Can't believe no one is discussing whether VFs will be allowed in track races

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5 years ago 07/29/2020 9:28am EDT

I've pored through the new World Athletics regulation that reduces the stack height from 30mm to 25mm for track spikes and what seems very unclear to me is whether this also means if you wear racing flats on the track you're also limited to 25mm. The regulation says 40mm is okay for road events but what about wearing road racing shoes on the track? I realize most elites would never consider flats to begin with but what about masters that are easily injured if wearing spikes?

5 years ago 07/29/2020 9:57am EDT

re: Hates Spikes

See the other thread. The height restriction is per event, not per shoe type. See the chart at the end of the new rules ... it makes no distinction for whether you are wearing spikes or flats on the track, just sets a limit for the height of shoe for the event. Pretty clearly, no VFs on the track.

5 years ago 07/29/2020 10:23am EDT

re: Slartibartfast

Yep. No question they're prohibited.

And elites most definitely have been running in them in track races of 5000 and 10,000 meters.

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