If Shelby was doping intentionally why wasn't she running super spikes?

Really, 3 - 5 seconds for the men's mile? Since super spikes, women have improved their 1500 WR from 3:50 to 3:49, and men still haven't improved their 1500 WR.

800 WR is still standing on both sides, 3000 has improved by 3 seconds for the men, and the women still haven't improved theirs.

Now do the rest of the American and NCAA records that have been obliterated since cheat shoes.

non sequitur thread

Try to learn, when to use commas, if you, want to be, understood

America had guys running sub 4 in the 60s in HS, the times finally look solid in the NCAA

People wanted America to be more competitive and now they can't handle that people are faster. The pros didn't get too much faster but the tier below them is better

Can someone post the link to the vid of the race?

I can just see you going purple in the face. Again. What fun.

3-5 secs is bollocks. They are confusing super-shoes with nandrolone.

The Chinese women records aren’t real though…what are yo talking about?

Looks like she was wearing Dragonfly 2 spikes (look at the swoosh on the outsole and green heel)

You don't have fun. Ever. Knowing that is fun. :)

Ummm what?Not real? In any case that is only relevant for the W 3000 - all the other Chinese records (running) are long gone.

Taunting you is more fun.

Shelby wasn't using super spikes because she's not a (intentional) cheater.

I really, really believe she didn't intentionally cheat and either had some kind of chemical introduced into her body outside of her control or had a weird analytical result.

her whole doping story just doesn't make sense. The compound she was popped for really doesn't make sense to dope with (it's easy to quantify, doesn't offer much help compared to other pharmaceuticals and stays in the body a long time). even her excuse for doping is something I believe because it's just such a stupid thing to claim.

My theory: She was doping, or at least experimenting with it - knew it was wrong and subconsciously wanted to appear beyond reproach. Her way of doing this was refusing, and very publicly so, to wear super spikes.

A normal, clean, competitive athlete would be wearing the super spikes as soon as they could. Do you know any other elite athlete that elected not to?

It's too weird to chalk up to "Oh she just is so old school and does things the hard way."

Shelby doped intentionally. I don't understand what super spikes have to do with it. Who cares. Why do you continue to think Shelby didn't do it intentionally?

Because cheat spikes are a legal form of doping. Why would you risk doping illegally and, also, not take advantage of legalized doping. OP makes perfect sense.

Yes. That comes up here once in a while. Shelby belongs into the top tier, and will so not benefit 5 seconds over 1500 m.

Why the lower tier improved more is an interesting topic in itself, but won't help Shelby.

Wejo,

Your coverage of Shelby has been so disgustingly biased it’s insane. Even after Ross Tucker told you point blank he thought she cheated, you were begging him to come up with any explanation as to how she could be innocent.

As for your question:

1) The last time Shelby competed super spiked were still in development and not as widely known to be a performance boost.

2) She has said she didn’t find them comfortable in interviews.

3) Finding rationales behind any form of cheating, crime, fraud, etc is a futile exercise. You can find lapses in logic for any one found guilty of something. Luigi Mangione was actually a good example of this, some things he did made him appear 10 steps ahead of the police, others appeared totally careless.

I know you probably have some relationship with her or her team you want to maintain, and I appreciate Letsrun is willing to ask questions other track and field outlets are not, but you seem incapable of any self-reflection as to why this site is often viewed as a joke.