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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:42 - In For Testing: Powered by Skratch Labs
• 14:56 - This or That: Racing in a over or under 40mm stack shoe
• 18:32 - Long run workout in a super racing shoe or super trainer?
• 23:02 - Hot & humid run or treadmill run
• 29:10 - A racing shoe that lasts 250mi or the fastest shoe that only lasts 100mi
• 35:00 - Annual or biannual shoe updates
• 44:28 - Megablast or Superblast
• 50:26 - Sonicblast or Novablast
• 56:30 - The next 5 years with Brooks or with Hoka
• 1:07:34 - Wrap-up