I think this opens up a wider discussion about super-shoes, for which the boat has well and truly sailed at this point.
You can complain all you like, but they're here to stay.
I personally, am ambivalent towards them, as they certainly do enhance not only my performances, but also the experience I have when running (it feels really nice to be able to do long marathon workouts without being absolutely hobbled the next day).
I do hate that shoes are so damn expensive now (and lack durability), and it irritates me that people are unashamedly trying to buy PBs (why else would you spend $750 on a pair of EVO 1s?).
Ultimately however, you still have to train really hard to get the full benefit of super-shoes, which to me, doesn't seem unearned. Sure, you can buy a $300 pair of shoes and immediately run a little bit faster, but if you use that to do more running (at a higher intensity) than you otherwise would, then the shoe becomes a gateway into a more effective method of training.