Introducing the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4
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Since launching their range-topping Evo 1 road racing shoes, athletes who found the ultra-premium £450 price point have been awaiting the latest version of the brand’s more popular marathon running shoe, the Adios Pro. was a more competitively priced £220 and you could actually buy them. The Evo 1 was made in very limited quantities, which created hype and the shoe promptly sold out despite the price.
Luckily, the takes many of the features on the and brings us what is the best Adidas road racing shoe I’ve ever worn.
Straight from the box, the shoe feels ultra-light (200g) and super responsive. A new double layer of the brand’s Lightstrike Pro foam feels softer than the previous version and with the Carbon-infused Energy Rods, taken from the Evo 1, the result is a more responsive and instantly faster feel shoe.
The rods now curve a little further back under the foot than in the previous version, meaning the shift into the forefoot push-off phase is a little quicker and more engaged.
A new, single-layer mesh upper has a minimalistic design to reduce weight yet provides structure to the shoe and a secure fit. A new Lighttraxion outsole provides the grip with a small continental rubber insert at the toe for optimum traction at toe-off.
Cushioning is just under the World Athletics 40mm legal limit at 39mm and this should ensure that any records broken – perhaps in Berlin at the marathon this weekend, where the shoe has been launched publicly – will be ratified.
The brand clearly has records on its mind, as well as major marathon podiums. Tigst Assefa smashed the women’s world marathon record in Berlin last year with a 2:11:53 run wearing the Evo 1 shoe.
Read our Berlin marathon preview here.
The shoe will launch widely in January, .
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