The first thing you notice is how light and comfortable it is. For a carbon race shoe, it fits well and immediately feels like it belongs on your foot. The midsole is markedly softer than the Pro Evo 2 with a fun, springy, bouncy energy to it. The curved rocker is the same as the last-gen Pro Evo 2. It rolls you quickly onto your forefoot, driving a fast foot turnover and a lively toe off. It’s all very smooth, light, and propulsive. The higher levels of softness really come through. Fans of a stiffer, snappier ride (like you’d get from an Asics Metaspeed Edge or Sky Tokyo) might not love that sensation. But there’s a really good balance of cushioning and protection under the forefoot, with all the fun and punchy response you expect from a top-tier carbon race shoe. I found it worked best, as Heidmann describes, when I was moving at faster paces with locked-in form, landing mid-to-forefoot with real intent. But I was surprised by how accommodating it felt at slower …