Chasing 100 - 5 adidas athletes will attempt to be 1st to run 100k in under 6 hrs using a 60mm illegal shoe (Pics) on August 26th

Of course they know about this. I thought some people here (besides you, obviously) may not be aware of this study and find it interesting.

Curious if anyone actually read this.

They apecifically said it seems to not have a carbon fiber plate, or fuel rods. Which means it’s just a big stack of phone. That would seem odd to me.

Foam. Not phone. Sorry, autocorrect.

It's around 5:50 pace. Do you even need the clown shoes if real elite runners attempted this?

Saw some pics from reddit, Charlie Lawerence was in one of the pics, current american record holder in the 50k or 50mile can't remember which

I guess it's more the pounding than the pace.

Have they announced anywhere to watch it? I tried searching online and couldn't find anything.

Nothing confirms that running has gone completely clown show ridiculous more than the existence of modern day bouncy shoes.

Have you ever run in modern clown shoes? They're a blast! Who cares if you look silly if you feel amazing doing it! I love putting on my clown shows and ripping some fast fall miles!

The cybertruck clown shoe.

I just don't understand what this is supposed to be. Is it a marketing gimmick? It can't surely be anything based on actual biomechanics or science and if it is it's a classic case of "cherry picked" data to prove a very specific hypothesis.

At this thickness of foam there is simply no way any of these athletes (I'm assuming they aren't 300 pound defensive linemen) are getting even close to fully compressing these midsoles during a footstrike. What does that mean? They conversely won't be getting close to maximizing how much force they put into the ground. The amount of energy and force that will be dissipated/lost in getting 60mm of material to compress is ridiculous. Every foam is cushioning. EVERY FOAM. It doesn't matter what the rebound/resiliency/spring factor of the material is, it's cushioning. It is there to dissipate force in some respect. Imagine punching someone in the face, then doing it with them holding a pillow in front of their face, then they hold two pillows, then 3 - at some point you can punch as hard as you want, those pillows will erode that punching force. It's the same concept at play running, each and every footstrike. So every impact with the ground that force will get less and less and less. The foam can rebound as effectively as it likes - it can only rebound a % of the input to begin with.

So they can use an extremely light and easy to compress foam - max deformation and "foam rebound". That's great when you are nice and fresh, running mechanics/form sound and clean - what about when they aren't. When you aren't perfectly coming down on the foam perpendicular to the surface? Not only do I think this shoe isn't optimal for performance, it's not even optimal for protection/athlete health which is actually the fundamental point of any type of cushioning to begin with.

I just don't get it. It's not innovative at all - any brand out there can go to their mold supplier and say "make me a 60mm thick midsole out of super critical foam" - doesn't mean they should.

Can't wait to get my grandmother a pair of these.

so... apparently the event is going on now? no stream, no updates from the adidas accounts whatsoever? doesn't seem like the most effective marketing stunt, especially since the market for a 100 mile shoe (that's probably not even that durable, looking at the Pro Evos) isn't that big

It's all pretty weird.

Sorokin just posted he run 6:04:10, just below his own offiicial WR. Also that Sibusiso Kubheka run under 6 hours and Charlie Lawrence between them.

This is the track where they did it.

en.wikipedia.org

Nard%C3%B2_Ring

Open link

Pretty cool. A 12.5km loop.

But from the marketing point of view... a total nonsense.

5.59’20” FWIW