsole it actually
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loses some weight and comes down to 9.28
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o 260 g my us 8.5 so about 13 g lower
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than before it gets a new anatomical fit
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and last from puma uh and it is one fine
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big shoe stay tuned as i give you my
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impressions on fit ride and some
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comparisons from a run here in the heat
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in new hampshire okay we're out for my
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first run in the magnify nitro 3 from
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puma uh this is a max cushion shoe but
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not a supermax at 4030
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um let's talk a little bit about the
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upper uh it's a kind of standard
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engineered mesh uh it's 78° fahrenheit
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uh 25° c right now fairly warm upper um
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warmer than say compared to the uh wave
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rider 29 i ran yesterday um fairly
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similar stats a little bit lower stack
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but um should be fine as far as
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breathability the fit is superb here
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though uh we have a really stout heel
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counter that doesn't kind of overdo it
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rigid um let's see what do we have going
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oh that's a tanker that probably was
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involved in the activities in iran okay
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uh so lace up super easy here you can
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see just very good not a padded tongue
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but very comfortable there's a gusset in
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the tongue midfoot is relatively wide
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but well held toe box is moderately
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broad you might say a bit pointy but the
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length is perfect right before the
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thicker toe bumper we've got the full
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tongue a few quick quick first comments
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about the ride we've got an all super
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critical uh pebba foam they still call
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it nitro so it isn't a nitrogen infused
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eva feels very energetic very energetic
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but one thing i'm noticing right away
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which is super nice is that that big
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puma grip outsole provides some response
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so this is a relatively soft ride uh
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with a quite a bit of pop for such a big
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shoe there's some flexibility already
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i'm going to keep going i'll give you
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more comments later okay let's talk
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about the ride a little bit more so this
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is a pebba blend or pebba midsole but it
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feels quite different than say nike
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zoomx and the veromero 18
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uh it's definitely bouncier u of course
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the verro has a layer of kushon below
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but this is a real bouncy midsole
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it's not overly soft it's not mushy as i
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said a little earlier that outsole
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the puma grip there's a lot of it helps
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provide the response and some some
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stability this is a neutral shoe but
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relatively stable not the widest base of
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any kind of max cushion shoe and i like
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that i like a little more kind of
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agility so i tend to heel strike so i
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don't like any bottom back weighted not
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um can already feel the flex up front
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i'm already thinking definitely
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definitely daily trainer
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especially if you're the kind of person
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that likes a decent amount of cushion at
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4030 it's for these days it isn't really
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super max like for example the um
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glycerin max or even the ver 18 might be
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uh stopping it at at 40 because after 40
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mm you need to either have a rocker i
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find the one in the um glycerin max kind
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of awkward or a plate um so 40 is a nice
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uh sweet spot for me anyway um in terms
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of a shoe so so far absolutely daily
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trainer if you want an energetic very
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well cushioned ride long run shoe i
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would say it's also a great great shoe
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for the beginner runner who doesn't need
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a lot of pronation control you'll have
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you got the lightweight you got plenty
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of cushion and a fun ride the fun part
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is really noticeable here this new foam
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those that remember kind of the earlier
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nitro foams from puma i think this one
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is superior because it seems to react a
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little quicker uh but with still that
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kind of bouncy spring so it's pee
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they're doing a really good job with
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that so let's keep going few other
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comparisons immediately coming to mind
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supernova prima from adidas a bit more
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stable bit firmer if you need a bit of
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pronation control maybe you go that one
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the cross down rivals diodora atomos
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star very close comparison atomos star
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has softer bouncer super critical foam
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not quite as stable not quite as quick
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reacting a bit more kind of recovery run
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shoe for me then this one feels more
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glycerin max more stack height i have a
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hard time with that one just that front
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rocker really kind of limits limits it
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to for me daily training paces and it's
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kind of big for for that uh let's see i
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mentioned vomero 18 this is a livelier
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ride a bit less stack height but this is
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way livelier uh more agile feeling
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it's warm not as warm as yesterday where
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it was 10° warmer uh i mentioned the
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upper and breathability yeah again not
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quite as good as the uh way brighter
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yesterday it was much warmer but still
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not bad for this kind of heat i don't
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really worry about that too much unless
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it's like overwhelmingly bad and this
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isn't so i'm going to keep going i'm
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coming up to the harbor here and we'll
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talk to you later so i mentioned the uh
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wave rider 29 before very very similar
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foam feel the big difference and weight
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i think the uh wave rider is lighter at
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a mere 11 g lighter and a bit lower
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stack the difference is the main
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difference is the wave rider has the
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wave plate kind of from the midfoot back
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it's a bit more stable in terms of the
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arch uh it has a great outsole too but
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here i kind of prefer having the support
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at the outsole level rather than higher
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up in the shoe um but they're both
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really good similar fitting uppers but i
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said wave rider more breathable
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uh then um let's see what all else
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there's so many great shoes this year
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i'll probably think of a few more high
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tide okay look at the harbor high tide
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so one thing i got to say is there's
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also really nice roll forward and
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flexibility very easy to turn over this
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shoe and i started pretty slow i'm you
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know 9 minute 10 9 10 920 pace now and
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i'm just rolling along beautifully cuz
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there's no plate but sufficient kind of
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stack and structure from the outsole to
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give it enough kind of geometry
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so what you notice here is that high 10
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mm drop plus the flexibility and the
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energetic soft foam really rolls you
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forward nicely for such a big shoe it's
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really really special
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it's not a racer it's for sure a trainer
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but it's very agile for such a big shoe
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thank you very much for watching so the
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magnify nitro 3 is available now $160
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uh it is one fine unplated max cushion
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trainer with an agile friendly ride a
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great upper and it moves along so at
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4030 stack height and only 9.28 o 263
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gram my us 8.5 it is also relatively
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thank you very much for watching have a
