Every other week a new world record. It’s really stupid. The technology and obvious doping has erased the record books. The juiced times are so outrageous that the sport no longer has a history.
It's a shame that some athletes, who were naturally talented and played by the rules, are forgotten because of cheats. Evelyn Ashford for example. How many people even know who she was? FloJo is the name most people remember.
It's a shame that some athletes, who were naturally talented and played by the rules, are forgotten because of cheats. Evelyn Ashford for example. How many people even know who she was? FloJo is the name most people remember.
People wonder why the sport isn’t more popular. The sport places no importance in its history.
Look a the clown shoes Kiptum wore to set his “world record”. It’s no longer an athletic competition. It’s a shoe tech competition.
All you need is the right doped up jockey to ride the shoes and boom a new “world record”.
Shoe technology has advanced throughout the years since the beginning of the modern marathon in 1896, so where should we draw the line on history regarding which records are legit and which records aren't.
People used to run in shoes with leather soles. Imagine if they said rubber soles weren't legit, or if foam wasn't allowed. Records were broken regularly throughout all the years of changes. Are all those records not legit?
The shoe technology doesn't bother me, though I do think they need to be more consistent in how the rules are applied. The shoes should be available to purchase by competitors at least 30 days prior to the race. This wasn't the case in the two recent marathon world records.
The sport evolves. We are no longer running on cinder tracks in leather shoes nor pole vaulting with bamboo poles into mounds of dirt. Are marathoners supposed to fuel like Frank Shorter did with defizzed coca-cola instead of the modern fueling systems we have today? Records are as much about the evolution of human capability, in its entirety, as it is about one person's singular performance.
Shoe technology has advanced throughout the years since the beginning of the modern marathon in 1896, so where should we draw the line on history regarding which records are legit and which records aren't.
People used to run in shoes with leather soles. Imagine if they said rubber soles weren't legit, or if foam wasn't allowed. Records were broken regularly throughout all the years of changes. Are all those records not legit?
Shoe technology hasn't changed much since the 70's. The basics are pretty much the same. The rest is frills.
Shoe technology has advanced throughout the years since the beginning of the modern marathon in 1896, so where should we draw the line on history regarding which records are legit and which records aren't.
People used to run in shoes with leather soles. Imagine if they said rubber soles weren't legit, or if foam wasn't allowed. Records were broken regularly throughout all the years of changes. Are all those records not legit?
Shoe technology hasn't changed much since the 70's. The basics are pretty much the same. The rest is frills.
Shoe technology has advanced throughout the years since the beginning of the modern marathon in 1896, so where should we draw the line on history regarding which records are legit and which records aren't.
People used to run in shoes with leather soles. Imagine if they said rubber soles weren't legit, or if foam wasn't allowed. Records were broken regularly throughout all the years of changes. Are all those records not legit?
Performance enhancing drugs have been around for 60+ years. The only thing new in the past 5 years is the shoe tech.
The combination of good old fashioned cheating (doping) and corporate sponsored cheating (shoes) is catalyst behind all the new records.
And, yes it is still cheating, even if everyone has access to it.
Shoe technology has advanced throughout the years since the beginning of the modern marathon in 1896, so where should we draw the line on history regarding which records are legit and which records aren't.
People used to run in shoes with leather soles. Imagine if they said rubber soles weren't legit, or if foam wasn't allowed. Records were broken regularly throughout all the years of changes. Are all those records not legit?
Performance enhancing drugs have been around for 60+ years. The only thing new in the past 5 years is the shoe tech.
The combination of good old fashioned cheating (doping) and corporate sponsored cheating (shoes) is catalyst behind all the new records.
And, yes it is still cheating, even if everyone has access to it.
60 years ago could you buy a massage gun?
Maurten gels?
Use strava to learn training techniques from pros?
Text all your friends to meet up with you and pace your workouts?
Shoe technology hasn't changed much since the 70's. The basics are pretty much the same. The rest is frills.
You are ignorant.
So if the shoes are aiding performance it must show in increasing stride-length and/or turnover. Where is the data that confirms this, and if so, how does the few inches of a sole of a shoe do this in a way shoes haven't done before?
Shoe technology has advanced throughout the years since the beginning of the modern marathon in 1896, so where should we draw the line on history regarding which records are legit and which records aren't.
People used to run in shoes with leather soles. Imagine if they said rubber soles weren't legit, or if foam wasn't allowed. Records were broken regularly throughout all the years of changes. Are all those records not legit?
Performance enhancing drugs have been around for 60+ years. The only thing new in the past 5 years is the shoe tech.
The combination of good old fashioned cheating (doping) and corporate sponsored cheating (shoes) is catalyst behind all the new records.
And, yes it is still cheating, even if everyone has access to it.
Performance enhancing drugs are changing all the time, far faster than shoes and with much more sophisticated effect.
Rubber tracks erasing the sport’s history…sad GPS training metrics erasing the sport’s history…sad Nutrition research erasing the sport’s history…sad Lactate test trips erasing the sport’s history…sad Pace lights erasing the sport’s history…sad
Performance enhancing drugs have been around for 60+ years. The only thing new in the past 5 years is the shoe tech.
The combination of good old fashioned cheating (doping) and corporate sponsored cheating (shoes) is catalyst behind all the new records.
And, yes it is still cheating, even if everyone has access to it.
60 years ago could you buy a massage gun?
Maurten gels?
Use strava to learn training techniques from pros?
Text all your friends to meet up with you and pace your workouts?
Running isn't complicated. It is one of the simplest of sports. It has been known for a long time that success has depended on training hard. That's it. It isn't rocket science.
Rubber tracks erasing the sport’s history…sad GPS training metrics erasing the sport’s history…sad Nutrition research erasing the sport’s history…sad Lactate test trips erasing the sport’s history…sad Pace lights erasing the sport’s history…sad
None of that is responsible. The difference is doping.