Just bought a pair of victories and I can only find 7 spikes to put in them (4 1/4" pyramids, 2 3/8" pyramids, 1 a/4" Christmas tree. What would be the ideal positions for these 7 spikes in my victory's for ideal traction/comfort? My race is on Friday and I can't drive to buy some since my license is suspended and I don't want to ask coach or teammates for some because that would be very suspicious so I will definitely only have these 7 spikes. What do I do?
Suspicious? What the heck?
borrow from friend. or just place them anywhere. it doesnt really matter that much
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I call BS wrote:
borrow from friend. or just place them anywhere. it doesnt really matter that much
Borrowing is NOT an option here. You don't know my situation.
Get a grinder and some needle nosed pliers. Enjoy having matching spikes.
Bro, how is it suspicious to borrow spikes from a teammate? You need to reevaluate your life.
4 on the left, 3 on the right. Put the 3/8 ones on the front left well of each shoe.
Then learn metric, even USATF measures spikes in mm.
here's the thing: Meb ran 27:20 in FLATS. flats. did I mention he did it in FLATS?
you could run in those victories with NO IMPLEMENTS (what you are calling "spikes") and you would be just fine, unless you are running a 4 flat mile. the shark fin bottom will be more than enough, and you'll have no problem with traction. I've run plenty of workouts with no implements in my spikes, and found no problem going sub 60 pace, so I don't see you having any problem. btw, no sense using 3/8 implements, that's really long for vics, too long IMO
Well, you've got a total of six pyramids, so I'd suggest you store a massive amount of grain in them. Then you've got just the one Christmas tree, so I recommend you use it to invoke JC to whisk you to victory. NEXT!
I have to assume that you can't borrow spikes because you have a history of stealing from teammates, right?
Kind of a funny story.
My 4x800 teammates and I went to check-in and we find out they only let us run in 1/8" spikes which only one of us had. We had 12 spikes for 4 runners. Leadoff and anchor got 4 spikes and middle two legs had 2.
OP: where I coach, the track has spikes all over it from the high school kids being terrible at wrenching them down tight.
I never buy spikes, since I just pick them up from the track faster than they wear out on me. I throw away the worn ones I find and only keep the brand new looking ones.
Ok the rare occasion I find out one of my athletes is missing a spike, I always have one for them.
Put them straight up your a** and run in flats. Simple.
trutherer wrote:
here's the thing: Meb ran 27:20 in FLATS. flats. did I mention he did it in FLATS?
you could run in those victories with NO IMPLEMENTS (what you are calling "spikes") and you would be just fine, unless you are running a 4 flat mile. the shark fin bottom will be more than enough, and you'll have no problem with traction. I've run plenty of workouts with no implements in my spikes, and found no problem going sub 60 pace, so I don't see you having any problem. btw, no sense using 3/8 implements, that's really long for vics, too long IMO
There was a post on here the other day about a kenyan running like 3:31 for 1500 in adidas adios! Spikes aren't even worth a second a lap, less than half a second above the mile.