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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Nick Harris-Fry

How Adidas made the shoe used to smash the two-hour marathon barrier — I spoke to the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3's creators

Sabastian Sawe holding Adidas Pro Evo 3.

It’s getting harder than ever to innovate with carbon plate running shoes. Every brand now has at least one super-shoe in its line-up, many have two, and World Athletics regulations limit the stack height and amount of plates you can have in a legal racing shoe for elites.

Despite all of the above, Adidas has managed to create something truly eye-catching with the new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3, the lightest carbon racing shoe ever.

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