Has anyone here tried wearing a spike designed for mid-distance (ie. 800m-1500m) for the longer races? Often, I felt that the Nike Mutombo and NB 5000 had too much cushioning and were not aggressive enough for the paces I was trying to run (around 14:00 in the 5k).
Does anyone have recommendations?
The idea of different spikes for middle and long distance is a relatively recent idea. Back in the day (say later 1960s/early1970s) middle and long distance runners wore the same spike; by choice the classic Adidas Tokio - surely the best spiked shoe ever made?
Mark you're planting an idea into my head. I am now old enough to ride classic looking steel bikes (for training, not posing), and running in a vintage spike sound like an awesome idea. Got my Rebook MD ones from the 90s, but the Tokios and similar are the ones we used as kids. Damnit I'm going to burn too much cash on this.
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