Slowman wrote:
if the clifton's soft durometer bothers people i doubt those people would like the bondi much better. they would want the conquest.
but this is why i think hoka is the triathlete's shoe. the typical elite runner might be 130lb at an average. typical long distance triathlete? more like 160lb. the guys i'm talking about. and that's the typical elite, not AG, triathlete.
this person will want the softer shoe, i think, as long as it's light, because leg soreness becomes such a pace inhibitor later in the run.
I don't think the soft durometer on the Clifton is bothering people. I think it bothers me to see the less than 10% of those runners simply falling off the platform. I suggest the Bondi because they like the soft feel and need the wider base of support. As you have said your flat foot trains in the Bondi which mean's it supports your foot. So as long as the foot tracks through the center for toe off it can be as soft as you want.
I agree with Hoka being the triathletes shoe because of the size of the triathlete. It's also why I chuckled a bit when the lead group of American runners going for the USA Championship at the LA Marathon passed by me. They are all sub 2:20 runners and all 130lbs or less. Most were in bacon strips (racing flats) but then there were the guys wearing the Hoka singlet all running in the Huaka. I was not at the finish so I have no idea how they did and I'm here to say shoe choice had nothing to do with how they did. It just looks a bit out of place and I think Hoka loves that and they should.
Dave Jewell
Free Run Speed