Cam Levins is having an interesting career as a marathoner. He has run faster than Galen Rupp but Rupp has an Olympic Bronze in the event. Levins seems like a real hard worker and I am glad it is paying off for him. He probably would do well to finish top 3 here and if he can win NYC he would be cementing himself further as one of the best non Africans of his generation, although I realize he would not be the best or probably even in the top 3 in that category.
Rupp had super shoes prototypes that no one else had. Not fair to count the bronze.
Appears that doping control is doing half decently given the amount of Kenyans withdrawing. You'd think most of them would be incentivized to run even if they were below top form (whether due to injury or decreased/halted PED use) in order to collect their appearance fee/contract incentives.
The Rio marathon was the highest humidity in a championship marathon for 50 years. Shoes don’t change that. Many top racers either abandoned or finished way behind Rupp.
He is sponsored by Asics now, he wore the Asics Metaspeed Sky when he ran 2:05 at Tokyo.
Ah those new times make so much sense then.
Hoka doesn't make a super-shoe (no the rocket/X is not a super-shoe) and Sky is almost as good as vaporfly, hence he is PR-ing like mad after the upgrade
He is sponsored by Asics now, he wore the Asics Metaspeed Sky when he ran 2:05 at Tokyo.
Ah those new times make so much sense then.
Hoka doesn't make a super-shoe (no the rocket/X is not a super-shoe) and Sky is almost as good as vaporfly, hence he is PR-ing like mad after the upgrade
Whenever reading a thread about a top runner who's not wearing the swoosh, don't you wonder when Nike will weigh in? Remeber several years ago when a few teenagers got together for a 1 mile time trial outside of Sacramento? The guy not wearing Nike won. The only one in NB was the only one under 4 minutes. So, you knew this is going to get people uppity. 7 or 8 swoosh wearers finished behind this kid... and over 4 minutes. And sure enough here comes the post.
"Imagine what he could run with real spikes." Of course, the comment was inevitable. The first US non-Nike HS sub-4 since the early wave of guys following Ryun. And Beaverton couldn't just let it go. So Levins gets out from under Nike, gets it together and taps into the potential he's always had. I guess that's the job of these interns and low-level employees. Scour the MB. Make sure it stays pro-Nike. Funniest thing is that the poster hasn't worn the Rocket X 2. Probably hasn't seen a pair in person.
