In 5 years time the new fad will be minimal. Maybe with carbon plates, but the cycle will start again.
Marketing - gotta love it
In 5 years time the new fad will be minimal. Maybe with carbon plates, but the cycle will start again.
Marketing - gotta love it
hobby jogging harry wrote:
lexel wrote:
Seems none of the professionals are running a (half) marathon with a zero drop shoe. So zero drop is out of the euqtions, for that distances in my opinion, as it seems to be not so fast. Otherwise the pros would use it and the big shoe companies would have it.
The pros wear whatever the highest bidder pays them to wear. They would literally race in clown shoes if someone paid them enough. What the elites wear is completely irrelevant to those of us who actually buy our shoes.
That is a complete nonsense argument. World class runners wants what´s best for them. If Kipchoge would run faster or more injury free in zero drop shoes he would wear them, and then Nike could make huge profit from selling those shoes instead of Vaporflies. You´re the one who has been fooled be the entire minimalist/Born To Run hype.
elephino wrote:
People in this thread still seem to conflate stack and drop, which are different.
The Born To Run guy actually claimed in the book that everyone now would be a runner if Nike hadn't invented cushioned shoes and gotten everyone injured. So maybe the shoe companies just want to injure more people so there will be fewer runners.
There may have been some market correction, but low-drop Hokas and such are a much bigger market share now than a decade ago and I'd guess that the average drop is lower these days than back then.
But it's not really clear what we're talking about. By low-heel vs stiletto, you imply drop, but you seem to be talking about racing flats vs super shoes and I'm not sure if the conversation is about drop or stack or both or neither.
Don´t forget that many old school lightweight racing shoes has high drop.