In essence, these shoes were based on an ideal and did a great job of adhering to it.īut what happens when a product deviates from its template? The 2019 Nike Free 5.0 happens. These products promised a blend of performance characteristics and then stood by that. There’s a good reason why Nike models such as Pegasus, Vomero, and Free were so successful during their heydays. That’s it, Solereview has gone loopy after not publishing a shoe review in half a year.Īnd yet, this mini-digression is very relevant. While you’re at it, also have a go at Plato’s ‘Allegory of the cave’.Īt this point, you’re probably scratching your head at the mention of an ancient Greek philosopher in a running shoe review. This Youtube video simplifies this concept. Without this guideline or template, a product or idea will lack most of the attributes or qualities that make it an ideal.

Here, Plato suggests that every creation is based on an ideal or a ‘form’. Plato’s The Republic – a Socratic dialogue – has a chapter called the ‘Theory of forms’. But here, we’ll bring up Plato – Socrates’s student and an equally influential philosopher. Most people know Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher of infinite wisdom. It is just that both these shoes are a poor match for the template they were supposed to be based on. In the same context, the Vomero 14 isn’t terrible either. Is the Pegasus really that bad? Not at all. With everything that’s going on in this strange year, very few people will mourn the Pegasus’s swift fall from the versatility ladder.

And this year breaks the Pegasus’s streak as a dependable and versatile neutral trainer. And if you haven’t noticed, 2020 is here. The last time Nike did something weird with the Pegasus was back in the mid-nineties back then, the Peg even came in a Max-Air flavor. It is extremely rare for any running shoe franchise to deliver consistently year after year, let alone managing that streak for several decades. Until last year, Nike Pegasus enjoyed a great run.

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