Teammate uses Vaporfly 4%'s as walking shoes-How to approach this?

Pics or it didn't happen.

Never met a 400/800 guy trying to pass himself off as a marathoner.

ex-golfer wrote:

Pics or it didn't happen.

Never met a 400/800 guy trying to pass himself off as a marathoner.

He isn't even trying to pass himself off as a marathoner. He just kind of walks around in them because they're "comfortable"

Maybe he’s always late to class and wants to get there 4% faster

Meh 2.5/10... obviously didn't happen because 1) no one would go through the trouble of getting the shoes for walking and 2) they aren't comfortable to walk around in

What's your problem with him walking 4% faster?

obviously didn't happen wrote:

Meh 2.5/10... obviously didn't happen because 1) no one would go through the trouble of getting the shoes for walking and 2) they aren't comfortable to walk around in

I'll try to get pics

I believe you OP

I ran in them on a treadmill and they were squishy and bouncy

the carbon plate was disconcerting and I can't say I liked it

however walking I don't think I could notice the carbon plate and the cushion might feel nice.

overall a fairly striking shoe, so maybe he just likes the attention they bring?

orange or blue btw?

Bruh.SFX.2 wrote:

I have a teammate that recently bought a pair of vaporfly 4% shoes and uses them as casual daily walking shoes. He is a 400/800 guy so no marathon training nad all the training he does is in the zoom pegasus.

Am I being ridiculous for caring about this? Discus.

Yes you are being ridiculous for caring. Why?

1-He paid for the shoes, not you. If he wants to set them up on fire that will be his prerogative as well.

2- "Mind your own damn business " will be the ideal answer from your teammate to you for daring to ask, which is my advise.

donyiyo wrote:

Bruh.SFX.2 wrote:

I have a teammate that recently bought a pair of vaporfly 4% shoes and uses them as casual daily walking shoes. He is a 400/800 guy so no marathon training nad all the training he does is in the zoom pegasus.

Am I being ridiculous for caring about this? Discus.

Yes you are being ridiculous for caring. Why?

1-He paid for the shoes, not you. If he wants to set them up on fire that will be his prerogative as well.

2- "Mind your own damn business " will be the ideal answer from your teammate to you for daring to ask, which is my advise.

This.

Plus, you do realize to 99.9% of the population who see him in the shoes he’s just wearing orange/blue shoes, right? If he wanted to have average folks think he’s a marathoner he’d put it on a T-shirt. Or Instagram.

Worrying about what some other guy is wearing obviously means that you are gay.

Come on out baby. Kiss Kiss

He has the blue 4% and I was unable to secure pics today.

I'm more annoyed that he bought the best marathon racing shoes in hiatory with no intention of so much as doing his tempo days in them.

Lebron has a pair of custom made vaporflys he wears with suits for games...lol

Walks 4% faster wrote:

What's your problem with him walking 4% faster?

He’s only walking 4% more efficiently - get it right.

Bruh.SFX.2 wrote:

He has the blue 4% and I was unable to secure pics today.

I'm more annoyed that he bought the best marathon racing shoes in hiatory with no intention of so much as doing his tempo days in them.

So what? Still that's his damn problem because he paid for them not you. Grow up and mature, fool.

Bruh.SFX.2 wrote:

I have a teammate that recently bought a pair of vaporfly 4% shoes and uses them as casual daily walking shoes. He is a 400/800 guy so no marathon training nad all the training he does is in the zoom pegasus.

Am I being ridiculous for caring about this? Discus.

you should probably steal his shoes and replace them with Adidas Adizero Sub2 spray painted blue

I've also seen older men and women casually walking around in the vaporflys. It's bizarre, and I always wonder why they wasted their money on them to wear them as casual shoes.

Walks 4% faster wrote:

What's your problem with him walking 4% faster?

Post of the day!

this is a really old thread so I doubt anyone will see this.

I'm 4'11" and 238 lbs.

Part of regaining my health has been increasing distances of walking. I am walking a marathon in late oct.

Last week I bout vaporflys to walk in ... for my long days... but still to walk in. I am getting a lot more than 4% efficiency.

They have been like night and day.

The biggest payoff is the lack of leg fatigue at 14 plus miles

so yeah give the guy a break

msheaven wrote:

this is a really old thread so I doubt anyone will see this.

I'm 4'11" and 238 lbs.

Part of regaining my health has been increasing distances of walking. I am walking a marathon in late oct.

Last week I bout vaporflys to walk in ... for my long days... but still to walk in. I am getting a lot more than 4% efficiency.

They have been like night and day.

The biggest payoff is the lack of leg fatigue at 14 plus miles

so yeah give the guy a break

You have a great shape at 4'11 238