Nike's claims getting more outlandish - infinity % - never get injured

There is a big difference between "claim" and "goal."

Or even more simply the difference between "reducing injury" and "never get injured."

"the Infinity Run focuses on reducing injury while running"

Heres the official Nike release.

https://news.nike.com/news/react-infinity-run

A quote from the article: "In fact, an external study by the British Columbia Sports Medicine Research Foundation (BCSMRF) on 226 runners in the Nike React Infinity Run and the Nike Structure 22, a traditional motion control shoe, showed that runners in the Nike React Infinity had a 52 percent lower injury rate than in the motion control shoe, with wearers confirming that they felt less pain in their knees and feet."

Honestly, the zoom structure was a rock hard shoe, so of course, a react foam shoe would be much easier on the knees and feet.

ok, I'm mildly interested.

What's the weight and offset?

They lost me at $160.

This has me jiggling. Didn't a Hoka guy go over to nike to help the 4%, which is a sleek Hoka with better foam. Now this shoe, wider platform, big stack height? It's a hoka!

Never injured anyway wrote:

They lost me at $160.

Skechers have been making running shoes like this for years now and they're less than a hundo.

OP has a Beaverton, Oregon IP address

Nike is one of those companies to take seriously what they say. They have been winners and I believe will be winners long in to the future. I can't wait to try these shoes!

Jgt11 wrote:

Heres the official Nike release.

https://news.nike.com/news/react-infinity-run

A quote from the article: "In fact, an external study by the British Columbia Sports Medicine Research Foundation (BCSMRF) on 226 runners in the Nike React Infinity Run and the Nike Structure 22, a traditional motion control shoe, showed that runners in the Nike React Infinity had a 52 percent lower injury rate than in the motion control shoe, with wearers confirming that they felt less pain in their knees and feet."

Honestly, the zoom structure was a rock hard shoe, so of course, a react foam shoe would be much easier on the knees and feet.

The "runners" in the test group averaged 22 miles/week. I'm a 60+ hobbyjogger and run at least twice that.

YMMV wrote:

The "runners" in the test group averaged 22 miles/week. I'm a 60+ hobbyjogger and run at least twice that.

Well gosh, you're special.

Fact: Nike doesn't give a f*ck about you or anyone like you. Nike wants to sell loads of shoes and make a tremendous amount of profit. There are multiple orders of magnitude more people who relate to the "test" group than who relate to you.

From the photo, it looks like the Nike swoosh is sinking. Must be symbolic. Boycott Nike.

YMMV wrote:

The "runners" in the test group averaged 22 miles/week. I'm a 60+ hobbyjogger and run at least twice that.

And what's your point? Care to elaborate?

Good. When the shoe is available in January try it. You might find your runs are much more enjoyable.

doctorj wrote:

YMMV wrote:

The "runners" in the test group averaged 22 miles/week. I'm a 60+ hobbyjogger and run at least twice that.

And what's your point? Care to elaborate?

Allow me to take a guess in his stead: The runners in the study weren't running enough to be considered serious runners, so the results may not be applicable to serious runners.

Make sense?

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YMMV wrote:

The "runners" in the test group averaged 22 miles/week. I'm a 60+ hobbyjogger and run at least twice that.

Fact: Nike doesn't give a f*ck about you or anyone like you. Nike wants to sell loads of shoes and make a tremendous amount of profit.

And WTF is wrong with that?

Maybe North Korea is a better place for you. They also hate capitalism.

Lastly, you don’t give a f*ck about anyone but yourself so how is this any different.

doctorj wrote:

YMMV wrote:

The "runners" in the test group averaged 22 miles/week. I'm a 60+ hobbyjogger and run at least twice that.

And what's your point? Care to elaborate?

My point is that I want someone onet to care about me, to think I’m special, even though I’m a loser.

Commie in the house wrote:

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Fact: Nike doesn't give a f*ck about you or anyone like you. Nike wants to sell loads of shoes and make a tremendous amount of profit.

And WTF is wrong with that?

Maybe North Korea is a better place for you. They also hate capitalism.

Lastly, you don’t give a f*ck about anyone but yourself so how is this any different.

Hey moron, you totally misread my post. But it's true, I really don't give a f*ck about anyone but myself. Nothing wrong with that.

$160 and Achilles tendinitis.