![]() The first thing I noticed when holding the shoe in my hand for the first time was how stiff the midsole felt. Is the Phantom Run 2 just another casual laceless shoe or can it be regarded as a serious running shoe and can the Phantom Run 2 replace the Structure? Nike React Phantom Run Flyknit 2 First Impressions The Phantom Run 2 was released a good four months after the Infinity Run, so was that enough time for Nike to make changes to improve the upper to prevent the heel slippage? The Nike Structure was discontinued and the Infinity React was supposed to take its place however the Infinity React is much too soft and not stable enough to be a substitute for the Structure. This proves that either Nike doesn’t test their shoes properly or that they don’t listen to the feedback that their wear testers give them. It could have been due to my narrow feet but if you read reviews on the Infinity Run, all of them complain of the heel slippage. I experienced heel slippage and the wide forefoot and midfoot felt sloppy: it felt like my foot was swimming inside the shoe. The upper of the Infinity Run didn’t work for me. It was the softest variant of React foam that Nike had ever put in a running shoe and filled the empty void that the Vomero left. It was soft, responsive and didn’t bottom out even on super long runs. The React Phantom Run 2 has a similar midsole and outsole to the massively popular React Infinity Run but the upper is completely different. You rarely see runners on the road wearing laceless running shoes and when you do see them, they look like casual runners and not marathoners. There has always been a connotation that laceless running shoes are for casual wear and not for performance running.
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