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SPEEDLAND GL:PDX - Strapped In !! Early Review
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Jan 16, 2025
An early look - Mike P finds a much better fit with the GL:PDX compared to previous Speedland models he tested. He discusses the ride, some interesting notes on sizing, and compares the GL and GS platforms (TAM, PGH, RAR). This video was shot a few weeks ago, the miles are in, and the Full Multi Tester Review is coming soon - stay tuned! š Mike P's Trail Reviews here š https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU8zMeCLraQF1zi5EfGkWZVg1OdcjF9n8 00:00 Strap in! 00:33 First thoughts 02:43 Ground platform comparison 03:22 Sizing 04:48 The STRAP! 06:20 Easy fit and flex 08:12 Heading home #running #run #shoereview #speedland #runwiththeland #roadtrailrun #trail #trailrunning #ultra #ultrarunning #ultratrail #boise #idaho #boiseidaho #boisetrails #humblerunning
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all right I'm out here on a test run in
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the speedland GL PDX
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so today this run I'm going to be
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filming kind of a half review I don't
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have my full testing mileage that I
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would like yet but I think I'm pretty
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comfortable saying a good amount of
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details and thoughts on the shoe already
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really enjoying the ride of this shoe
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the midsoles a combination of two pieces
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you have an outer htpu 100% beaded kind
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of carrier then you have a drop in layer
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which is pretty thick in itself below
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that drop in layer is where you can
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twist in the removable carbon fiber
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plate I haven't run in the plate in this
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shoe yet I probably won't I didn't get
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the plates with this T sample but
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they're the same size from The Tam and
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the PGA H that I previously tested I
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have a pair somewhere I got to find it
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but even in those shoes they have a much
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higher stack I felt that they were a
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little too firm and those shoes were
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heavy
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anyway so it made them heavier and
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firmer I didn't like the plate at all at
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least for me as a lighter Runner I don't
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feel like it really added anything this
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one same thing this one has a lower
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stack those are 3730 this is
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3328 the difference feels very
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noticeable to me those felt really kind
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of like boats for me so I really didn't
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get along with those shoes too well this
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one aside from just a stack heite the
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platform is definitely narrower you have
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a similar kind of outsole Michelin lugs
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I believe these are deeper these are
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more technically oriented 6.5 mm lugs as
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with some of the other speed lenss
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you could slice them down to be lower I
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wouldn't recommend that for this kind of
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money you want them to last as long as
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possible and also to probably wear into
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your stride but yeah the platform it's
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definitely narrower underf foot on the
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ground in this one compared to the GS
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platform the first two letters of
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spieling naming denotes the platform so
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GL is a different platform it's narrow
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or the other ones are GS they're wider
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lots of foam same stack on the Tam and
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the PGH I
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[Applause]
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tested all right so I'm going talk about
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sizing here for a little bit I have a US
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size 9.0 in this shoe I had previously
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tested the tan initially in a 10 I think
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on their website they have
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recommendations about sizing up a little
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bit so I'm typically between a 9 and 1/2
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and a 10 so I figured I'd go with the 10
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and they were just just huge on me boats
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almost unrunnable then I got the PGH so
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I said okay I'll go with a 9 and 1/2 and
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those they were okay they were a little
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better I didn't the cords were not
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completely closed over here as they were
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with the Tam but it that shoe just still
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felt like it had way too much volume in
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it for me now luckily I was able to try
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on their new Ru the RDH at the running
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event and they had a they happen to have
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a nine in their backpack so I tried them
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on and I was like wow that is really
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great so these I gotten a nine and they
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feel great I have you know 3/4 of a
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thumbs length in front of my big toe so
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this is perfect sizing for me especially
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in kind of a shoe for this kind of
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terrain you want to be more dialed in so
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I I don't know what their website it
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says I'm going to have to check on that
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again but I'm down a half a size in
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these and they feel great for me maybe
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that's um because I'm a lighter weight
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and the um GS platform tends to be more
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of a high volume upper and a wider
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platform on the ground another thing
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about this shoe and I was I was going to
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write off speedland to tell you the
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truth but I saw this strap thing the
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problem with those other shoes there's
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so much volume in them that when they
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had the double strap here I would have
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to dial it so much to get my ankle
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locked in that this part of the strap
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would really cut off circulation in the
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top of my foot um so I just thought this
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strap would probably work better for me
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and it it actually really does um this
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one as you can see this I can keep ve
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very loose the other ones that I tested
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I had to really lock this one in too um
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but this strap
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definitely I I cinch this down super
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tight um cuz I just like it I there's a
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bit of extra volume in the heel I'd
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still say the nine fits me better but
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you could probably I don't know if you
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can see here there's a little it's a
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high volume heel on the interior so I've
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got a little bit of a thicker sock here
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and it's it's fine but I could strap
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this down really good and I don't get
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that pressure that I got with the GS
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platform so I have a much better overall
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fit and feel with this one this one for
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me is for sure a keeper I passed off the
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other two to other testers cuz I just
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really couldn't run in them but these
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are great um let's look at the outsole
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Michelin I'll take it off actually it's
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pretty easy uh dual Direction dials of
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course that's great pop it off not a
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problem
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so what I was talking about earlier with
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the
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outsole full coverage it's fully
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connected so it it's a really flexible
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shoe but you could tell that it's the
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outsole that's really holding things
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together that full connection everywhere
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is really keeping it together even
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though it's really
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flexible so I like the flexibility of it
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um this gives you a lot of protection
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these are if you probably catch the side
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angle 6 and 1/2 is pretty deep and there
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there's two levels here so you can cut
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them off if you want to I wouldn't do
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that I wouldn't trim them down so booty
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upper of course there's no
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tongue slide it in it's not a problem
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for me dial this still kind of
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loose and lock that in and I'm good to
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go so this here um it's kind of a mini
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review uh I talked a little bit about
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the ride um the sizing considerations
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for me definitely may be of interest to
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some of you also differences in the
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platform I was talking about earlier we
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have other testers testing speedland
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shoes I think Jeff V has these he may
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have the red ones though so I'll join
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the full written review on the road
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trail run website um like I said this is
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just a little bit of a mini review I I
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felt like the sizing thing was important
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enough to talk about right away before I
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get my full test miles in and and also
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the differences in the platform between
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the GS model some people may have read
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my reviews and think like speedland is
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just terrible for me but um yeah really
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liking these so far these are
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great going to be a nice run back into
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town here
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you
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