The dark horse of daily trainers, renowned for exceptional wet traction and lively supercritical bounce. The 264g build sandwiches NITRO foam with durable PROFOAMLITE across a 36mm heel, anchored by class-leading PUMAGRIP rubber that sticks to wet roads like glue.
Skip it — or buy it
Verdict: buySkip it if
You need a fast plated tempo shoe. Unplated dual NITRO foam is protective but never propulsive at speed.
You have wide feet or bunion pressure. Community logs consistently report the toebox and midfoot reading narrow.
You want sub-250g race weight. At 264g it lives in the daily weight band, away from tempo-day picks.
Buy it if
You want class-leading wet-road grip in a daily trainer. Full-coverage PUMAGRIP is the wet asphalt benchmark of the whole catalog.
You want a strong value mid-daily at $135. Balanced NITRO cost-per-mile math holds deep into 400+ mile territory.
You want a shock-absorbing do-everything commuter shoe. 36mm NITRO cushions tough sidewalks and treadmill blocks with calm evenness.
What the community says
Synthesized from 22 wear-test videos and 250+ Reddit runner logs.
- n=31
Narrow midfoot and toeboxModerate
62% of fit sources call the forefoot narrow; wide-footed runners switch out.
- n=24
Muted propulsive popModerate
The ProFoam Lite carrier quiets rebound; turnover feels protective, not springy.
