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Official nike website11/10/2023 The SuperComp Trainer is a higher-stack shoe – it towers over almost everything at 47mm – but crucially the foam used is all New Balance’s FuelCell, which isn’t as impressive as standard ZoomX but outperforms the recycled ZoomX/SR02 combo in the Zoom Fly 5. In contrast, I also used the New Balance SuperComp Trainer during the same session, swapping after 10 reps, and the difference in feel was dramatic, with the New Balance bouncier and more enjoyable. The Zoom Fly 5 felt huge and blocky on the foot, and the midsole didn’t feel like it was delivering any kind of bounce or propulsion despite the foams and plate used. I took it to the track to use for the first half of a session running 20 reps of 60 seconds on alternating with 60 seconds’ rest, aiming to run a bit faster than my 5K pace. However, it is not a fast shoe, and the least enjoyable runs I did in it were those that involved any attempt to move beyond cruising pace. ![]() It’s got a big Nike swoosh on the upper, a carbon plate in the midsole and it says ZoomX on the midsole, so you might be forgiven for thinking the Zoom Fly 5 is a speedster of a shoe. I have run in all four of the previous models of the shoe as well. I have run 50km in the Zoom Fly 5, including a mix of easy and steady runs, as well as a track session. It fit me well enough, but was cramped in the toe box on my right foot, so going true to size would probably be the best choice. I tested a UK 8.5 Zoom Fly 5, which is half a size down on my normal size. It’s a good outsole that grips well on light trails, as well as the road, and should increase the durability of the shoe. That idea is backed up by the outsole, which has more extensive rubber coverage than on the Zoom Fly 4, with large sections on the forefoot and at the heel. It’s not an upper that aims to trim weight in the way you might expect from a fast training shoe, which perhaps points to the idea that Nike is positioning this as a daily trainer. Although Wallace lives in Lancashire, he is partial to Yorkshire's Wensleydale cheese.The mesh upper provides a comfortable locked-down fit and there is extra cushioning around the tongue and collar. This article was again amended again on 9 June 2014 to reinstate the name of Wallace's favourite cheese. It was further amended on 4 June to remove references that suggested Wallace, one half of the animated duo Wallace and Gromit, comes from Yorkshire when he is, in fact,a Lancastrian according to the story. This article was first amended 3 June 2014 to remove a section on Kurt Geiger, which had been included in error. Next time on Pronunciation Today: does "scone" rhyme with "on" or "own"? Don't look at me like that – I don't make the rules. The same doesn't apply with rival champagne brand Veuve Clicquot: don't sound the terminal "t" like a loser. Apparently one says it this way because Monsieur Moët was of Dutch-German origin. The result should sound like " Mwet eh Shan-don" rather than "Mway e Shan-don". The "t" in Moët, somewhat counterintuitively, is sounded. ![]() As he suggests, you could always just say YSL. There's also this fun footage of a Frenchman making an oreille de cochon of trying to teaching English speakers how to say Yves Saint Laurent. Got it? "Eve san law-ron" (but don't sound either "n" too strongly). Here's how to say it: drop all the terminal letters and say the first syllable like the woman who got banished with Adam from the Garden of Eden. Yves Saint LaurentĪnother day, another hard-to-pronounce French couture brand. You don't get this sort of problem with Paul Smith. It's not pronounced "Or-dee", but " Ow-dee" – imagine you're a cowboy who drops his aitches if that's any help. Remember American war hero and actor Audie Murphy? Me neither, but his first name was pronounced "Or-dee", which – quite possibly – has led to confusion about the pronunciation of the uninteresting motor car company. That sounds unprepossessing and pretty stupid, but no more so than "Sih-NECK-doh-kee", which is how you should say synecdoche should the occasion arise. It's more like "sock-a-nee", say Saucony's people in their eye-wateringly tedious promo films. Take a female pig, the thing you put ice cream in and the kind of appreciative noise Wallace makes when he's had some fine Wensleydale cheese. ![]() SauconyĪnother trainer brand with a confusing name? You'd better believe it. Who's right? There is no Nike-like ruling on the pronunciation of Adidas. But, with respect, what do Run DMC know? This side of the pond, we wear trainers, not sneakers, and keep that "i" nice and short. Run DMC adjudicated on this vexed issue years ago in their stirring if hagiographic hip-hop paean to their footwear of choice. Long "i" or short? Wars have been fought over less.
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