Saucony? Nike? That’s a serious PB. Just curious what he chose to wear now that he is a free man.
LRC note. We changed the title to make it more descriptive. It was initially titled, "Ben True 27:14. What were the shoes?"
Saucony? Nike? That’s a serious PB. Just curious what he chose to wear now that he is a free man.
LRC note. We changed the title to make it more descriptive. It was initially titled, "Ben True 27:14. What were the shoes?"
My first question too. It's been cool to follow his Strava
The title of this thread should be: This Shoe Thing is Becoming a Joke, What Were Ben True´s Shoes.
Getting dropped by Saucony was the best thing to happen to his Olympic chances.
Nike and New Balance are only one with Super Spikes right?
He was wearing Nike.
Essentially 27:15.
The shoes are ridiculous, might be 30-40 sec for a 10k.
Times are becoming irrelevant, crazy shoes, paced time trials, all set up to be perfect, Ketones are still not banned.
You think Solinsky would run 26:30? No.
what are you talkn bout wrote:
You think Solinsky would run 26:30? No.
Yes, the shoes and ketones, look out
You're actually brain dead if you think ketones do anything for races short of a marathon.
The Original Poster wrote:
He was wearing Nike.
I don't get the feeling you actually saw this. Are you just saying Nike because you are a fan of them? I'm not sure you've ever run in anything else, but True has. He's not necessarily going to wear them. He ain't loyal to anybody, leat of all Uncle Phil. Show us the picture. A close-up.
Almost makes me want to buy a pair of Dragonfly
the shoes wrote:
Saucony? Nike? That’s a serious PB. Just curious what he chose to wear now that he is a free man.
LRC note. We changed the title to make it more descriptive. It was initially titled, "Ben True 27:14. What were the shoes?"
A custom model from a small start-up, in his Strava account True has them under the name Rojo Pure Hate.
the shoes wrote:
Saucony? Nike? That’s a serious PB. Just curious what he chose to wear now that he is a free man.
LRC note. We changed the title to make it more descriptive. It was initially titled, "Ben True 27:14. What were the shoes?"
Why did you feel it imperative to include is age and the amount it was a PB? Hmm?
High Fidelity wrote:
the shoes wrote:
Saucony? Nike? That’s a serious PB. Just curious what he chose to wear now that he is a free man.
LRC note. We changed the title to make it more descriptive. It was initially titled, "Ben True 27:14. What were the shoes?"
Why did you feel it imperative to include is age and the amount it was a PB? Hmm?
To let people know how amazing the run was so people can realize how the shoes are totally changing the sport. Some people may not now who Ben True is. But running a 25 second PB after being a pro for ten plus years isn't normal.
rojo wrote:
High Fidelity wrote:
Why did you feel it imperative to include is age and the amount it was a PB? Hmm?
To let people know how amazing the run was so people can realize how the shoes are totally changing the sport. Some people may not now who Ben True is. But running a 25 second PB after being a pro for ten plus years isn't normal.
100% speculation. I expect you to apologize to Ben True. He will he disgusted when he reads this thread
rojo wrote:
High Fidelity wrote:
Why did you feel it imperative to include is age and the amount it was a PB? Hmm?
To let people know how amazing the run was so people can realize how the shoes are totally changing the sport. Some people may not now who Ben True is. But running a 25 second PB after being a pro for ten plus years isn't normal.
Most athletes that do make it to 35 still running competitively tend to move up in distances and also tend to set PBs. That's not unusual at all.
Agreed. Less than a year ago he ran a road 5k in 13:20. That’s worth at least 15 seconds compared to the track and indicates someone very capable of running the time he ran today
rojo wrote:
so people can realize how the shoes are totally changing the sport
Do go on, Harvard. People running a bit faster with better-engineered shoes AND after a full year of severely curtailed racing opportunities certainly does not "totally [change] the sport," Chicken Little. Quit propagandizing that these fine people haven't worked harder and smarter than you ever have in training. Please try to contain your persistent envy.
Rojo!
cmon every time you forget the other parts of the equation. Same thing with the Oregon milers
Its not JUST the shoes
its DragonFlys + long uninterrupted train blocs + nothing to peak for + years of building endurance
You don't think Ben True with everything else he's done could thrive in a pandemic situation, train hard and smart, and THEN put on the spikes for a fire time?
The Habib Show wrote:
rojo wrote:
so people can realize how the shoes are totally changing the sport
Do go on, Harvard. People running a bit faster with better-engineered shoes AND after a full year of severely curtailed racing opportunities certainly does not "totally [change] the sport," Chicken Little. Quit propagandizing that these fine people haven't worked harder and smarter than you ever have in training. Please try to contain your persistent envy.
+1