RSAR wrote:
Zante wrote:
New Balance FuelCell Racer.
https://tracktalk.net/uploads/default/original/3X/a/1/a1f9f6ec2584298e2898734d74bc584868530a85.jpegI think: 30mm heel, 20mm forefoot, FuelCell foam, and similar plate to 5280 that allows for lateral flex and snaps forward. So probably not as stiff as the Vaporfly, different plate technology.
Looks much nicer than the Nikes.
Agreed, when do these go on sale?
800 dude wrote:
rojo wrote:
I'm not opposed to better shoes - I'm just opposed to only a tiny part of the field having access to those shoes.
These are inconsistent positions. When a shoe company, whether it's Nike or Adidas (remember that the Adios Boost was shown to cause a measurable improvement in running economy over the Streak), comes up with a "better shoe," it is ALWAYS limited to a portion of the field because athletes are locked into contracts with a single shoe company. You can't be both pro-equipment innovation and pro-equal access to equipment.
If your complaint is just that Nike didn't even give its shoes to all of its athletes, that doesn't seem to address the fairness issue. What if Skechers had come up with a super shoe and made it available to all of its sponsored athletes? That would have been only Meb. So an even tinier percentage of the field would have had access to the shoe.
The 'fly' in 2016 was completely unknown. A few posts on the board after Rupp won that race commented on the "trainers" he was wearing. It was clear something was not right.
There was no contractual stuff going on. Nobody other than Rupp in the men's field could be wearing those shoes, because nobody knew they even existed. I'm with Rojo on this, the 2016 Trials marathon and Olympic marathon of that year were fraudulent. The medal winners wore the fast swim suits, and nobody else even knew those were a thing.
Had we seen this prior to the 2016 Trials? Had anyone?
