Jibing wrote:
Maybe. But to the lowly non-insider, this doesn't seem to jibe very well with all of the elite E. Africans who wear 5-10 year old Nikes (Streaks of some sort, came in red, orange, and black). Additionally, if you're as prominent as Kipchoge, you'd be dumb to put up with BS like this from a sponsor. Your expertise is suspect......
Believe me or don't.
I've spoken to several Kenyan runners, and it is common for them to show up at the race hotel and be given a new pair of shoes and kit. Adidas did the same when Adios first came out: everyone is wearing these.
The difference was that Adidas makes real shoes.