Discus.
Discus.
so you think runners are famous enough
Rupp isn't likeable the way Kennedy was. And Rupp may be on something. It looks real bad on nike if tons of people are wearing Rupp spikes and he gets caught. Real real bad.
What are you folks talking about? Nike sells the L-carnitine model. And they're bringing out their new Fancy Bears hacks in October. ?
I wonder what they would call the shoe. The Zoom 2 LT09
Kvothe wrote:
Rupp isn't likeable the way Kennedy was. And Rupp may be on something. It looks real bad on nike if tons of people are wearing Rupp spikes and he gets caught. Real real bad.
I have no doubts about Rupp being on Alberto's sauce. But, Kennedy was probably dirtier. He competed during the Epo era, where at the time there was no test for it. Plus, his connections to Komen.
I'm waiting for the Nike Zoom Pappas
they would be called
the nike certified
What current shoes are named after any pro runners? Only one I can think of are the Skechers Meb ones
Maybe they should name one after Dr. Brown?
Or call it the Nike Infusion.
Been saying this for years. Sure maybe track runners aren't marketable or whatever but not doing stuff like this when it happens in every other sport only holds us back. Instead of the victory spikes have a pair named after Mo. Instead of the Pegs have the Rupps. In basketball you can get shoes of your favorite players. There's some built in fan accountability to that.
The problem is they don't release the same shoes/singlets/shorts etc that the top pros compete in. You can't buy a prototype 4% and an OPRJT singlet with holes in it or Rupp's name down the back. You can't buy the cooling warmers Farah wore at London or the tape Galen and some others wear on their legs during marathons. Stuff like that should change. I would buy those products.
I'm looking forward to buying a Pinarello Salbutemol
NERunner053 wrote:
Been saying this for years. Sure maybe track runners aren't marketable or whatever but not doing stuff like this when it happens in every other sport only holds us back. Instead of the victory spikes have a pair named after Mo. Instead of the Pegs have the Rupps
No. I prefer to wear Pegasus vs. Rupps. Wearing a shoe named after Galen Rupp makes it seem like there's a weird fetish with the guy.
Nike Low t
the nike injections
the nike greys
the nike androgel (i know they would have to fight asics over the "gel" part)
the nike step son
the nike fanboy
the nike cheats
the nike thyroids
the nike Mo's B*tch
Nike did this years ago with the 'Cram' and 'Cova' range, they each got a coloured up trainer, racer and spike. I remember big reductions so I'm guessing it flopped, was around '84.
For those of you that hasn't yet noticed - the new global trend is to name shoes after races, i.e [Insert Brand Name here] [Insert Old Model Name here] Boston Marathon Special Edition, New York Marathon Special Edition, Stockholm Marathon Special Edition, Beijing Marathon Special Editon, Bunghole Marathon Special Edition, etc, etc, etc.
Yes, it goes beyond the Big 6 WMM - but I'm not sure about if there's a rule that only the Main Sponsor brand can do it for a particular race? Probably different rules for that in different contries.
Nike Ruppers. Coming out soon. Here is the prototype
https://cdn.instructables.com/FBZ/IWG2/I2I43LE4/FBZIWG2I2I43LE4.RECT2100.jpg
Obviously they're planning to name a line of hats or breathing masks after him duh.