Of course not: all the bs comments on places like LRC the past few years about EVERYONE being a doper and left a huge stain on track. The common opinion is that all these great marks are just a bunch of druggies wearing special shoes so they can run super fast.
Take it even further ... into the PRO ranks. What if we had a race with Hocker, Nuguse and every current sub-3:48 dude and had them wear the same shoes as Coe, Ovett and Cram? I bet those 3 could dig up their old spikes and loan them to the field of runners. I would pay for a Flotrack sub. to see that.
Running sub 4 minutes for the mile happened in 1954 on a dirt track. It lasted 46 days before someone bettered that and has been happening regularly by thousands ever since.
72 years later and you folks still thinking this is somehow worthy of news.
I think people miss the forest for the trees with discussing these shoes. How many much time per mile is potentially shaved off by the shoes is an asinine conversation. As a millennial who is recently getting back into running for the first time since college, how much better my legs feel they day after a hard workout in these new shoes compared to shoes 20 years ago is a much bigger benefit than whatever aid they give on raceday. Kids are not only training smarter and better, but they are able to get in more quality sessions with the recovery these shoes allow.
So, what you’re saying is leave the shoes home on race day? Ah, but I bet you don’t.
In 1967 there were only cinder tracks. No super shoes/spikes. Jum Ryun was unique. He ran 4 miles to school. He arranged for the janitors to open the school early so he could lift weights before school. Afer school, he went to practice. Then, after practice, he lifted weights again, and then ran home.
Take it even further ... into the PRO ranks. What if we had a race with Hocker, Nuguse and every current sub-3:48 dude and had them wear the same shoes as Coe, Ovett and Cram? I bet those 3 could dig up their old spikes and loan them to the field of runners. I would pay for a Flotrack sub. to see that.
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