Ben True firing shots at Nike

NikeVSSaucony wrote:

Posted on Instagram in response to all the athletes posting about the Nike React:

"@benjtrue: Yesterday, you may have noticed athletes from a certain Oregon based company all generically posted an ad concerning a new running shoe. While that’s all fine and dandy, let me just say: the @saucony #freedomISO is so great, that you don’t need those extra pillows and trampolines to make it super comfy. You could even run on a bed of nails and it’d be as plush as a lamb’s first fleece. So, yeah. That’s nice. #runyourworld"

Firing shots? This is exactly what his sponsor pays him to do, whether he wants to or not.

I like golf PGA players with enough money to say anything .. Sergio Garcia on new sponsor Callaway , asked if he likes the new clubs on Golf Channel ..." Ya , they're OK I guess"

the kinvara is a great shoe, but the freedom f*cked me up. Wayyyyy too much bounce.

Loving the bounce of the Freedom ISO. Ran in those yesterday then put on a pair of traditional Asics today, and it was a world of difference.

Ben True, true hero.

NikeVSSaucony wrote:

Posted on Instagram in response to all the athletes posting about the Nike React:

"@benjtrue: Yesterday, you may have noticed athletes from a certain Oregon based company all generically posted an ad concerning a new running shoe. While that’s all fine and dandy, let me just say: the @saucony #freedomISO is so great, that you don’t need those extra pillows and trampolines to make it super comfy. You could even run on a bed of nails and it’d be as plush as a lamb’s first fleece. So, yeah. That’s nice. #runyourworld"

Anyone know where to get a bed of nails to test this out?

Those are some lame asss shots, if they are in fact shots

I don't think it qualifies as "shots fired."

I was thinking how it was getting a bit odd on everyone going on about this shoe at the same time...and pushed hard in Runner's World this month, I really need to get around to canceling by subscription to that thing.

It's not Ben firing shots. He's just being a shoe company's dream-come-true spokesman. Touting his own product, while taking note of the competitor's hired guns doing their thing. Of course it's his entitlement, and his responsibility, to say that his shoe is better than the competitor's, and he has embraced the opportunity to do so.

Good for you, Ben.

Ben true said so. wrote: Anyone know where to get a bed of nails to test this out?

Ben True's an eco-friendly guy, so he probably grows his own nails.

cheers.

Noticed an ASICS athlete doing the same back in September last year about the Nike Vaporfly 4%:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYwpe2_jsEu/

Part of me thinks it's while it's good that athletes talk about how good their sponsor's product is, there's no need to bash on the products of competitors. "Burning bridges" and the whole deal.

Thoughts?

I'm curious how Ben would have any idea just how comfy and spring the Nike React is to offer any basis of comparison to his hoes?

M. Jordan wrote:

I'm curious how Ben would have any idea just how comfy and spring the Nike React is to offer any basis of comparison to his hoes?

he's got hoes in different area codes

at vdot 80 he could run in crocs or literally anything that pays him more and still win

hmm, personally I'd want to see him win in some ugg boots...

then watch them show up at your local 5K the next year, lol

ugggggg wrote:

the kinvara is a great shoe, but the freedom f*cked me up. Wayyyyy too much bounce.

Maybe your underdeveloped hobby jogger calves can’t handle the bounce

Speaker of Hard Truth wrote:

Noticed an ASICS athlete doing the same back in September last year about the Nike Vaporfly 4%:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYwpe2_jsEu/

Part of me thinks it's while it's good that athletes talk about how good their sponsor's product is, there's no need to bash on the products of competitors. "Burning bridges" and the whole deal.

Thoughts?

Well, seems that the ASICS athlete in question needed to look a little bit closer at his competitors shoes. The dude on the left has Streak 6's on, not Vaporfly's. The guy on the right does have Vaporfly's on though. When said ASICS athlete tries on a pair of Vaporfly's, he will realize that they aren't magic, and that anyone who beat him while wearing said Vaporfly's was simply faster than him on the day. He did win the race, so kudos to him.

Re: Firing shots

Too soon.

On a serious note, those Nike React's are one of the most hobby jogger shoes I've ever seen. Evidence by the $150 price tag, an obscene advertisement campaign, and "Runner's" World giving them a platform.

Ben says that, but I'd bet he would drop those Saucony's in a moment if another sponsor came along with better pay. Pro golfers do this all the time. One year they swear Titleist is the best ball on earth, but when that sponsor contract is not renewed, they are suddenly playing with Bridgestone or Taylor Made balls and sayin the exact same thing...

its all good fun wrote:

Ben says that, but I'd bet he would drop those Saucony's in a moment if another sponsor came along with better pay. Pro golfers do this all the time. One year they swear Titleist is the best ball on earth, but when that sponsor contract is not renewed, they are suddenly playing with Bridgestone or Taylor Made balls and sayin the exact same thing...

OF COURSE Ben honors his contractual obligation to his sponsor, just like any smart athlete does. If he switches to another shoe company, eventually, he will support that new shoe company. Just like golfers, and all athletes who have the smarts not to shoot themselves in the feet by biting the hands that feed them.