Late to the game but I finally got a run in with my Tempos I bought last year (which I was already late to the game with at the time). I’m sure it was part placebo effect and part uncharacteristically nice weather, but I ran noticeably faster than I’ve been going in recent months — closer to my paces pre-injury last year when I was coming off 10K training. Not a PR but it felt nice to go quick.
Walking around in the shoes felt disorienting at first, but in a cushy, springy way. Walking in them after my run felt disorienting almost in a soccer cleat on pavement sort of way. Running in them felt nice — more stable than I expected, and definitely a little more propulsive than my Pegasus trainers, I could tell I was wanting to go quicker and a bit more on my toes. I didn’t mind the sound — I was expecting it to be really annoying based on some reviews, but they sounded more springy than flappy or clappy to me.
Just did a couple miles on the Tempos, I’ll try them on a 5K run next. So far so good. I think I will still like the stability and consistency of the Pegasus for most runs but the Tempos will be a nice literal and figurative change of pace now and then.