adidas Adizero Adios Pro

Adizero Adios Pro

First released in 2008, the Adizero franchise is known for producing record-breaking running shoes such as 2020’s game-changing Adizero Adios Pro. Developed using insights from elite marathon runners, this cutting-edge, speed-driven silhouette is made to push boundaries.

The adidas Adizero Adios Pro combines carbon-infused EnergyRods with lightweight, responsive Lightstrike Pro foam and a stiffening heel plate to maximise energy return while ensuring stability and smooth transitions. The 40mm heel stack offers high impact protection, its rockered forefoot propulsion and its lightweight Celermesh upper firm lockdown. Lastly, thin, precisely placed rubber outsole pads deliver weight-saving traction. This outstanding design helped Kenyan athletes Peres Jepchirchir and Kibiwott Kandie to set half marathon world records in 2020.

Adidas released the Adizero Adios Pro 2 in 2021, its contoured midsole, smooth rocker and midfoot cutout improving transitions and its Continental rubber outsole enhancing grip and durability. The refined Celermesh 2.0 upper is lightweight and breathable, with small foam strips bringing extra comfort to the 1mm-thick tongue, which is partially gusseted to prevent slippage and enhance containment.

2023 delivered the adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3, which improves on stability, responsiveness and efficiency through firmer Lightstrike Pro foam, a wider base, and full-length EnergyRods. Its altered rocker is springier at toe-off, and its outsole better tuned for wet-weather traction, while midfoot and forefoot strikers benefit from its lower heel-to-toe drop, and a fold-down pull tab facilitates easy on and off.

The advanced Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 was also introduced in 2023, offering a 40% reduction in weight through a paper-thin outsole and upper. Its charismatic, one-of-a-kind forefoot rocker maximises the foot’s interaction with the springy EnergyRods, improving running economy, speed and agility. Ethiopian distance runner Tigst Assefa wore the Adios Pro Evo 1 to break the marathon world record in 2023, before setting a new women-only record at the 2025 London Marathon in the updated Pro Evo 1 v2.

In January 2025, softer, more responsive Lightstrike Pro foam was added to the adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 alongside an increased rocker for better propulsion. The redesigned heel and reinforced eyelets improve lockdown and durability, while its LightTraxion outsole, complete with Continental rubber forefoot patch, is super-thin and soft yet durable and grippy. LightLock technology allows its upper to stretch longitudinally but controls lateral stability, and despite having a plusher tongue, it is 8% lighter than its predecessor.

Adidas also updated its most premium racing shoe in 2025, bringing out the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 2. Enhanced Lightstrike Pro Evo foam makes it even more responsive and lightweight as its 3mm drop caters to midfoot and forefoot strikers, and its precision-engineered tread produces unrivalled traction. Its ultra-thin synthetic upper delivers a secure, comfortable fit at the lowest possible weight to facilitate maximum speed and efficiency.

The adidas Adizero Adios Pro supports top-level performance and world-record-breaking speeds over long distances through exhilarating innovations and athlete insight as it continues to push boundaries in the ongoing race for marathon mastery.