If you’re looking for an out and out fast race shoe for distances up the marathon, the the ASICS Metaspeed Sky Paris is one of the stand out carbon plate shoes you can buy right now. I’ve clocked well over 100 miles, used it to run multiple marathons, including a sub-3 PB at the Manchester Marathon (and a 5km PB as well). And it has all the ingredients you look for in a good carbon race shoe, at a pretty competitive price when you compare it to rival shoes from Nike and Adidas.