There are running shoes and then there are running breakthroughs. Now that we’re inching closer to marathon season, a ton of runners were seen wearing the Nike Alphafly 3 in 2025, making it one of the ...

How do you go about making a great super shoe even greater? ‘The problems to find are simple, the solutions are always complicated,’ Bret Schoolmeester, senior product manager at Nike, told us when we ...

If you’ve studied the lead pack at any major marathon, you’ll have noticed one obvious trend: Nike-sponsored elite runners not named Eliud Kipchoge (and, now, Kelvin Kiptum) all tend to lace up the ...

The Nike Vaporfly 3 is a great racing shoe with a lighter, nimbler design than the Alphafly 3, which makes it ideal for shorter events. The Nike Vaporfly 3 and Nike Alphafly 3 are two of the best ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mike Sawh The Nike Alphafly 3 is the running shoe you’ll see dominating start lines and ...

The world was introduced to the ground-breaking, futuristic-looking Alphafly on the feet of Eliud Kipchoge when he broke the two-hour marathon barrier in October 2019. Overnight, every marathon runner ...

Over the past few months, marathoners Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge, and Sifan Hassan have all won major marathons around the world. One broke a world record, and another came within seconds of ...

A prototype version of the Alphafly 3 was on the feet of Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum as he smashed the marathon world record at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. A version was also laced up by Dutch runner Sifan ...

Nike is continuing its commitment to a more sustainable lifestyle with the debut of the Air Zoom Alphafly Next Nature, a running shoe made from at least 50% of recyclable content. If the silhouette ...

Ever since Eliud Kipchoge broke the elusive two-hour marathon mark in 2019 wearing a prototype of the unreleased Nike Alphaflys, the line has become one of the most recognizable—thanks to those huge, ...

In October 2023, Kelvin Kiptum set a new world record marathon time, finishing the race in 2 hours and 35 seconds. In the same race, Sifan Hassan won the women’s race with the second-fastest women’s ...

A competitive runner who previously ran track and cross country for UC Berkeley sued Nike this week, alleging the Alphafly 2 women's running sneakers-which feature carbon fiber plates (CFP)-caused her ...