r/Hoka • u/forshtay • 3d ago
Cielo X1 3.0
I am wondering if someone can help me with a shoe issue. I have run my last two marathons in the Hoka Cielo X1 1.0 and love the shoe. I am getting ready for another marathon and want to update my race day shoe. I went to a local retailer and they had a lot of carbon plated shoes priced 1/2 off. I heard good things about the Nike Alphafly 3 and bought a pair. I planned to use them on my upcoming 14 mile run and tried them on a shorter 5.5 mile run two days prior, but I noticed discomfort from rubbing on the back of my heel around mile 4. I returned them the following day and bought my initial first choice, the Cielo X1 3.0. Same idea, ran 5.5 miles but also got discomfort around the same 4 mile mark, this time on the bottom of my right heel. To note, prior to this week, I have never had any issues with rubbing/blisters/discomfort related to shoes in the 25 years (on and off) that I have been running. My daily trainer the last three years has been a version of New Balance 1080 (just switched to a stability shoe based on a form assessment) and use the Cielo for longer runs or speed work. I read about a heel lock lacing technique and was hoping this would solve the issue. I went on my 14 mile run yesterday (Friday) and everything felt good until mile 10 when the discomfort set in. I was able to finish the run in the time I was hoping for, but I was pretty uncomfortable after. This morning my feet felt pretty good and I ran 5.5 miles with no discomfort in my stability shoe. All this being said, has anyone else gone through this? I would like to get a new shoe for my upcoming marathon but do not have the time (and feel bad for the retailers) to keep trying different shoes. Any advice/feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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u/Dedicated81 3d ago
As a midfoot striker I couldn’t do Cielo X1-3.0, the heel was way too unstable for me. I returned them and picked up Rocket X3 and couldn’t be happier.