New Balance Fuel Cell Super Comp illegal to race?

Why would you wear it for a race? It's a terrible racing shoe and heavy as a brick.

And yes, it's illegal to race in and you would deserve a DQ for doing so.

You'd only get dq'ed from a world athletics ran/sanctioned track meet in this shoe. Road races are fine. Or maybe I'm a dirty rotten liar. You can google the rules...

Heavy as a brick? It’s 7.1 oz so while not super light, it’s really not heavy as a brick. I got that figure from the NB website. I wear a size 12 so what I would wear is probably heavier. I think the weights are based on a 9 or 10

Your question isn't specific enough I think. The supercomp trainers are specifically advertised as being too high stack height for complying with racing regulations, but they are also advertised as just being trainers and not racers. The Supercomp elite v3 however is race legal and advertised for racing - same with the supercomp pacer - and Sisson for instance has worn both already one for the 15k champs and one for 20k.

What are you on? Their website (and others) have it at 11.3 oz or 320 grams for M 9.0

You need to learn your shoes. Are you talking about the Trainer, the Elite, or the Pacer?

I’m not on anything.

The OP just said Fuel Cell SuperComp. Since they’re asking about using it for racing, I just assumed that they weren’t asking about the trainer. The Fuel Cell SuperComp Pacer is the racing shoe.

Also, where did the OP state that they were referring to the trainer? I didn’t read that, did you?

Pardon my overreaction earlier. The trainer is the one that is illegal. Why would the OP ask if legal shoes were illegal?

You are absolutely correct about me not understanding shoe lineups today.

I was injured and stopped running for years, after getting healthy, came back to the sport and running shoe line ups are baffling at times for me.

Why would he ask if an illegal shoe were legal? Because he doesn’t know, that’s why. Obviously, from the question, he doesn’t know what shoes are legal and which aren’t.

Following your logic, he knows where/how to find out if a shoe is legal or illegal so why would he ask why an illegal shoe was legal? And, again, why would he ask if a training shoe were legal for racing when NB makes a racing shoe with the same name of FuelCell SuperComp?

Capisce?

Yeah it's an interesting trend at the moment - making the "illegal" shoe - as some kind of statement of rebellious innovation.

It's like if a golf company bought out a 550CC head driver that was illegal on tour but allegedly made you a better golfer.

The funny thing? All of these "illegal" shoes rely pure on marketing, driven solely that narrative. Basically "wear something naughty - they are so good not even the world governing body allows them". Are there any benefits to you? Nope - just extra $$$ out of your wallet. These are just "more" cushioned shoes but of course there is a sweet spot to cushioning where you don't need any more of it and the excess is just weight and instability. Unless you are 300lb person hitting the ground with the same force as an elite sprinter on your long runs (you aren't) then you don't need 45mm+ of foam anywhere under your foot.

These shoes (and I'm not referencing just this shoe but also shoes like the adizero Prime X) won't even make you train better (faster/more effectively/more efficiently). They are there to capitalize on a trend at the moment and make you think you need something you don't.

Sisson wore the rc elite v1s for the 15k and a prototype for the 20k.

I'm not entirely clear what this is saying. It would appear that the rules don't apply to college competition, which seems logical as I have seen Next% being used in the NCAA track championships. However in the UK it is applied to all track events, regardless of who is competing. So a Next% can't be used in a midweek inter-club track league by a veteran athlete. Is the UK out of step with the intention of the regulations?

nobody gives a f**k what shoe you wear in your local hobby jog.

you will not get DQ'd unless if the small town race had money prize and somebody complained about you

Most small town races are not sanctioned World Athletics or USATF events. In unsanctioned races, unless the race director makes a shoe rule (has probably never happened), any running shoe would be legal even with prize money.

Those that get the most triggered about "hobby joggers" are those that are hobby joggers but don't think they're hobby joggers. 😂🤣