snowdays wrote:
half of the posters in this thread are employed by nike
This is common on threads involving shoes. Pretty standard for Beaverton to start threads about Nike and weigh in on any thread about something else.
OK, everybody knows OAC races in Nike; this is old enough news that I was aware of it. Where I disagree with the crowd here is on 2 points.
First of all, I don't buy the whole 'training daily in On then Nike for races only'. I'd be surprised if they do much running in On at all. Sweat Elite videos don't fool me; that proves that they wear them whenever there is a camera around. By the way, I watched one in which the subject wore On spikes for the track portion of the workout. But you know what I didn't see? Every other time any of them have run. A video or picture of someone wearing On proves that they wore them once.
So I don't suspect the ration is 1000 miles training (On) : 10 miles racing (Nike). I believe the ration is more like 1 mile in On (when a camera is there for training; for races they admit it's all Nike) : 999 miles (all non-filmed training and of course all races).
The other point where I'm not too sure everybody has it right is that there may not be a rule that you can run in anything. It may have to be Nike. I mean, there is nothing special about the Dragonfly. It is not 'super'. If you had a sponsor who paid you not to run in their shoes (like On), wouldn't you wear something besides that particular shoe? Adidas has an actual super spike. I'd be in that or NB myself I suppose. In fact, the Hoka and asics distance spikes would be above the Nike on my list, but I don't know, that's just me.
Thing is, OAC doesn't just wear something besides On - that is a given and they (strangely) seem proud of that. They wear (and I include training, but that's just my opinion) exclusively Nike. Any way, I have a lot of respect t for Ritz and some respect for these folks on the team, but none for On. Literally paying them to wear Nike. Not just any other brand - Nike. You know what would happen if you didn't form the team, didn't pay Ritz or any of them? They'd wear Nike. Do nothing and spend $0, you get the same outcome. What a joke the whole OAC idea is. What a joke On is!