Classic: Experimental pair of nike shoes got Rupp injured

Eugene the Ex-Drinking Machine wrote:

running is better wrote:

i'm currently wear testing a pair of shoes for nike that didn't start hurting my feet until i put in about 100 miles in them.

If you think Rupp already put 100 miles on a pair of racing spikes I guess it's possible.

i've tested shoes in the past that hurt instantly and felt better after about 100 miles.

If they hurt instantly would you wear them in a race? Do you think Rupp already put 100 miles on those spikes?

i've tested shoes that just plain hurt regardless of how much i ran them.

That's acceptable. Would you wear them in a race?

strange things can happen with prototypes.

No argument there.

I doubt there is anything magical about the "100 miles" mentioned. Could be at 7 miles, could be 54 miles, 150 miles or never. I think that was his point. I did product testing and had a similar experience. Most were fine, a couple had issues. One which was uncomforatable for me made to a product line. I tried them several times in workouts but never raced in them, people I knew saved them for races and never worked out in them after their first couple of tries.

The flip side is, if you were trying to make a new shoe for yourself and get the bugs out, when would be a good time to test it in a race? At some point you have to.

i cant see how a pair of experimental spikes can cause this much damage. the amount of running he would be doing in these spikes are very minimal. odds are its al sal's training that hurt his leg not a experimental pair of spikes with a victory plate on them. the different between these so called experimental spikes and a pair of victories/mutambos would be very limited

running is better wrote:

Eugene the Ex-Drinking Machine wrote:

So he's been using them but the first time they hurt his feet was yesterday? Weird.

i'm currently wear testing a pair of shoes for nike that didn't start hurting my feet until i put in about 100 miles in them.

i've tested shoes in the past that hurt instantly and felt better after about 100 miles.

i've tested shoes that just plain hurt regardless of how much i ran them.

strange things can happen with prototypes.

(Headcase^)

Yeah, not to revive this thread (which is drifting into the backwaters) but shortly after I raised the questions I did earlier in this thread, about either the shoes being catastrophic or Rupp having [oddly] some biomechanical issues, on the homepage, Letsrun posted the note about the cuboid bone syndrome/subluxation, and link to a thread discussing it:

Very interesting--musculoskeletal physiology and biomechanics, indeed, is endlessly complex, always more to learn and tweak. Seems like Salazar is on top of things.