Look at the feed of basically any cool running guy right now and chances are you’ll spot one logo: Satisfy. It’s usually stamped across very expensive-looking singlets in giant block capitals.
Founded in Paris in 2015, the brand pretty quickly became the unofficial uniform for people who treat running less like punishment and more like a personality trait. Over the past few years, Satisfy’s gone from niche technical label to cult favourite, showing up at run clubs from London to Tokyo to New York. And now, it’s linking up with Adidas for a full sneaker collection.
Satisfy x Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 ‘Army Green’
Adidas
Taking on the Adizero Adios Pro 4 (one of the German sportswear giant’s flagship marathon shoes), it’s been unwrapped in three colour combos, including ‘Army Green’, ‘Earth Brown’, and ‘Core Black’. These all come with faded, asymmetrical designs that look kinda trippy from every angle. There are matte silver details that are apparently inspired by off-road desert racing buggies (you know, these little guys), branding across the uppers, and all the performance bits serious runners actually care about underneath: including a Lightstrike Pro midsole and carbon Energy Rods.
And while this collab certainly wasn’t something we expected, it also makes a ton of sense. At this year’s London Marathon, Adidas-backed runners dominated the convo, including Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha, who both dipped under the two-hour mark.
Satisfy x Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 ‘Earth Brown’
Adidas
Over the past few years, the Three Stripes has quietly turned itself back into one of the most important brands in performance running again. The Adizero line has become the shoe to beat at pretty much every major race on the planet, and suddenly the brand’s everywhere again. So while Satisfy brings the culture side of modern running, Adidas brings the scary sports-science side of it.