Would I be allowed to wear super shoes such as Endorphin Pros in a USATF regional track meet, and/or would they even care? Or does the 25mm stack height rule apply to track meets at every level? Otherwise I would wear an old pair of racing flats, at my age negative-drop track spikes would destroy my Achilles.
Anyone? Hard to get a response to an actual running-related question here when it gets buried under all the vaccine misinformation threads.
I’m not from the USA so I don’t feel like I am in the right position to reply. However, in my country I have seen people get disqualified from local league matches for illegal shoes, despite it being one of the lowest divisions. If it’s the sort of level where they do shoe inspections before racing (eg. To check spike length and type and the legality of the shoe) then I doubt you will be allowed.
Personally I would not as it’s technically cheating and is disallowed- even if you don’t get caught it’s still morally wrong.
I wouldn't recommend. Definitely not legal. May or may not be enforced but your competitors will definitely notice and could file a complaint if you beat them.
Otherwise, I guess you could bring the shoes with you and see what everyone else is doing.
Found the relevant rule in the 2021 USATF rulebook, page 50 - apparently there is an exception for masters track races, and you can have up to the max 40mm stack height for non-spiked shoes (30mm for spikes). I guess they realize us old farts could use the extra cushion.
Bounce House wrote:
Would I be allowed to wear super shoes such as Endorphin Pros in a USATF regional track meet, and/or would they even care? Or does the 25mm stack height rule apply to track meets at every level? Otherwise I would wear an old pair of racing flats, at my age negative-drop track spikes would destroy my Achilles.
Only applys the iaaf/world athletics sanctioned events (pretty much just international competition) you are fine I think
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