It’s the latest generation of a quirky shoe designed specifically to be used by marathon runners. With a platform-esque foam sole that fans out around the heel, the Alphafly 3 is a double-take ...

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 ...

Both runners wore prototypes of Nike’s Alphafly 3 shoes—the winner of the 2024 Innovation by Design Awards in the sports and recreation category.. Alphafly 3 is the lightest and most tested ...

The Nike Alphafly 3 and Saucony Endorphin Elite 2 go head-to-head on fit and performance. Which one is the right one for you?

The Alphafly was designed to be Nike’s most advanced marathon-specific shoe. However, Bret Schoolmeester, senior product director of Nike running footwear, says Nike still saw a mix of Vaporflys ...

Fast Company recognized Nike's Alphafly 3 with its Innovation by Design Award. Facing criticism for an innovation slump, Nike got some needed recognition this week for its latest running shoe ...

One 2022 study compared super shoes from Nike, Saucony, Brooks, Asics, and others, and it found the Alphafly and Vaporfly (along with the Asics Metaspeed Sky) offer the largest boosts to running ...

Nike’s Vaporfly and Alphafly shoes are two of the most popular styles in road racing. This is mostly due to the combo of a full ZoomX midsole, made of a lightweight and responsive foam, and a ...

Nike Alphafly 3 vs Saucony Endorphin Elite 2: Design and fit These two shoes are built for racing and primarily to be ones you’d grab mainly for marathons, but can do the job for distances below ...

The Nike Vaporfly 3 is the older of the two shoes, having come out in March 2023, while the Nike Alphafly 3 was launched in January 2024. The Alphafly is the more expensive shoe, costing $285 ...

Nike Alphafly Next% vs Nike Vaporfly Next% 2: Design, fit and feel Here’s where things get a little different, while both are racing shoes with the same ZoomX foam, the design and feel of both ...