Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
15mi with 5k at BQ pace for my first run in the New Balance Rebel v5. I brought two gels and 2L of fluid for this summer run. I took a gel at five mile increments and drank fluid as needed. It wasn’t crazy hot so I only ended up drinking a little more than a liter of fluid.
The Rebel v5 was really nice for a run like this where it was mostly easy miles with a chunk of slightly faster miles. I don’t love the look of the redesign (I think the color blocking is strangely chunky), but the shoe runs very much like the last version. I’ll need to put the Rebel v4 on again to verify, but it kinda feels like the same shoe. The Rebel v4 was my favorite daily trainer of 2024, so making the same shoe again isn’t gonna make me mad.
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Disclosures: I bought this pair of shoes myself. No one sent it to me. No one is paying me to make this video or to include their brand in this video. No one previewed it before it published. No brands are tagged. No hashtags used.
15mi with 5k at BQ pace for my first run in the New Balance Rebel v5. I brought two gels and 2L of fluid for this summer run. I took a gel at five mile increments and drank fluid as needed. It wasn’t crazy hot so I only ended up drinking a little more than a liter of fluid.
The Rebel v5 was really nice for a run like this where it was mostly easy miles with a chunk of slightly faster miles. I don’t love the look of the redesign (I think the color blocking is strangely chunky), but the shoe runs very much like the last version. I’ll need to put the Rebel v4 on again to verify, but it kinda feels like the same shoe. The Rebel v4 was my favorite daily trainer of 2024, so making the same shoe again isn’t gonna make me mad.
.
Disclosures: I bought this pair of shoes myself. No one sent it to me. No one is paying me to make this video or to include their brand in this video. No one previewed it before it published. No brands are tagged. No hashtags used.
