These shoes are so bouncy that Nike had to put a warning on the heel that says "NOT APPROVED BY WORLD ATHLETICS."
How do we feel about this?
How would it be possible to enforce this and disqualify runners who race in these?
Obviously no one would get away with wearing these at the Olympics or World Championships, but how are you going to catch people in a major marathon with 30,000-60,000 runners?
Oh, and I forgot to mention, they are selling like hotcakes.
WTF 🤬…
World athletics doesn't give one sh*t about the 5 hour marathoner wearing these
MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
World athletics doesn't give one sh*t about the 5 hour marathoner wearing these
Okay, but are people checking shoes for OTQs at CIM? Do you see where this could potentially be a problem?
Literally it’s just the invincible run with airbags in them. I have a pair great for long runs. doesn’t feel great to get under 6:00 min pace for long. I’d rather be in zoomflys
link in thread wrote:
These shoes are so bouncy that Nike had to put a warning on the heel that says "NOT APPROVED BY WORLD ATHLETICS."
How do we feel about this?
How would it be possible to enforce this and disqualify runners who race in these?
Obviously no one would get away with wearing these at the Olympics or World Championships, but how are you going to catch people in a major marathon with 30,000-60,000 runners?
No one cares, because like most illegal race shoes out there, they aren't even faster than the legal race shoes. The only one that might fit that criteria would be the Adidas Evo Prime X.
The long term damage shoes like these can and will do to people is just incredible. Don't worry about using those god-given ligaments, tendons as they were intended etc - just squish down into 40mm of blubbery foam that "feels good" in the moment.
All in the name of selling shoes and turning a profit huh. Superb
One of my freshman runners got a pair and ran a “chocolate milk mile” in them. When I realized they were not WAF Approved I disqualified his 9:43 jog fest of a performance and suspended him for the track season. No cheaters in this sport.
They have been on the market since October. Have you been living under a rock?
12.4 oz lol
I tested these shoes for Nike a while back. I hated them. Always felt like they took a lot out of my legs. Not responsive. A lot of cushion. The height is way too extreme
I don't mind the regular and plus branding they have going, but the premium lines are just dumb. I haven't seen this in the wild personally, but the last expo I was forced to walk through had gobs of people walking around the ($220) Pegasus Premium.
I think these would likely be slower than super shoes so you wouldn’t really gain an advantage racing in them even if they are technically illegal. You’d mostly be better off racing in a legal super shoes from Nike, Adidas, Puma etc. I think these would be great for training though, specially for easy runs and maybe even for someone who is starting back up after an injury.
link in thread wrote:
Obviously no one would get away with wearing these at the Olympics or World Championships,
uh, GALEN Rupp wore illegals shoes in the Oly marathon trials and Olympics and got away with it (was that 2016). Look it up
wore shoes that were not yet available to the competitors (which is a violation of the rules)
and even disguised the shoes to look like a version that was legal.
and what have the governing bodies done about it - nothing
Prime X3 Strung are far faster if you're mostly going in a straight line. However, the new super stack Adizeros used in the 100k record are dope.
I agree. I have mentioned this many times on these boards and have received down votes. Why? Obvious cheating. Without the plate shoes Rupp doesn't medal.
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