It uses a Zoom Air bag under the heel, same as last year, no change there. Expansive coverage of rubberĪt heart of the new Pegasus 31 update is a brand new, lower profile midsole which sits at a 10 mm heel-to-toe offset, and lower than the outgoing Pegasus 30. Or in simplified terms, stack the shoe against a traditional racing flat and see how close it comes. Surely, the design looks fast, but is the shoe? The barometer by which the ‘fastness’ of a running shoe is measured takes into account the compression of its sole unit, the heel to toe drop and how the upper fits. Where do we begin? Nike says that the new Pegasus is a ’speed demon’, so let’s probe that hyperbole as a starting point. In Air Pegasus 31’s case, updates go more than just skin deep, with wide sweeping and radical changes everywhere. So, yes the design commonality isn’t just a coincidence. The diamond shaped cut-outs have an uncanny resemblance to that of the Nike Free 5.0, and the mesh overlaid heel counter look near identical to the Zoom Vomero 9.
If aesthetics look similar to the 2014 Nike Free 5.0 and Zoom Vomero 9, that’s because all these models were drawn by the hand of Mark Miner, the Nike designer (he’s since left the brand) who worked on them. Stare at it a few more seconds, and there’s an overwhelming sense of deja-vu, that feeling of having seen something similar before.
(Update, August 12th, 2015: The Pegasus 32 review is here)ĭistinctly standing out in the new Pegasus is its striking upper design. So enter the next generation Nike Air Pegasus 31. It was impeccable timing too the Pegasus had been around for three decades, and what better way to usher in the 31st with a sparkling, brand new version of the franchise? The Pegasus so far had been the footwear equivalent of a grand dame who still held sway in running circles, but was getting long in the tooth. With a lot of neutral running competence crowding the market in different mesh and foam avatars, Nike decided it was time to conjure a new form of the long running Pegasus.
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