Upper
A one-piece knit that fits like a sock. No tongue to slide, no seams to rub at km 30.
- Weight
- 41 g
- Seams
- 0
- Recycled yarn
- 70%
Airlock AL-01 · Carbon-plate racer · Drop 001
Fri 18 Sep · 10:00 Drops in
Colourway 01 / 03
1,000 pairs
Signal-red toe cap, midnight quarter, sand sole. The launch colour, loud enough to be seen at 5am.
AL-01 by the numbers
212g
Weight · US 9
Lighter than your phone. Every gram you do not lift is a gram you do not carry at km 38.
8mm
Heel-to-toe drop
Low enough to land midfoot, high enough to save your calves on the long ones.
38mm
Stack height · heel
Right under the 40 mm race limit. All of it is foam that gives back.
1plate
Full-length carbon
One spoon-shaped plate, heel to toe. It stores the landing and hands it back on toe-off.
Exploded view
Every AL-01 is four parts glued by hand in a 12-person workshop. Nothing else is in there.
A one-piece knit that fits like a sock. No tongue to slide, no seams to rub at km 30.
Full-length carbon, 1.2 mm thin, curved like a spoon. It snaps you forward off the toe.
Supercritical PEBA foam in two densities: soft on top for the legs, firm below for the push.
A thin rubber grid only where you strike. Grips wet tarmac, lasts about 600 km.
Step 1 · Your size
Fits true to size. Between two sizes, go half up. Wide feet: go half up and take out the thin insole spacer.
Step 2 · Get the Friday ping
US 9Siren
One email on Friday at 09:45 with your queue link. No newsletter. We delete the address after the drop.
42 wear-testers · 5,400 km
2:41:07
Berlin Marathon · PB by 4 min
"The plate kicks in at km 30, right when my legs usually quit. It felt like cheating."
Maya Okafor34 · 110 km a week
16:58
Parkrun 5K · first sub-17
"Light enough that I forgot about it. Loud enough that the whole start line asked."
Tomas Rey27 · club runner
1:19:40
Valencia Half · 3rd in age group
"Runs half a size big for me. Once I sized down, nothing moved."
Ines Varga41 · masters runner
After this Friday
16Oct
Fri
10:00 CET · Colour drop
Acid yellow on black with a reflective heel for the dark mornings.
1,500pairs
13Nov
Fri
10:00 CET · Colour drop
Silver knit, white foam, a black plate you can see through the window.
1,200pairs
11Dec
Fri
10:00 CET · New model
Same plate, lugged outsole, a gusset that keeps the mud out.
800pairs
Before you queue
Yes. Run in them for 30 days. If they are not for you, send them back free, even worn. Up to 50 km on the clock is fine. Refunds land in 5 working days.
True to size for most feet. Between two sizes, go half a size up. Wide feet: go half up and take out the thin insole spacer that ships in the box. Exchanges for another size are free while stock lasts.
The shop opens Friday at 10:00 CET. Everyone who is in the queue at 10:00 gets a random place, so there is no point refreshing at 09:59. One pair per person, checked by address and card.
Every pair ships the Monday after the drop, from our workshop. Free shipping in the EU and UK, tracked, 2 to 4 days.
No. Every colour is made once. When the 2,000 pairs are gone, they are gone.