Adidas just moved the needle saying $500 or more is fair to charge for cutting edge shoes. Nike will undoubtedly move to that price zone as will other brands.
What Assefa ran today has to be at least the equal of a man breaking 2 in a competition marathon. Kipchoge wins for the 5th time, but we have witnessed the end of an era. I don’t think he will win another major and definitely not in Paris. Probably he does make the Paris team with this run today, but not 100%.
Hate to say it but I think Eliud is on the downhill. Slowest Berlin time since 2018, lost in Boston. 2021 or perhaps 2019 was the best shot to go sub 2:01.
Probably will be on the Olympic team still but if Kiptum runs he will not threepeat. Unless AK doesn’t let Kiptum run which would be ridiculous.
Hate to say it but I think Eliud is on the downhill. Slowest Berlin time since 2018, lost in Boston. 2021 or perhaps 2019 was the best shot to go sub 2:01.
Probably will be on the Olympic team still but if Kiptum runs he will not threepeat. Unless AK doesn’t let Kiptum run which would be ridiculous.
AK who? Amos Kipruto? How could he not let Kiptum run?
Adidas just moved the needle saying $500 or more is fair to charge for cutting edge shoes. Nike will undoubtedly move to that price zone as will other brands.
I don't mind this new shoe tech on the pros though. All adidas did was make the shoe lighter, which is what they've all been trying to do all along.
'It's the thinnest and lightest outsole we've ever created,' Charlotte Heidmann, senior global product manager at Adidas, tells RW. 'It's still [made of] rubber, but it's completely flat – there are no grooves anymore. But the grip is still the same
What Assefa ran today has to be at least the equal of a man breaking 2 in a competition marathon. Kipchoge wins for the 5th time, but we have witnessed the end of an era. I don’t think he will win another major and definitely not in Paris. Probably he does make the Paris team with this run today, but not 100%.
I agree he's on the down side of his career, but only three men in history have run faster than what he ran today, and one of them is Bekele who is on his cash-in tour these days. Who would Kenya pick ahead of Kipchoge after running 2:02:42? Kiptum, and then, who? Who gets ahead of a living legend that just posted the second fastest time in the world this year? Maybe someone performs well in Valencia. This is a marginal decline from an extremely high level, it's not a Bekele style crash and burn
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