Butter it butter it oh so good oh so good oh Let's do this finally finally a full review of the Hoka CarbonX full review after my 24 mile long run today in these shoes and I realized fully really late to the game really late I think I saw a lot of other running YouTube channels publishing full review videos back in June so you're probably this is probably like water under the bridge for you you already know a lot about this shoe but as you know I did a lot of trail running this summer and so I was unable to put these shoes through the paces but now we are at 76 miles so we're well past the 50 miles especially after the 24 today and let's dive into a few specs real quick as we get going 5 millimeter drop 32 millimeter stack height in the heel 27 in the four foot so that 5 millimeter drop basically right where I like it and then in the weight in men size 9 we're looking at 8.7 ounces or 246 grams and in my size we are looking at 7.9 ounces or 226 grams now on the upper it's a single layer mesh upper all right through the toe by all around the shoe single layer mesh upper and it's the what's coming to mind when I think about the upper is it has no bells and whistles it's simple and actually I was a little concerned you know when I bought the shoe if I was going to like the how simplified the upper was but sure enough it's breathable I feel I feel locked down and yes there is a gusseted tongue so what does that mean basically on the inside of the shoe there there's a piece of material I'm guessing some sort of polyester synthetic material that connects the tongue just underneath the insole of the shoe and it's just perfect it's just get locks down over the top of your foot so so well so good work on the upper no bells and whistles now I do have a concern I'm gonna bring up in a minute that does connect to the upper but we'll get to that in a second all right moving on to the midsole of this hook a carbon X so it's that pretty solid stack height okay 32 and 27 yes there is a carbon fiber plate you can see it there through the outsole of the shoe carbon fiber plate shoe for the carbon X now if you'll remember for my first impression vlog I was a little concerned about the basically how firm the ride felt in the car it just felt a little firm not too soft and for a 20 mile run 24 mile run like today I just I'm I have to be careful for myself because of my injury history which is why I've actually been slipping into the shoe underneath the insole this spend co which is just a piece of very very light rubber no you know there's no support through this spend co but it just provides about another two to three millimeters of cushion so for some shoes for my long runs I do add this spend co that you can buy from a lot of running shoe stores from Amazon and you cut it out into with scissors into the shape of your foot excuse me into the shape of the insole why not I'll just pull this out right now so you can see it fully so here we go so there's the there's the insole and then here is the spend co and basically you cut it out to fit the size of the insole so you slide it right into the shoe to help provide a little more cushion just because I did sense off of the first impression that it was a little firm through that midsole okay moving on the outsole real quick not much to say frankly I like it now I haven't raced in fast conditions in this shoe on a wet road I don't know I actually if somebody has experience racing in this shoe and rainy conditions I could foresee in your turning sharp corners in a city and you're going fast like I could foresee a little bit of slipping happening or you know how you're on a road and then there's there's paint on the road I don't know if you've ever run into that before but I've seen a couple I've I've experienced a couple situations where the paint is a little slick so anyway no complaints about the outsole it is smooth you can see through to that carbon fiber plate and yes I don't know if you can see that there right where my finger is pointing there's a rock embedded right there so not a major issue but I did pick up a couple rocks over the past 76 miles okay and moving on to the fit of the Hoka carbon X I went true to size we're good to go except for the one drawback I'm gonna talk about in a second so fit was good and for the comfort again no frills comfort through the upper it's not like screaming comfort at me but again I'm feeling like that gust of the tongue is spot on for the carbon act for my positive and my drawback the positive oh my goodness 24 miles today I'm gonna go with bounce for the the positive I think it's that combo of the the carbon fiber plate and the stack height and I don't know I don't know what's going on but I just felt a nice little bounce and I was very I averaged 640 a mile for the for the long run and I'm just very pleased I'm very and so did this shoe help me get through the finish line today on today's long run successfully I'm gonna say yes like my legs were tired after 20 miles no doubt but I was I was never reeling I was never like oh my legs feel dead here so I'm gonna go with bounce for the positive good work Hoka I'm feeling feeling encouraged by what's going on through this midsole now the drawback I drew blood the first run right on the bat right on my Achilles tendon so right here actually on this shoe you can see well it's almost gone now so I I figured it out and I put some band aids right on the back of my Achilles tendon but a little bit of blood drawn so that is my drawback even though I went true to size I'm gonna say what's going on there I don't know again if somebody else is having issues with some rubbing through the Achilles tendon let us know down in the comments and now how will I use the carbon X moving forward long runs long runs now Jim Womzley I just read I just refreshed my memory he has the world record now in the 50 mile and he wore this shoe and he averaged 548 a mile for 50 miles so it's definitely a shoe I think built for the long run I wouldn't race in the shoe for a half marathon or a tent you could but I think there's better options out there for you now the price point 180 dollars I'm struggling a little bit it's probably the mental game of me knowing that my heel is rubbing on the back of the the heel collar there and the heel counter I should say so 160 I'd be I'd be doing cartwheels to buy this shoe 180 is like right on that brink I don't know if I would buy it again at 180 so maybe just wait I bet by I bet by the Christmas season and and you know the shopping season around Thanksgiving I bet this shoe starts to come down in price I'm hoping for everyone out there that is interested so I'm on the fence for the price and the score 7.25 all right I almost went 7.5 7.25 is not bad for the score again it's just that rubbing and the first run like it was almost debilit I almost had to stop and like anyway I didn't have any band aids with me but so not a bad score but I'm excited actually let's just do it question of the day for all the hoka fans out there order your predictions or your hopes for the carbon X in 2020 all right what will Hoka do to improve this shoe in 2020 I'm I'm I'm stoked can I use that word I'm stoked to see what Hoka can come can come up with in 2020 for this shoe I predict definitely a drop in weight I'm hoping Hoka is able to pay attention to the heel counter issue that I'm having so anyway I'll be excited to read your comments down below and that is it everyone for my full review of the Hoka Carbon X overall solid shoe I'm excited again for the future and yes we're gonna toss it back to on the right hand side the Hoka carbon rocket and on the left hand side we're gonna go back to the first impression in case you want to see my thoughts 76 miles ago for the Hoka carbon X I love you guys thanks for being here thanks for watching Seek Beauty work hard and love each other see you tomorrow