Four years ago, Nike launched the Vaporfly 4%, enthralling us with the promise its name implied: a 4-percent boost in running economy. Before the shoe’s release, Eliud Kipchoge wore the Vaporfly while ...

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Millions of endurance runners use footwear that has an embedded carbon fiber plate (CFP) in the midsole. While the performance benefits that carbon fiber plate footwear offers have been well ...

The Hoka Tecton X offers two parallel carbon fiber plates in a trail running shoe for maximum propulsion with lateral stability. Running footwear has embraced carbon plates for their propulsive and ...

AFX anti-puncture (AFX-AP), designed for added protection in the workwear category, and AFX Formed, focused on performance athletic footwear. Both build on the brand’s asymmetrically flexible AFX ...

Running footwear has embraced carbon plates for their propulsive and energy-giving characteristics. But those same carbon plates that move runners forward fast have struggled to handle changing ...