The Pegasus 39 has a new upper, midsole and outsole but the thing that Pegasus loyalists will be most interested in is that the new Peg 39 has lost an entire ounce or 28 grams of weight. This year is the major update year so you can expect changes, although that doesn’t mean much because it’s a Pegasus after all and they want to stay consistent to keep their loyal fanbase. Version 35 was also good but the ride was noticeably flatter due to its thinner, full-length airbag.Įvery second year, the Pegasus gets a major update where its upper, midsole and outsole get updated. Its fit was perfectly suited to my feet while the ride felt smooth and consistent because this was before they started putting Zoom Air in the forefoot. You only come to really appreciate the Pegasus after five hundred kilometres when it looks and rides as well as when you first bought it. The Pegasus is not designed to knock your socks off or amaze you. If I’m being brutally honest, I was really disappointed with it because it lacked flair but back then, I didn’t know what the Pegasus was all about. My first experience with the Pegasus was the 30th version, 9 years ago.

That’s how good Nike’s marketing is: they’ve managed to make a non-exciting shoe the most popular running shoe in the world. If you think that the Pegasus doesn’t sound like an exciting shoe, you’d be very accurate in your assessment. That’s exactly what the Pegasus is, it’s a running shoe that’s built like a tank and designed for nothing else other than to withstand hundreds of kilometres.

I hope whoever came up with the Pegasus name and coined the term, “your workhorse with wings” got a very, very big bonus.

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