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Hi, I'm Travis Hildebrand, I'm the Merchandising Manager for Running Footwear for Salomon North
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America and I've got some new stuff to show you. First of all, we've got our S-Lab Phantasm 2, which is Salomon's first super shoe
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It was just released this fall, fall 23, and it is every bit a super shoe that you can
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think of. It's got full Peeba midsole, full carbon plate, very, very lightweight constructed upper
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You can actually see through the construction, you can see the paper through the upper of
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the shoe. Very, very lightweight, getting extremely good results with our athletes in marathons
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Really designed specifically for that sub-three hour, really sub-two thirty hour marathoner
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for that very elite performance. This is the shoe that you want if you're going to try to win the race
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Now that's not everybody, right? Some of us are just trying to get out there and win our own race, not necessarily the race
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For the rest of us, we have a brand new shoe coming May 1st
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This is the S-Lab Spectre. This shoe is every bit the super shoe of the S-Lab Phantasm 2 that I just showed you
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It has a full carbon plate, it has a Peeba super foam midsole
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However, it's re-engineered and redesigned and tuned for somebody who's running a pace
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between three to four hours in their marathon. It has more cushion and stability in the heel area
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It has more support built into the structure of the carbon plate
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It's a 3D carbon plate designed to help provide support for that foot after you've been out
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there running for two and a half plus type hours. It's really engineered for somebody to run their best marathon time, try to qualify for
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Boston, try to beat a PR, try to break that four hour barrier
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Whatever barrier it is that you're trying to break, this is the shoe to do it with
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This shoe, that's a good thing. One of the other additions is more rubber on the outsole
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Again, understanding that if you're running in this shoe, you're probably going to be
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able to be in the shoe for a longer period of time
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Now, here's the outsole from the S-Lab Phantasm 2. You can see not as much rubber on this one
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The rubber that is there is much, much thinner. It's not designed to be run in for quite the same amount of time as the S-Lab Spectre is
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How is durability? Durability is going to be subsequent to the durability of Peeba
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The same as any other super shoe would be because of that Peeba midsole
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It's the same type of foam that most super shoes are using
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The durability is going to be on par. The durability of the S-Lab Spectre will be slightly more than the S-Lab Phantasm because
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the bottom layer of the Spectre is not Peeba. It is our same energy foam that we have in all of our traditional running shoes that
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will allow us to create a bit more durability for this runner
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Again, because you're going to be in it for three and a half to four hours instead of
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two and a half to three hours. To build upon the S-Lab Spectre, we have a new shoe coming in fall 24
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This will be releasing August 1st. It's called the Spectre 2. You can see the name of it on the inside of the shoe right here
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This shoe is built with the exact same molds and geometries and design as the S-Lab Spectre
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However, it uses a different plate material. It uses a fiberglass plate instead of using a carbon fiber plate
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Also, we don't have the Peeba midsole on the upper layer. The full midsole is our energy foam midsole
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That does two things. Number one, it creates a more durable shoe
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This is a shoe that you could use on a daily basis and not worry about it wearing out on you
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The other thing is there's a tendency for carbon plates, regardless of the brand who's
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making it, there's a tendency for carbon plates to crack and break
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By going to the fiberglass, you don't have to worry about breaking the plate in your shoe
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You can use this shoe, again, on a daily basis and be able to trust it and get behind it
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so that you know that you can run in this shoe and train in this shoe
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Because it's built on the exact same molds as the S-Lab version, you can transition out
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of this as a daily shoe straight into your S-Lab shoe on race day and not have any sort
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of problems with transitioning into the shoe. You don't have to wear test it or anything like that
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You know it's going to fit and feel right because it's built exactly the same way as
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your daily trainer. These two shoes can go together if you like
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Some people, this is going to retail for $250, may not necessarily want to spend that
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much on a race day shoe. This shoe is totally fine for race day as well as training
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You can definitely use this as a race day shoe
