- Morning, Trainiacs.
On Running is the fastest growing
running shoe company in the world
and today,
we are going to talk about their newest running shoe
the On Running Cloud Ace.
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So, in the photos and the video
from half Iron Man Coeur d'Alene,
a lot of people noticed
that I was running
in the On Running Cloud Flow.
And someone commented,
"Does it seem like everyone is running
"in Ons these days?"
Specifically, I say yes.
And a lot of people are running
in the On Running Cloud Flow.
Javier Gomez, Tim Don,
Triathlon Taren,
we are all adopting this delightful little shoe
that is specifically made for running barefoot in a race.
Now, I can't speak for Javier Gomez and Tim Don,
I would have to assume
that they are getting paid.
This is video is not paid at all,
On just reached out to me,
and one of the people at On
is actually a Trainiac that is doing their own triathlons
and said,
"We really like your stuff,
"can we just send you out some shoes?"
And I was like,
"Well, as a matter of fact,
"over the last couple years, I've done
"a couple of reviews on the On shoes."
Specifically the On Cloud,
which was my favorite running shoe of 2017.
It was just a really nice,
meat and potatoes kinda shoe.
Since that time, they've updated the Cloud model,
come out with more models, and recently,
that's the On Running Cloud Ace.
So let's talk about how these all sort out here.
Now for starters, this new On Running Cloud Ace
is not like any of the other On Runners
that you may have tried in the past.
The On Running Cloud Flow
is a racing shoe.
The new On Running Cloud X has developed into
a bit of a racing shoe
but also more of a casual shoe.
A bit of a crossover.
This On Running Cloud Ace
is much more in line with like,
the ASICS Kayano Gel,
like that really built-up,
beefy, stabilization shoe,
whereas this shoe,
and this shoe,
are known for being light, for being responsive,
for being very flexible.
Whereas this, is all about having a really
stable platform.
The Cloud Flow can be compared to something like
Saucony Kinvara,
or say, a Newton Distance,
one of those light but slightly cushioned
kinda shoes,
not quite to the end of the spectrum
of being a racing flap.
But still really nice for racing
because it's nice and responsive,
very springy,
while still having a decent amount of flexibility
and cushioning.
The On Running Cloud X, more of a casual runner.
It'd be,
I don't know, something kinda like
the New Balance Fresh Foam Zante,
what do I have?
The New Balance Vazee.
Little bit more cushioning,
and what they've done with this runner
that is now on all their 2018 models is
you see how
this had the strip right down the middle
that was completely
vertical?
This is cut out
into a V shape
and all of these shoes
are cut into that V shape.
And the idea with that
is that it's gonna make sure that rocks
don't get into all these pods
which was my biggest complaint with that shoe.
Now let me give you the specs,
and you are going to see very quickly
how the Cloud Ace is completely different
from these two other better known shoes.
The Cloud X,
eight ounces, $140.
The Cloud Flow,
8.1 ounces, $140.
Both of these have a six millimeter heel drop.
Cloud Ace,
11.8 ounces.
$200.
That's a lotta dough.
But that 200 bucks, that is a lot of money.
For these to be a good value,
that means that you gotta get somewhere around
four to 500 miles outta this shoe.
Or, it needs to be a shoe that your really like,
in which case, value doesn't really matter.
So let's talk about the features of this new shoe.
Number one,
much more stiff.
Way stiffer than these shoes
that you might know a little bit better.
The Cloud Ace is designed for stability
over all else.
People that overprone it,
people that like a lotta structure to their shoe,
people that don't want to
have to work on their own nearly as much
have this plastic line
going under in between
the cushioning sole and the out sole
that is kinda like
that plate that's in a
Nike Four Percent, or the Zoom Fly
that you get that,
that real power transfer
because it's like a spring
that you spring off and it pushes you forward.
Also, this is the first On Running shoe
to incorporate both the zero gravity pods
in the back here for a lotta cushioning
with their rebound rubber clouds on the front
that have
like, that notch in the middle so you get a really,
nice, stiff toe off,
which is all throughout this shoe.
This plastic line is called the Speed Board and
apparently, with the small amount of reviews
that I've seen online so far,
does what it's supposed to do.
Apparently, these are a lot faster than you'd expect
for a damn near 12 ounce shoe.
Now I've never been one to
place a really big importance
on a heel cup.
It's kinda like an afterthought,
basically, a heel cup is good if you don't notice it.
But,
this On Running shoe is much more similar to
the Cloud Flow, which has the heel cup
that comes up,
as opposed to the Cloud X,
which has the heel cup that goes basically straight across.
My opinion?
Not a fan.
If you could zoom in really close to these,
you'll see a fair bit of blood on this
because I chafed
from that
really big heel cup
in Coeur d'Alene and
I imagine, just from walking around on this this morning,
that it would be about the same until it loosens up.
I found that that happened
a little bit
with last year's model,
but after,
maybe about 30 miles, it was totally gone.
I ran in these barefoot in Austin.
And then another difference is that this also
isn't very breathable.
These,
very breathable.
Didn't have sweaty feet,
or problems with moisture building up in these
during half Iron Man Coeur d'Alene.
These are quite a bit more closed in.
This is a solid panel
of like, rubber, something like that
all the way around, so it's not like you've got
air circulating through.
However, the inside does look,
mmmm,
like it has similar stitching so,
I ran barefoot in these and besides the heel cup,
which I knew
would kinda chafe me because
they were so new and I didn't wear socks,
I think that this could be okay
to run in.
So frankly, I can't review these.
I've only gone around in them for a grand total of about
two hours walking around this morning.
It's rest week now,
all I'm doing is swimming next week,
but if you are interested in a review of this shoe
that is a more built up shoe,
like that meat and potatoes heavy trainer
that a lot of people like,
getting away from that trend
of more minimal shoes with just a slight amount
of cushioning, lower mileage shoes,
more crossover shoes.
If you are interested in that,
hit the like button or comment below,
and I'll do a review on these.
And I'd actually be quite interested to do that because
of all the reviews that I saw,
there were comments that were along the lines of,
didn't think I would like this shoe,
but it's actually one of the most comfortable shoes
that I've ever tried.
On themselves
were super excited about this
if you've
been around and followed running
over the last little while,
you've seen this all over the place,
they're holding demos, they're holding
30 day free trial offers
on their shoes right now,
On is pushing really hard and
just like this was one of my favorite shoes of 2017,
these are some of my favorite shoes right now.
They ain't paying me to say this,
they just say, "Hey, can we send out some shoes?"
I'm like, "Hey, On, I like your stuff.
"Cool, deal.
"Let's do it."
So Trainiacs, that is the On Running Cloud Ace
versus the On Running Cloud Flow
versus the On Running Cloud X.
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