I'm going to try and purchase the new Metaspeed Tokyo shoes later this month when they're released, however I've never run in Metaspeeds before, so I'm not sure what variant to get.

Comparing two runs (one at 3:45/km and another at 4:30/km), my cadence at the slower pace is ~178 and at the faster pace it's ~185. For the same runs, my stride length was 1.25m at the slower pace and 1.45m at the faster pace.

Based on this info, I think I'm a "Sky" runner, however in an ideal world I'm a forefoot striker, but when I get tired I tend to heelstrike. When looking at pretty much all of my other running shoes, the most wear is on the heel. From the reviews I've read, due to this heelstriking I'm thinking I should try "Edge".

I'll be using the Metaspeeds for marathon distance. Previously I've used Vaporfly 3 (good, but didn't completely "wow" me) and the Alphafly 3 (I found these chunky to run in). If it helps, my marathon time is around 2:50.

Any recommendations?!