Do you think we'll see a "market correction" to stack heights?
I just took my first run in the MagMax Nitro, and I generally enjoyed it, but I kind of kept saying to myself "why the heck do we need this much midsole foam if we didn't need it 5 years ago"
For fun, I took a look at the BITR review of the original Novablast (maybe my favorite shoe of all time), and it's legitimately pretty shocking at how much things have changed. They mention that it "Works well for those who like a higher stack height (31 mm/21 mm, 10 mm drop) and softer feel"
And now I'm looking at the Mizuno Neo Zen, which is an insanely soft 39.5mm stack...and that's considered basically normal for a daily trainer these days. I recently read someone saying they couldn't imagine running a marathon in the Vaporfly 4 (35mm stack, carbon plate, elite racing foam), yet people were running marathons in the original Novablast just 5 years ago!
What do you think: have we gone too far? Will there be some company that comes out with a bouncy 30mm stack height marketed as a daily trainer? Or will stack heights just keep going up for all eternity?