Editor’s Note: At our annual RW Shoe Summit meetings in New York City during the week leading up to the NYC Marathon, Adidas addressed durability concerns about the exposed section of forefoot foam. A small percentage of runners were seeing premature wear, so Adidas is going to extend the outsole material to better protect that section for all runners.

When Sabastian Sawe became the first official runner to break 2 hours in a marathon in an actual race, he was shod with Adidas’s latest $500 race rocket , the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3. That shoe is incredibly fast, incredibly lightweight, and incredibly hard to get your hands on.

Today, Adidas released the next best thing: The Adizero Adios Pro 5. It’s the evolution of the brand’s best racing shoe , with learnings from the pricier Pro Evo 3. This time around, it’s lighter and uses a new carbon rim setup instead of rods.…