I don't think they do. My friend thinks they do. I just need 1 pic of an elite running the 10k in flats and he is right. Any help?
I don't think they do. My friend thinks they do. I just need 1 pic of an elite running the 10k in flats and he is right. Any help?
Deena Kastor at Payton Jordan
Did Deena wear flats when she was big on the track? I'm guessing she only did now because with all that marathon training it's too much to just switch over to spikes.
i thought radcliffe did
in 2002 (the year following his 27:13 AR), Meb ran 27:20 while protecting an injury....NIKE Zoom Streak Vapors (the blue/purple ones). after that, i've never understood why ppl argue so heavily for flats in a 10k. if meb can go 27:20 in them, somebody running 30min could "probably" benefit from the reduced pounding of spikes by using flats....just my .02
cheers, dude~
Tyler McCandless, 2012 Penn Relays 10k.
http://tylermccandless.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-in-reverse/
themack wrote:
i thought radcliffe did
Only the time she ran the 10km in the 2005 world champs as preparation for the marathon.
ghost wrote: "In 1998 at the Euro.10.000 Development races in Lisbon (Portugal), Fabian Roncero (Spain) ran and won the 10.000 track event in 27:14 - wearing road racing shoes (flats), not spikes!"
27:14 Racing flat world record?
Elana Meyer wore flats in the first Olympic 10km for women.
Kind of cheating, but I remember Haile Gebreselassie wore specially made flat/spikes hybrids for the Beijing Olympic 10k.
I have definatley seen other guys wearing flats in world class 10ks on the track (can't find pictures), but they are probably marathoners or road racers who just hopped in the race and not true track specialists.
Not racing flats, but Jason Rexing has been known to run all his races in light trainers like the Streak Vapors.
jogger to be wrote:
Tyler McCandless, 2012 Penn Relays 10k.
http://tylermccandless.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-in-reverse/
I'm not sure if that guy qualifies as elite. The question wasn't whether any mediocre athletes who happen to be sponsored wear flats for a track 10,000.
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