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300 plus miles in the mauno Neo Vista hi
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everybody Welcome to today's video my
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name is Matt and this is what matters
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Matt that's right on today's video we're
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going to be talking about the mauno Neo
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Vista after 300 plus miles and I say 300
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plus Miles because I think we're
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probably at 320 or 330 Mi at this point
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because a couple of weeks ago when I got
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to 300 Mi I shelv this thinking I was
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going to do the review it's taken me a
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couple of weeks but I couldn't resist
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taking it out for a few more miles it's
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continued to be in my rotation and it
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will continue to be in my rotation so a
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little bit of a spoiler on how I feel
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about this shoe at this point but we're
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going to go over some of my likes some
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of my dislikes of course we're going to
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talk about how this shoe is held up
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after all those 300 miles first we're
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going to dive into just how have I been
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using the shoe where is it fitting into
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my rotation and finally it's going to be
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up to you on whether the Muno Neo Vista
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is worth your hard earned cash also I
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think it's really important to mention
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that this is a shoe that Muno provided
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me for the purpose of review however
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they're not going to get a chance to see
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this video before you find folks do here
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on YouTube My thoughts and opinions are
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my own all right so how have I been
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using the mauno Neo Vista well when you
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look at this shoe it clearly clearly
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screams rachu and that's primarily where
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I've been using it you've got that that
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booty style knit upper you've got all
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that glorious soft squishy stack height
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in the mauno enery next foam and you've
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got a pretty smooth out soole here quite
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a bit of rubber coverage over top of
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that foam but still pretty pretty smooth
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and you got this huge cavernous
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cavernous spot here in the middle it is
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a little bit of a rock catcher if you
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want to take that on the trail so
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screams Road shoe and that is primarily
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where I've used it I have not taken this
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on the trails too much I've tried it
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because I wanted to try it everywhere
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but the trails it's a little bit of an
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ankle breaker now when I'm on the roads
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or I'm on concrete if I'm on the
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sidewalks it's perfectly fine it feels
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pretty stable it's got a pretty wide
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platform and with that Mauna wave plate
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in there the nylon fiberglass infused
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plate that they've got running through
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the shoe it does keep it pretty stable
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but it's just not meant for the trails
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whatsoever so this is primarily a road
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shoe now the one spot where I have taken
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it quite a few times logged more miles
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than I would have expected is on the
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treadmill one thing you hear from me and
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you're going to hear from a lot of other
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reviewers is that Muno Neo Vista is very
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very smooth that's the one thing that
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seems to be consistent amongst a number
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of different reviewers is just how
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smooth this shoe is that translates into
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being very smooth on the treadmill now
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normally I wouldn't grab a shoe with
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this much stack height for running on
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the treadmill because you've got that
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extra soft that extra spring but for
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some reason I kept reaching for this
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shoe and I think it just came down to
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the smoothness when I had to log those
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those awful awful boring miles on that
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treadmill so primarily Road some
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treadmill stay away from the trails now
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in terms of Paces that's where this
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surprised me quite a bit because I had
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heard a lot about this being mizuno's
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version of a super trainer with all that
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Max stack and I thought I was going to
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use this for a lot more faster runs but
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primarily what I've been reaching for it
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for are recovery runs easy runs all the
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way up to a moderate Pace if I was
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talking about what I think its actual
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sweet spot is for me it would be in
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those progression runs where we start
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off easy and we get a little bit faster
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a little bit faster a little bit faster
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maybe even up to half marathon pace it
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does seem to with that smoothness it
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seems to translate into something that
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you're able to lock into a pace and just
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go the faster efforts the problem with
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it for me and we'll get into some of my
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likes and dislikes it's just whenever I
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took this out for faster efforts it just
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it just felt a little bit too relaxed
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that upper was just a little bit too
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soft a little bit too forgiving a little
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bit too comfortable that foam was just a
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little bit too soft a little bit too
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forgiving a little bit too comfortable
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and the outsole was the outsole not
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really aggressive at all the wave plate
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does really well to keep it Sable and
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does provide some energy return but not
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enough to make it feel aggressive is
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able to do it it just didn't feel like
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the right shoe when I was looking to do
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400 met repeats even 1K repeats I'd
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reach for something maybe with a little
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bit more pep so my first like probably
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comes as no surprise and it is just how
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smooth this shoe is I know I mentioned
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it before but it's worth mentioning
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again you got to get this on your feet
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now the one thing I will say is that it
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does feel and I'll use Forest of Dean
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Runners Andy his first impression of
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this clopping clopping or clapping that
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he did in his video it does kind of slap
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a little bit if you're running at easier
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Paces on the pavement but it feels
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really really smooth again relaxed upper
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soft squishy midsole really good roll
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with that smooth speed assist that maunu
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has going on here with their rocker and
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that energy next foam all runs really
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really smooth smooth smooth smooth
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smooth feeling pretty pretty Canadian at
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this point Toronto Blue Jay's Grateful
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Dead t-shirt going on drinking Tim
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Horton's coffee first significant
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snowfall of the Year trying to avoid the
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background noise from our neighbor
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snowblowing his
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driveway okay since we're still talking
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about smoothness a lot of that has to do
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with that enery next foam that Muno is
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put in this shoe and 44 44.5 MIM in the
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heel of this a lot of Stack height here
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and after 300 plus miles I will say that
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it's not quite as energ itic as it was
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when I first got the shoe is still great
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for those types of runs that I'm using
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it for and that softness has been really
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really good on those recovery runs and
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easy runs but it's lost a little bit of
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Bounce a little bit of P from when I
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first got the shoe one of the first runs
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I did in this I did try to speed up and
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I ran I think what was one of my fastest
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kilometers of the entire year
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surprisingly in the middle of a run in
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this shoe as I was going through the
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gears but it has lost just a little bit
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of p over the time that I've been
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running in the Neo Vista and number two
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for me in likes and honestly this is
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close to be number one because again it
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surprised me about this shoe is this
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booty style construction that we have
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here when I see a booty style
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construction I'm thinking alphafly I'm
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thinking really hard to get into this
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with this pull tab and the way this is
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designed is really really easy to slip
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into uh not being able to run a runner's
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knot through this shoe really really had
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me thinking that I wasn't going to be
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able to get a good lock down but I
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didn't have a problem with that at all
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slipped my foot in felt really really
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comfortable when I was out there on the
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run and it hasn't stretched out at all
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for me which another concern that I had
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it's just been really consistent over
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the time it does bunch a little bit up
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here because I have a fairly narrow foot
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and I do have to cinch the laces down
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quite a bit but no problem whatsoever
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with that it felt really really
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comfortable and really no signs of
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wearing tear but we'll get into that a
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little bit more when we talk about the
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overall durability and how many miles
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I'm going to get out of this now I know
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I mentioned the snowplow earlier but
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probably the bigger background noise
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that you might be able to pick up on is
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my son out in the living room on a snow
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day early morning watching his uh I
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think it's Japanese anime on the TV so
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so our
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snowman uh looks a little look at his
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eyes eyes are a little
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off Dylan what do you think of the
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Snowman uh it looks good apologize for
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that if you're hearing that but the last
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big like and this is a little bit more
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about the Aesthetics and I know I know
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that comes down to taste and everybody's
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going to be a little bit different but
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mauno neov Vista is a unique looking
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shoe and that can be a plus or a minus
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depending upon who you are and for me it
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is a big plus when I go out there and I
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run in this people notice it right away
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and they're asking me about it they
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think it looks unique very few times
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maybe a couple of times I've been told
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that uh that it's not all that pretty
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but I think it is a an absolutely
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beautiful shoe uh the blue color that
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mauno used in a lot of their shoes this
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year I I wasn't sure I was going to be a
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fan of even though I am a fan of blue
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some blue on running shoes not always
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great for me but I've loved the overall
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aesthetic of this shoe and I'm hoping
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they continue that forward with their
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shoes in 2025 so number three for me
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definitely the look The Unique Look of
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the mauno Neo Vista so a couple more
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notable likes before we move on to some
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of the things I'm not such a big fan of
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one of them is actually the wave plate
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in the bottom of the shoe that nylon
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fiberglass infused plate I know I
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mentioned that earlier but it does
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really control the phone quite well it's
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not intrusive it doesn't get in the way
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it doesn't provide a whole lot of extra
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energy return but I think it does
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exactly what its intent is and it's to
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control this shoe from getting overly
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squirly and it does that really really
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well and the other thing I want to
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mention is the weight now this isn't a
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light shoe by any means but when you put
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it in context of other super trainers
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out there of similar stack Heights with
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that much foam and something of a more
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comfortable upper it fits in there quite
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nicely it's not quite as light as
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something like the super blast but it's
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certainly lighter than something like
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the Skyward X so the wave plate and the
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weight are two other notables for me now
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not everything about the mauno Neo Vista
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is perfect and there are a couple of
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things that I would probably like to see
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maybe adapted a little bit in the next
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iteration knowing that if we make some
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adaptions we're probably going to lose
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in other places but the first one is
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that outsole and just the wear and tear
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now there is not a ton but I'm starting
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to wear into the midsole right here
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because I've been wearing on the rubber
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a little bit yes that is the outside I
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know I have not the greatest running
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form and I wear a shoe out right there
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and we're seeing a little bit of wear
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back here in the heel as well so seeing
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a little bit more wear and again we'll
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talk about that later in durability but
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that's more at the 300 M Mark than I've
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seen in a lot of shoes I understand that
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if they harden up that rubber to make it
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a little bit more durable that means
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that I'm going to lose some of the
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stickiness that I get in this outsole
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and also if they add more rubber that's
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going to add to the weight and that's
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probably going to change the feel of the
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shoe but if they could do something to
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make the wear on the rubber just a
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little bit better I'd probably get a
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whole lot more m then why I think I'm
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going to get out of the Neo Vista but
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who knows who knows but that's first
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dislike third and final dislike and
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probably again be a little bit too
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nitpicky because this is a running shoe
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and very few of my running shoes do I
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use until they're ready to retire for
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anything but that I would not use this
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for walking or walking around or
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anything about running if I wanted an
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all day shoe that I could walk around in
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the mauno Neo Vista just wouldn't be it
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with all that soft squishy foam that
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I've talked about so much in this video
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it just it just doesn't feel comfortable
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it's soft it's comfortable it just feels
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awkward to get out there and walk in so
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if I had to pick one more and you can
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tell I'm struggling to figure out what I
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dislike about this shoe would be uh not
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a walking shoe whatsoever stick to
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running with this shoe so was likes and
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dislikes out of the way let's talk about
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durability the main reason why you're
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probably watching this video after 300
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miles um it's held up pretty well the
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upper is held up really really well I
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mentioned earlier that I thought maybe
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it would stretch out but there's been no
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no holes no phrase no nothing in that
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upper and it hasn't stretched out at all
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it feels just kind of like it did on day
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one so upper is held up really really
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well I think I'm going to get a whole
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lot more miles out of that the midsole
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in this shoe uh the midsole has held up
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pretty well I mentioned it earlier that
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it doesn't quite have the same amount of
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bounce that it has when I first got it
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but it's still held up really well it
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certainly hasn't gone flat for me I
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think with a shoe with this much stack
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height they're going to last a long time
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but they're going to lose sort of that
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initial pop fairly quickly so still a
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great shoe just not quite as exciting as
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it was day one when I got it the outsole
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probably where I've seen the most wear
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and that would be kind of in these areas
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that I mentioned earlier it's a fairly
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thin amount of rubber even though
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there's a lot of it um and I'm getting
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some wear on the midsole the exposed
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little bit of midle portion back here
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and then back here in the heel and I
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might have to put b-roll in here if uh
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if this doesn't show up well on the
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camera but we are seeing some wear and
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I'm just touching the edge of that
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midsole out there as well so outo is
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probably the biggest in its armor
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so far uh but I do think it's going to
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hold up for for quite a few more miles
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now if we are at about the 300 mile mark
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my guess is probably get another if it
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stays at my rotation if nothing comes
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along and bumps it out of my rotation
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I'll certainly let you know if you
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subscribe to this channel if there's a
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shoe that becomes my replacement for the
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Muno Neo Vista but um probably 500 mil
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would be the Benchmark for me if I got
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it there I would be incredibly excited
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again as we move further and further
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into the lifetime of this shoe probably
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going to move further and further into
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the easy recovery shoe and less and less
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into using it for anything of upper
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Paces as more and more of that energy
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turn goes from that midsole 500 mil is
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my best guess best bet of where I'll
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probably retire the Neo Vista all right
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so I think at the end of the day there
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are a lot of shoe companies out there
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who were able to put out a really good
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version of a super trainer and this shoe
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is a really good version of a super
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trainer but you got to keep in mind
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exactly what you're looking for in that
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category it is grown so broad you have
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some shoes that are really meant for
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more just cruising miles and you have
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some super trainers that are really
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meant for faster Paces they're lighter
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they've got more pep in the step but
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this shoe fits right Square in the
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middle for me and I think it is a good
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option if you're looking for a smooth
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super trainer that's going to be able to
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log lots and lots of miles and be a
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pretty versatile shoe that's it guys
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that's the end of my review of the mauno
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Neo Vista after 3 100 plus miles if you
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