Nicolas Navarro, France, ON Shoes, former amateur runner/cyclist runs 2:07:01 in Valencia.

Goes to show you how easy it is to run a 2:07 flat on perfect course in perfect weather with perfect pacers with having the lowest time, not placing, being the only thing on your mind.

Navarro has a PB of 29:46 & a 1:02:29 half.

If Rupp wanted to he could have gone 2:02 here but he didnt care about some low marathon time. He liked the placings. He cared more about his 10000 PB anyway. Which makes sense.

Where can I buy a pair?

Also helped Iden to win Kona

The Kona shoes were a custom pair with 50mm stack. Not available to the public.

Agreed

So they seem to have the fastest triathlon shoe (when are they putting it on the market?)

…and the fastest marathon shoe (which turns a 29:46 guy in a 2:07 flat marathoner). Is his shoe available to the public?

Lol clown shoes

For Clowns who break the marathon course record by 3 minutes in Kona. I don’t mind being a clown. Training is so overrated

Dude already had a 2h08 PR from this year, ran 2h09 2 years ago and 2h10 3 years ago.

Plus finished 12th at the Olympics in 21.

Yes he came relatively late to running from a cycling background but not exactly a newcomer for whoever follows the sport... outside of the US 😉

What astonishes me with Nicky Navarro is his "ordinary performances" at shorter distances. He runs regular road races in France and rarely performs better than around 30:00 for 10km (or equivalent) or thereabouts, which is close to the pace he ran today. The guy is a diesel runner.

In the US, current launch date is 9/1/23.

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Diesel runner, with best times of 8:38/29:46. Going by this he would be pushed to break 4:00/1500 on the track.

I think if he really trained for track he might achieve 8:15/14:10/29:10. Track runner he is not. When he trained in Eldoret, he was doing 600 repeats, straining to keep up with Kipchoge and co who were doing 2000 repeats! True story. Check Insta, last year.

Makes sense for the short distance stuff. He was cycling when all other marathoners his level/age were competing track (HS/College).

If you only compete shorter stuff as part of your speed training for marathon that's pretty logical.

I do agree he would have way better PB's if he had actually trained for the track earlier in his career.

Also smart of him to get into shorter races as part of training and focus his peak on the distance he's best at.

(29 high in the middle of a 140 miles/ week block is different than with fresh legs)

Morhad Amdouni 2:05:22, Paris, April 3, 2022, is the French record holder. Amdouni from Porto Vechio, Corsica is a phenomenal runner, in my opinion much stronger than Nico Navarro from Toulon, South France, who finished 13th today in Valencia with 2:07:01, having said that big Kudos to Nico Navarro - Real guts and he never gives up.

I don't know what this dude looks like but the mere fact that he is not being accused of doping by everyone here tells me he is very white.

Nico Navarro is the last person to dope, imho. Too much to lose. His whole career would evaporate into the dust were he to dope and be caught. He has multiple contracts now with (among others) Marseille Fire Brigade, ON shoes, SCO club, Fédération Française Athlétisme and many others. In effect he's getting multiple salaries - much better than what he earned as a mere salesperson at Decathlon sports megastore for years, which was around €1500 month only.

I assume Nico (Navarro) is also getting appearance fees based on his 12th place O.G.finish (2021) in the Japanese sauna like conditions (2:12:50), and today 2:07:01. This pencil thin, unassuming runner is legit, 100% we believe. Others had reservations about Benoit Z and Amdouni, even though no concrete evidence against either of those two characters.

Sorry, unintentional double post.