Saucony's flagship racing shoe is about to get its most distinctive cosmetic moment of the year. New York running boutique Minted has confirmed that its much-trailed chrome version of the Endorphin Pro 5 will land first at a London pop-up on Saturday 16 May, before an online release through Minted's own channels on 19 May and a wider global drop via Saucony on 21 May. The price stays at the standard Endorphin Pro 5 retail of $250 in the United States, with a UK figure expected at £230 once the global launch goes live.
The colourway riffs on the mylar foil blankets handed to marathon finishers, with a crinkled metallic upper, chrome-finished laces and a midsole that picks up the same silver foil treatment along the sidewall. Underfoot the platform is unchanged from the base Endorphin Pro 5: PWRRUN HG foam, a winged carbon plate, and the now-familiar Speedroll geometry that has won races across every road distance from 10km to the marathon since the model launched at the start of 2026.
Minted's London pop-up will run from 11:00 to 18:00 BST at the brand's Soho space, with a queueing system and limited per-customer purchasing in place. The collaboration is capped, although neither Minted nor Saucony has published a global production number. Past Minted releases have sold through within hours; the shop has hinted that any pairs left after the in-person event will form the basis of the 19 May online drop, with the broader Saucony.com release on 21 May expected to fulfil the bulk of demand.
The launch lands at the start of a heaving May for super-shoe news. Hoka's reworked Skyward X 2 lifts off on 15 May, Nike's Vaporfly 4 reaches wide release on 23 May and On's £200 Cloudboom Volt is due in the middle of the month. The chrome Endorphin Pro 5 is a more limited proposition than any of those, but it underlines how aggressively the major brands are leaning on collaborations and storytelling to defend share in the most competitive corner of the road category.
For Saucony specifically, the timing is useful. The Endorphin Pro 5 reviewed strongly when it launched in January and has since been worn to top-ten finishes at Boston and London, but the brand has been overshadowed at the very front by Adidas's Adios Pro Evo 3 and Nike's Alphafly 4 during the spring marathon block. A culturally led release, even one that is essentially a paint job on a known platform, gives Saucony a fresh story to tell ahead of a summer in which the wider Endorphin franchise will need to keep punching above its weight.