Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next% 3

Optimized for speed, the Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next% 3 women's shoe allows you to run at your best. Famous for remarkable sporting achievements, it takes your performance to the next level during your road competitions and accompanies you on your long-distance running training.

Alphafly 3: For which type of athlete, what use, what distance, and what surface?

A high-performance demanding running shoe, it meets the sporting ambitions of advanced, elite, and confirmed athletes. Designed for enduring runners, especially marathoners, it reveals its full potential on half-marathons and marathons. Its design allows you to cover many kilometers on road.

Alphafly Next% 3: What usage?

+ Designed to run at high paces and improve running economy, it is aimed at experienced runners with excellent running technique. Elite and focused on long-distance races for pure marathoners, this enduring shoe reveals its strengths over long distances.

- This demanding model requires good running experience to fully exploit and appreciate it. It is not suitable for novices and beginners.

If you are looking for a high-performance but more versatile model, we recommend the Nike ZoomX Vaporfly Next% shoe, which is suitable for short to long-distance races (from 5 to 10 kilometers up to the marathon).

Why choose the Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next% 3?

Designed to shatter your personal records during competitions, the Nike Alphafly 3 combines the following advantages:

• A high-performance shoe that helped marathoner Kelvin Kiptum shatter the marathon world record in Chicago.
• A lightweight, fast, and responsive model.
• Soft and dynamic cushioning that offers an enduring stride as comfortable as it is efficient.
• A carbon plate that improves stride efficiency and helps reduce muscle fatigue over long distances.
• A combination of cutting-edge technology to optimize and improve the runner?s time and performance.
• A lightweight upper and precise lacing that provides good support to minimize the risk of imbalance.

Alphafly 3: What's new?

We compared this third version with the previous version, the Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next% 2:

• Lighter and streamlined for speed.
• An adjusted and slightly wider carbon plate for better stability.
• A monobloc foam on the midsole that extends the entire length, allowing for a smoother ride, a more natural transition feel, better shock distribution, and better lateral support ideal for multidirectional movements.
• Integration of Air Zoom units in the midsole which offers a more propulsive ride.
• An improved lightweight upper that secures the foot.
• Notched asymmetrical lacing and a padded knitted tongue that locks the foot without pressure points.
• A thinner, improved outsole for better traction.

Features of the Air Zoom Alphafly Next% 3

• Drop: 8 mm.

• Cushioning: The ultra-lightweight foam positioned throughout the length improves the transition between heel and forefoot. Combined with a carbon plate, it offers a light and propulsive ride. The revised heel improves stability and transition during pace changes. The air cushions at the front integrated into the midsole aim to absorb shocks, facilitate transitions, and increase propulsion.

• Upper (the part that wraps around your foot): Innovative, its design ensures weight saving and continuous water and sweat evacuation. Adapted to your efforts, its lightweight and breathable sockliner guarantees an adjusted fit, while the asymmetrical lacing locks your foot without pressure points on the instep.

• Outsole: In one piece and thinner to allow more foam, the durable rubber is designed to provide better traction at different angles. Strategic grooves cover the sole to provide maximum grip on dry or wet surfaces. 

• Non-removable insole
• Storage bag included
• Weight observed by i-Run: 181 g in size 40