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Vela Halo

The everyday trainer that feels like race day. 214 grams of Halo foam, a knit you forget you're wearing, and a rocker that rolls you through the last kilometre.

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for a US men's 9 — 31 g lighter than the Aria it replaces
214g
energy return from the Halo foam midsole
81%
heel-to-toe drop over a 36 mm heel stack
8mm
recycled yarn in the Fluxweave upper
62%

Technology

Three ideas, one shoe

A sprinter's hands and spikes on the starting line of a red track

01 · Midsole

Halo foam

A supercritical PEBA blend, foamed with nitrogen instead of chemicals. It's 22% softer than EVA and springs back harder: 81% of every stride comes back to you.

A runner stretching on a sunlit track before a session

02 · Upper

Fluxweave knit

One piece of engineered knit, open where your foot runs hot and locked down where it twists. 62% of the yarn was plastic bottles in its last life.

Lane numbers painted on a running track

03 · Geometry

Pivot rocker

The forefoot curves up 14° from just behind the ball of the foot, so you roll through toe-off instead of pushing. Your calves will notice by kilometre 30.

Three colourways

Choose one and the shoe at the top of the page changes with it. Same foam, same knit, same price.

  • Asphalt

    Charcoal knit, coral stripes. Made for 6 a.m. streets and the last mile home.

  • Dune Rose

    A dusty blush borrowed from Bondi at sunrise, over a cloud-white midsole.

  • Harbour Blue

    Deep-water cobalt with navy overlays. Bright enough for the dark, quiet enough for the office.

The Halo family

One foam, three jobs. Most runners start with Halo and add Tempo when the plan gets serious.

The Halo line-up compared by price, weight, drop, stack and plate
ModelPriceWeightDropHeel stackPlate
HaloDaily trainer$160214 g8 mm36 mmNone: all foam
Halo TempoSpeed days$190198 g6 mm34 mmNylon, full length
Halo LongLong runs$175236 g10 mm40 mmNone: extra foam

The wear-test

212 runners. 41,000 kilometres.

“I did a 32 km long run in them straight out of the box. No hot spots, and my legs felt like they'd done 20.”

Inês Carvalho

2:41 marathoner, Lisbon

640 km in the wear-test

“The rocker is the real story. It's the first daily trainer I've put my whole squad in without a single complaint.”

Theo Marsh

Head coach, Bristol & West Harriers

18 athletes, 9 weeks

“Light enough for tempo Tuesdays, soft enough that I wore them for the back half of a 50k. Rare.”

Priya Nandakumar

Ultra runner, Blue Mountains

410 km in the wear-test

Reserve a pair

$160

Nothing is charged until your pair ships. Free returns for 60 days, even if you've run in them.

Colourway: Asphalt
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