Oh the irony. What if it turns out the new $500 adidas shoe is just way better than Nike's?

Where’s the irony?

What about when Elon comes out with cybershoes and hobby joggers can run 2:18 thons and qualifying for the highly prestigious USA Olympic trials?

Imagine how pissed sub elite guys would be

1.7 once is 0.0481942 kg in scientific speak.
Also known as 48.19419999998672 grams

It would be quite ironic if Nike invented super shoes to give their athletes an advantage but in the end adidas ends up with a shoe they can't match.

I know Kiptum said he's not in peak form for Chicago but what if he is and he smashes 2 hours in a pair of adidas shoes?

Assefa better be getting a huge WR bonus from adidas. With her time and lack of name recognition, I'm assuming everyone now thinks adidas new shoe is by far the best.

The irony is that Nike started the supershoe arms race in 2016 and Nike athletes had a distinct advantage for a couple years before other brands caught up with their versions. Now, its possible that Adidas has leap frogged them (Unclear still), so now Nike athletes might be disadvantaged by a product of their own creation.

Does anyone else remember when a couple of Nike athletes (All 3 mens podium finishers) got access to a prototype carbon shoe for the 2016 Olympics before we knew what they were capable of? Seems wildly unfair in hindsight

I miss the days when winning a race was based on talent, preparation, and sound racing tactics, not who had the best shoes. 😔

Thanks. That's what I was looking for and you generally get 2/3rds of the economy gain in time, right? So a 0.33% improvement in time, which would only be like 27.5 seconds for a 2:15 marathoner.

So the weight doesn't appear to explain this.

(1) competition is not ironic. it's not ironic that both pepsi and coke exist.
(2) "but what if he is and he smashes 2 hours in a pair of adidas shoes?" okay, what about it?
(2) "Any additional posts about where the Irony is will be deleted." Now THIS is ironic

Weight may only be part of the equation. From what I read and what folks are glossing over is that they are SINGLE USE, yes $500 for a race day shoe good for only ONE marathon. So what if Adidas just said, Screw It! and formulated the foam for max energy return and saving the legs, with no care in the world regarding durability. I'm sure Nike when they did the vaporfly had to formulate the super foam to at least last for 100-200 miles so they mixed in other rubbers/foams for durability but reduced energy return.

Would not be surprised if Adidas found a way to make a better shoe. Nike is typically the leader, but definitely not perfect.

There are way too many variables other than weight affecting shoe performance I think you can throw that physics equation out the window unfortunately.