If I put a spike plate on Nike Vaporfly’s, is it something you would potentially buy? A lot of people like the Vaporfly for tempo work on the track, or even track and XC races. Trying to judge interest before I build some
If I put a spike plate on Nike Vaporfly’s, is it something you would potentially buy? A lot of people like the Vaporfly for tempo work on the track, or even track and XC races. Trying to judge interest before I build some
It wouldn't be world athletics legal. Any decent self respecting official would disqualify someone who wore that.
JamesMarks wrote:
If I put a spike plate on Nike Vaporfly’s, is it something you would potentially buy?
Probably but I don’t know why. That stack height would kill me in the turns.
Gwen wore such a contraption a few years back when she was close to 15 shape. Since then, yeah, 'they' limited the stack height for spikes.
Kvothe wrote:
It wouldn't be world athletics legal. Any decent self respecting official would disqualify someone who wore that.
Yes but this only applies to professional track races. All training runs, NCAA, high school track and XC would allow them. Also, I think their main benefit is as a workout shoe for tempo and repetition work
I might be confusing all the iterations, but isn't the Vaporfly the first of all the supershoes? It had a lower stack height which I thought was legal under the new stack height rules. It's the Alphafly that got bumped up in stack height?
Ghuest wrote:
I might be confusing all the iterations, but isn't the Vaporfly the first of all the supershoes? It had a lower stack height which I thought was legal under the new stack height rules. It's the Alphafly that got bumped up in stack height?
It has lower than the alphafly, but still higher than the track legal limit.
They're called dragonfly's
Disko Eric wrote:
They're called dragonfly's
The dragonfly is too aggressive for many people to do long tempo work or long races in. Many prefer the extra stack height cushion, and the plate effect
Kvothe wrote:
It wouldn't be world athletics legal. Any decent self respecting official would disqualify someone who wore that.
Who exactly is posting stuff like this on let’s run while also running in races actually sanctioned by world athletics. Very few people
JamesMarks wrote:
Disko Eric wrote:
They're called dragonfly's
The dragonfly is too aggressive for many people to do long tempo work or long races in. Many prefer the extra stack height cushion, and the plate effect
Cry me a river, dude. Spikes too harsh for your gentle feet? Then don't run track. Lace up some hokas and sign up for a Disney race then.
I do all my track sessions in vaporflys and just race / TT in spikes. I dont find the vaporflys slip at all unless the track is wet so no need for spikes for me. It's a brand new 400m synthetic track. My interval paces are around 3 flat per K so not super fast but not slow either.
Post of the f*cking Olympic cycle
Yes, I have osteoarthritis of the hips and am trying to break 60 seconds for the 400m in vaporflys (to save my hips), so spikes on them would be great.
i doubt any world athletics officials will be watching local high school xc races