Glycerin Flex
Glycerin Flex is a flexible daily road trainer in the Glycerin series. It combines DNA TUNED, FlexZone technology, and a flat-knit upper while keeping the cushioning focus of the line.
- Intended uses:
- Daily, Long run, Walking
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a lighter Daily Trainer
- Weight
- 250g
- Of 811 known values: 233 lower, 20 equal, 558 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 31.2%, including ties / average -17g
- Drop
- 6mm
- Of 815 known values: 221 lower, 156 equal, 438 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard36.7th percentile (tie midpoint) / average -0.8mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 36 / 30mm
- Of 694 known values: 365 lower, 43 equal, 286 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard55.7th percentile (tie midpoint) / average +1.3mm
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 786 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- DNA TUNED
- Outsole
- Rubber
- Reference price
- $170
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Brooks Japan official men's product page lists 250g at 27cm. Brooks US lists 9.1oz / 258.0g for its men's sample, so the Japanese 27cm value is used for the JP row.
- Plate note
- No carbon plate is stated on Brooks Japan or Brooks US official pages. The official positioning centers on FlexZone technology and DNA TUNED cushioning.
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Comparison: All data (865 shoes)
Position map
Weight x stack height
registered average: 265g / 34.7mm (686 shoes)
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Spec distributions
Weight
This shoe 250g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 6mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 36mm·registered average 34.7mm (694 shoes)
Items with missing numeric values are excluded. Sample sizes and measurement conditions vary between models; this distribution is not a performance ranking.