{"id":144,"date":"2020-11-21T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T07:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/?p=144"},"modified":"2021-07-09T22:38:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:38:39","slug":"actually-running-in-hypebeast-techwear-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/2020\/11\/21\/actually-running-in-hypebeast-techwear-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Actually Running in Hypebeast Techwear Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back someone at the gym stole my vaporflys and I was so bummed out I didn&#8217;t even want to go to the gym. Since not going to the gym was bad for my health I figured I&#8217;d solve this problem as quick as possible by walking into the Nike store and picking out whatever caught my eye. By coincidence I found the Nike Air VaporMax Utility Triple Black. They were listed on the Nike website as running shoes though at over $200 retail I think they were targeted a bit differently than trainers. I&#8217;d say these shoes were primarily for the techwear fashion enthusiasts but you know they had a nice new midsole and others in the line were clearly meant for running so I bought them&#8230; to run in. Not like casual running, these were my only training shoes for a while.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-145 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/files\/2020\/11\/Nike-Air-VaporMax-Flyknit-Utility-Triple-Black-For-Sale-6-600x388-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/files\/2020\/11\/Nike-Air-VaporMax-Flyknit-Utility-Triple-Black-For-Sale-6-600x388-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/files\/2020\/11\/Nike-Air-VaporMax-Flyknit-Utility-Triple-Black-For-Sale-6-600x388.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I mainly liked how the shoes fit in with my athletic outfits. I went to the gym on campus I wouldn&#8217;t have to bring a set of training shoes and a set of nice shoes for class. I&#8217;d love to style these with an acronym cp4-ws cape one day but that&#8217;s out of my budget range for now. My main complaint is the squeak. My friend commented &#8220;you&#8217;re not gonna sneak up on anyone with those shoes&#8221;. The vapormax soles squeak, especially on that you commonly find at schools and hospitals. Other reviewers said this went away but after years of ownership I can confidently say the squeak does not go away.<\/p>\n<p>Enough of that though, I said I trained in them and I did. How were they to run in? It was fine. It felt like a high unstable platform at times. The flyknit held my foot well and I didn&#8217;t feel like I needed laces. That fastener lace they had on there does nothing. However, some days I&#8217;d get roped into playing sports with them on and this is where the real criticism lies, the shoe cannot handle any horizontal force. I think I was playing soccer and needed to change direction quickly. The shoe basically rolled around my foot like a sock so that the sole was completely on the side and I was stepping on only flyknit. The shoe survived that, more than once too.<\/p>\n<p>After a years of use the shoe has faded and the flyknit has a small hole on the high top collar from me pulling the shoe on. Make sure to use the straps to pull flyknit shoes on or you&#8217;ll repeat my mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Shoe was fashionable for everyday wear, acceptable to run in, and terrible for sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back someone at the gym stole my vaporflys and I was so bummed out I didn&#8217;t even want to go to the gym. Since not going to the gym was bad for my health I figured I&#8217;d solve this problem as quick as possible by walking into the Nike store and picking out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/2020\/11\/21\/actually-running-in-hypebeast-techwear-shoes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Actually Running in Hypebeast Techwear Shoes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9731,"featured_media":148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[883],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/files\/2020\/11\/ezgif-7-6382aa087494.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9731"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/adeepdive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}