I work for the the track team at a major D1 program, and our sprinters/jumpers are having way more stress injuries than previous years. The only difference I can tell is their shoes. They use the Nike Pegasus 39 as a trainer and the streakfly for workouts if they aren't in spikes. I'm thinking that maybe the extra soft streakfly is causing stress injuries in athletes when they put a lot of force into the track? I'm curious if anyone else has had the same thoughts.
I was told of a school that had a bunch of stress fractures and the prevailing theory based on what they had in common was that the Pegasus was somehow a factor.
I have no idea if that theory of blaming one super popular shoe has legs, but it doesn’t make sense to me for a bunch of kids wearing all different models of shoes to go to college, up their mileage, and all switch to the same certain shoe model they didn’t use to run in just because that’s what they get for free.
Wearing shoes that don't work for you - that don't fit well, have too high or low of a stack, too high or low of a drop, are too cushioned or have too little cushioning will cause injuries. If everyone on a team is training in the same shoe, barring statistical anomaly, many will get injured.
I understand the same shoe idea, what I'm really curious about is if the stack/cushion on the streakfly is worse than a streak LT4 or similar flat for sprinters? We have to use Nike if you have any alternative suggestions.
Which spikes are they using and how much are they practicing in them? I might lean that way.
They use the maxfly or Ja Fly spikes. Mostly the maxfly (they've been using those for a few years). They will do many of their workouts in the streakfly, which seems like the cushion and higher stack might not be best for top level sprinting. The streakfly is new for this year for us
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