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The all-new CIELO X1 3.0 has landed with one uncompromising goal: pure speed. As the lightest super shoe ever created by HOKA, this super shoe is engineered for race day and built for athletes chasing their fastest performances yet. Every detail is engineered to convert dedication into velocity, from the propulsive plate to the precision-tuned geometry.
The CIELO X1 3.0 represents HOKA’s most focused expression of elite road racing performance, where efficiency, propulsion, and control work in perfect balance. The shoe delivers a ride that feels fluid, efficient, and relentlessly forward, helping runners maintain speed with less wasted energy from start to finish.
Built for breakthrough moments, it arrives just in time for South Africa’s biggest stages – from the fast lanes of the HOKA HALF Pretoria to the iconic test of the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon and the world-class pace of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. An elite shoe, made for elite races – and for runners ready to meet them at their highest level.
What Sets It Apart:
On the road, the shoe feels razor-focused and relentlessly fast. The ride is smooth yet aggressive, built for sustained pace and effortless speed. Whether you’re locking into a marathon rhythm or surging through the final kilometres, the shoe encourages efficiency, flow, and momentum.
The shoe captures both the engineering behind the design and the mindset of runners at peak performance, where true speed begins with lightness. It’s a shoe that rewards commitment, designed for runners who don’t just chase performance, but expect it.
What Our Local Athletes Have to Say:
Louzanne Coetzee, a third-time Paralympic athlete, says: “I absolutely love the shoe. It’s something magical between the Cielo X1 2.0 and the Mach X3. It has the stability of the Mach, but the spring and bounce that is well associated with the Cielo. It’s excellent for interval and track work and offers a bouncy, but soft ride on race days, sparing your feet and legs. After a hard session or race, I hardly feel my legs or feet. It is such a good blend of stability and springiness packed together in one shoe.
“The Cielo X1 3.0 is a stable companion for race day that offers comfort in the fact that I know it will perform. When I run a marathon, I can also be sure that it will give me the best possible ride for my feet and legs up to the end. It stacks up super well against its counterparts, and I know that I can perform my best when racing in it.”
The Bottom Line:
Speed, through lightness – the CIELO X1 3.0 proves that true performance comes from doing less, better. By combining extreme lightness with propulsive power and race-day precision, HOKA delivers a super shoe designed for breakthroughs, where every gram counts, and every second matters.
