College runners wearing SANDALS at indoor meet?????

Anyone remember the Nike Air Rift?? Keep those feet cool!!!

Did they wear socks in their sandals?

I have done some runs of moderate length on sidewalk, in my Shamma brand sandals. Super light, felt great. They would be fine on the track. Interesting if the kid is really doing high mileage in sandals. Pics? (Of the sandals?)

What's the big deal? I log about 70mpw in my slides....I can even tempo at 5:20 in them.....

So where is the problem here? Kid runs 110 mpw, gets a good 3,000 time, stays healthy. It all sounds good.If there's a problem here it's that you seem to think that it's footwear that creates a performance rather than the person wearing the footwear. Being utterly confused is often a good thing because it can force you to re-evaluate the way you think about something.

There is a very fit middle-aged guy in my city who runs in sandals. I don't know him other than the occasional "hello" mid-run, but I can tell you that he runs around 6:30 pace on his maintenance runs and I have seen him almost daily for about a decade. I don't race anymore, so I do not know if he races in the sandals.

I remember there being a thread about a kid who races marathons in Crocs. I think he may be an OTQ but that might be me mis-remembering it. No time to Google it right now.

I train 90 miles a wee 4000m elevation in jesus sandals aka xeroshoes 4mm rubber since 2p14 and I've also raced barefoot on roads and won in 15.40 . I used to have to go as hell calf's 2014 and 15 but only like 3 injuries 8 days max worst 1

itain'tnew wrote:

I used to have to go as hell calf's 2014 and 15 but only like 3 injuries 8 days max worst 1

Tell me about it. I used to go super karate monkey death car.

Do you mean that family from Utah that runs in Crocs? They have 8 children and the oldest son ran a 71 half wearing crocs.

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20848845/large-family-in-utah-aims-to-be-americas-fastest/

I am a sophomore college athlete, and although my coach isn't a big fan of it, I've worn Luna Origen Sandals for nearly all of my mileage for over a year now. I tend to average about 80-90 miles a week in them and the vast majority of my workouts I have done while wearing them. I train for XC and 10K on track, and the sandals haven't hindered my training whatsoever. Although it can be challenging to run in them in very wet or muddy conditions, I have no complaints 99% of the time that I'm running. I get anywhere from 1,000-1,500 miles per pair, and they're perfectly usable for fast workouts on the track. Rough sandal P.R.s in workout off of memory would be 16:10 5K, 4:45 mile, 2:17 800m, 64 second 400m, and 28 second 200m. Not crazy fast by any means, but fast enough to prove that workouts can be done in them relatively hassle free. My average run in them would be about 12-14 miles at 6:40-7:40 pace across 1,500ft of climbing and all manner of terrain, and just the same as the kid that inspired this post, I've not taken any time off due to injury since I started wearing them. While I obviously wouldn't recommend them for everyone, I don't see athletes running in them as being especially worrisome either. If it brings the runners joy and no negative effects are being seen, I say just let them be. We're all just trying to get better, and as long as we continue to do so, I don't see any harm being done.

I wear Zhaunglin water shoes for all my easy runs and warmups. $29.99 on Amazon. Check it out! Just not on gravel paths, they pick up gravel.

My wife saw this at an indoor meet this weekend. She said she saw several warming up and down in them. Were we at the same meet as the OP? If not this maybe a growing fad.....

I think OP proves how little we know about running mechanics and foot protection. Guy is fast and remains healthy yet he is the crazy one.

gdjhffj wrote:

itain'tnew wrote:

I used to have to go as hell calf's 2014 and 15 but only like 3 injuries 8 days max worst 1

Tell me about it. I used to go super karate monkey death car.

Lmao

It's only a matter of time until Birkenflys are banned

Hoka dominating the competition by putting there Meta-Rocker sole on slides. I've been running in them years no problem. Breathable as well! Hoka killing it!

OllieOllie wrote:

Do you mean that family from Utah that runs in Crocs? They have 8 children and the oldest son ran a 71 half wearing crocs.

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20848845/large-family-in-utah-aims-to-be-americas-fastest/

Yes! Thank you!

Just make sure you use the turbo strap for anything under 5:00 minute pace.

utterly confused wrote:

Last weekend I took my team to an indoor track meet and saw not 1, not 2, but 3 runners from different teams running their warm up and warm downs in SANDALS! I talked to ones coach and he said that his kid runs 110+ miles a week in the things. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? Apparently the kid has been wearing them for a few years and has never been seriously injured, but that makes no sense. Kid was fast too. Ran 820something in the 3k.

How irresponsible in his coach? With talent like that you dont take chances! How much FASTER would he be if he trained in SHOES???

Is this a THING now? 1 guy I can believe but 3 from different teams??? HAS EVERYONE LOST THEIR MINDS?

For sure more than three people.