Nike Terra Kiger 10 Assessment | Missing Versatility, However Not Pace

A light-weight path racing shoe with a Vibram outsole is what the Nike Terra Kiger 10 is designed as, it’s upfront branded on the sidewall – Nike Path Racing.  Which proper off the bat seems like it is a particular use shoe.  

Nike made some adjustments from the Kiger 9 to the Terra Kiger 10.  The outsole has been upgraded from a grippy rubber to the Vibram megagrip together with altering to the Cushlon 3.0 foam for this mannequin.  

I used to be to attempt a unisex shoe, are they made otherwise, would I discover a drastically totally different match to a girls’s particular shoe?  Spoiler, I didn’t discover both of those, that’s not dangerous although. 

Additionally price noting it is a unisex shoe you received’t discover within the girls’s path working shoe part on the Nike web site which we discover very odd, so perhaps it’s only a present mistake.

This shoe is nice for quicker, shorter runs, slower runs may begin to really feel fatiguing with this cushioning.

Nike Terra Kiger 10 Overview

Out of the field this shoe seems good, I might put on this out and about, not simply on the path.  It’s simply a type of footwear that appears good.  It’s additionally instantly noticeable how mild the Kiger 10 is but in addition feels sturdy.  

The Kiger 10  has had a number of adjustments from the Kiger 9.  The Kiger 10 modified from Nike’s React foam to the Cushlon 3.0 foam, each of which fall into Nike’s customary foam class.  The stack peak has dropped by 2 mm.  The outsole has been upgraded to the Vibram megagrip with a barely totally different lug sample.  

I hit my traditional trails and working routine to see the place this shoe actually shined. 

My favourite run to do with the Kiger 10 – a shorter velocity session on smooth rolling single observe.  The Vibram sole can deal with the moist, the roots, and a few rocks, however there’s a spot down the middle of the only real that’s simply mid-sole foam that you would be able to really feel a rock by in the event you step flawed. 

On a steeper descent I felt just like the cushioning ought to have absorbed just a little extra shock than it did on exhausting packed grime. 

The gradual, straightforward run of any distance appeared like a waste of the Kiger 10 and never for what it was designed.  Again to again runs didn’t give the cushioning sufficient time to pop again and the lengthy, gradual distance left my legs drained on the finish.  

My principal critique of the Nike Terra Kiger 10 is that it’s a selected goal path shoe.  It’s not as versatile as many path footwear I’ve examined.  Whereas it may well deal with quite a lot of path situations, it’s not my go to choose for any and each kind of run day.

Nike Terra Kiger 10 Match

The Nike Terra Kiger 10 is a unisex shoe so maintain that in thoughts when sizing. 

I examined my regular measurement, a males’s 7.5/girls’s 9, and this gave me barely greater than the thumb width of additional area on the finish (for reference a Saucony or Brooks girls’s measurement 9 offers me a comfortable thumbs width of additional area).  I’m undecided if that is because of the unisex sizing or if this shoe simply runs barely bigger.

The Kiger 10 is a narrower fit that may be snugged up much more for the narrowest foot, a wider foot will discover it too comfortable.  The narrowness is particularly noticeable within the mid-foot with the connection of the tongue.  I discovered my heel felt actually safe, which may be because of the solely padding on the higher being within the heel and ankle.  

The arch feels a bit larger than different footwear, giving a pleasant supportive really feel. 

The toebox is neither large nor slender, however the leno weave higher has sufficient give to not really feel restrictive.  The tongue is connected for about two thirds of it’s size, protecting it safe all through the run.

Nike Terra Kiger 10 Really feel

The Nike Terra Kiger 10 feels mild.  However that additionally means it seems like there’s not loads there. 

The leno weave expertise is a mesh higher and actually that’s about all there’s to the higher, there isn’t a padding on the highest of the foot or the tongue however the ankle is padded all the best way down.  The leno weave feels actually sturdy with a pleasant snugness on the midfoot.  There’s an openness to the weave that makes it tremendous breathable, not waterproof however dries shortly.

Nike modified to the Vibram megagrip outsole for this mannequin nevertheless it’s not the total outsole which seems like an incomplete improve.  There’s a rock protect within the forefoot which is nice however that mixed with the unfinished Vibram protection behind the foot this leaves some key locations uncovered to feeling the rocks on a technical path in the event you land it proper.

The Cushlon 3.0 foam within the midsole was firmer than I anticipated and at this value level, much less responsive than I felt prefer it ought to have been as in comparison with different equally priced path footwear. For me, the cushioning made this a really particular kind of run shoe. 

The Kiger 10 was a shoe I used to be completely satisfied working in for my weekly, quick, velocity classes.  Touted as much as a 50k, these may be higher suited to even shorter path distances.  I attempted again to again days, typically you simply must run consecutive days on footwear, however the foam hadn’t bounced again sufficient on that second day for a snug run.  The Cushlon 3.0 midsole felt prefer it wanted a pair days to get well.

Who Tried it

Hello, I’m Aimee, a chemist who has solved most of my work and life issues out on a path someplace. I signed up for my first marathon in school not understanding how lengthy a marathon was and have been an avid runner for the final twenty years.

I sometimes run 30-35 miles per week chasing my two German Shorthaired Pointers, Sam and Bert, therefore my instagram @runningwithsam. (Largely  I’m working no matter my RTTF Coach Laura tells me to do.)

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