Kipchoge proves he's wrong in trying to prove he's right

His analogy to car racing is just stupid. A better analogy is swimming. Several years ago racing wetsuits became the norm and WR times were dropping like crazy. The federation stepped in and decided to make a change to the swimsuit rule that got rid of that advantage. That's all that needs to be done here. ALL sports that include some kind of implement has the right to regulate the standards all must obey for that implement. Simple.

If the shoe doesn't make a difference then prove us wrong by wearing a different shoe at London.

Kipchoge is an idiot.

Put Kipchoge in a regular racing flat with out carbon fiber plates with no pacers and he runs 2:03:58.

bpurcell72 wrote:

If the shoe doesn't make a difference then prove us wrong by wearing a different shoe at London.

+1 and then have everyone else wear the Vaporfly.

Yeah and if he wears no shoes he runs even slower. What's your point? All these experts weighing in amd still no one gives an actual solid argument why these shoes are unfair. Same people who complain about shoe companies selling crap shoes are now complaining about well-developed shoes being "Too good". Why? Because runners are "Too fast" now? Hypocrisy.

Pretty weak analogy from the noble one.

one name per week wrote:

Put Kipchoge in a regular racing flat with out carbon fiber plates with no pacers and he runs 2:03:58.

take away the EPO and he runs 2:07

Like Molly Huddle, he should just let his running do the talking and keep his mouth shut.

Another reason why Michael > Lebron

Kinda like Mikaela Shiffrin. Just look at the camera and smile.

!!!!!!!!!! wrote:

bpurcell72 wrote:

If the shoe doesn't make a difference then prove us wrong by wearing a different shoe at London.

+1 and then have everyone else wear the Vaporfly.

Yeah, he should have kept his mouth shut. Not that it really matters I suppose.

But, if it's not the shoes, then perhaps he should wear the Zoom Streak 7 in London, while Bekele wears the Vaporfly.

Nike would be kinda screwed here.. Kipchoge runs 2:02 in London in the Streak, and everyone buys those. Kipchoge runs 2:05 in London and they reinforce the idea for a ban. Granted, none of this will happen.. but it's fun to think about.

Holy crap cut the GOAT some slack idiots, try making an analogy better than that in Swahili! His point is valid, technology advances with the sport and the success is almost entirely due to the athlete. What are we gonna do? Get rid of all rubberized track world record and make everyone run on cinder at Tokyo? Records were meant to be broken and the other shoe companies WILL catch up with the vaporflies so stop whining and go back to hobby jogging.

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