Need a pair of shoes for my first marathon. I've been running/training on barefoots (Atreyu). Is really the Vaporfly 3 as good as its pricetag?

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If it’s your first marathon I would suggest getting something without a carbon plate in it. Vaporflys are designed to make you that 0.1% faster once you have expended every other avenue. It’s. The equivalent of buying a £10,000 full carbon road bike for your first ever race.

If you are super keen to go as fast as you possibly can you could look at cheaper alternative like the Saucony Endorphin speed 3

Prices vary around the world I guess. In the UK Nike AF or VF (£240-£280) are over double the price of endorphin speed 3’s (£114), but my point is they don’t make you twice as fast.

I disagree, I can usually find a (new) pair of VFs or AFs on eBay in my size for about $200 - that's not much more than I'm already paying for daily trainers from On or Hoka