What Shoes were Elle Purrier Wearing?

kallin.khan wrote:

After any big performance, Nike athletes get criticized about what impact their shoes had on the outcome. So after Elle broke the mile American record by nearly 4 seconds, a record set by doper Mary Decker, my question is what impact did her shoes have?

New Balance has designed their "super shoe", the FuelCell 5280, specifically for the mile. Clearly Elle had an unfair advantage over her competitors, right? Or is it only possible for Nike athletes to have an unfair advantage and get called out for it?

Nailed it.

kallin.khan wrote:

New Balance has designed their "super shoe", the FuelCell 5280, specifically for the mile.

Are those spike-less track flats... for the mile...?

kallin.khan wrote:

After any big performance, Nike athletes get criticized about what impact their shoes had on the outcome. So after Elle broke the mile American record by nearly 4 seconds, a record set by doper Mary Decker, my question is what impact did her shoes have?

New Balance has designed their "super shoe", the FuelCell 5280, specifically for the mile. Clearly Elle had an unfair advantage over her competitors, right? Or is it only possible for Nike athletes to have an unfair advantage and get called out for it?

"doper Mary Decker," is a falsehood repeated endlessly by the brosjo, and it pisses me off that they and people like you continue it.

kallin.khan wrote:

After any big performance, Nike athletes get criticized about what impact their shoes had on the outcome. So after Elle broke the mile American record by nearly 4 seconds, a record set by doper Mary Decker, my question is what impact did her shoes have?

New Balance has designed their "super shoe", the FuelCell 5280, specifically for the mile. Clearly Elle had an unfair advantage over her competitors, right? Or is it only possible for Nike athletes to have an unfair advantage and get called out for it?

FuelCell 5280 has a carbon plate. This is one of NB's super shoes. If the other girls did not have a super shoe, then yes Ellie had an unfair advantage.

"doper Mary Decker," is a falsehood repeated endlessly by the brosjo, and it pisses me off that they and people like you continue it.[/quote]

She was among the first people busted using the then-new test that measured the testosterone to epitestosterone ratio. Normal is 1:1, the 99.9th percentile is 2.5 to 1, and the cutoff was established at 4:1. She was measured at 200:1, indicating a large amount of exogenous testosterone in her system. You also might want to closely inspect photographs of her from the 1983 Helsinki meet and the 1984 Olympics, and compare them to her photos from the 1996 Indoor Worlds. Attorney Doriane Lamebelet did a masterful job of lawyering and a lot of obfuscating in challenging these simple facts.

drbop wrote:

"doper Mary Decker," is a falsehood repeated endlessly by the brosjo, and it pisses me off that they and people like you continue it.

She was among the first people busted using the then-new test that measured the testosterone to epitestosterone ratio. Normal is 1:1, the 99.9th percentile is 2.5 to 1, and the cutoff was established at 4:1. She was measured at 200:1, indicating a large amount of exogenous testosterone in her system. You also might want to closely inspect photographs of her from the 1983 Helsinki meet and the 1984 Olympics, and compare them to her photos from the 1996 Indoor Worlds. Attorney Doriane Lamebelet did a masterful job of lawyering and a lot of obfuscating in challenging these simple facts.[/quote]

Please don’t ruin this poster’s false narrative with actual facts. This is Letsrun, after all.

P. O. Ster wrote:

kallin.khan wrote:

After any big performance, Nike athletes get criticized about what impact their shoes had on the outcome. So after Elle broke the mile American record by nearly 4 seconds, a record set by doper Mary Decker, my question is what impact did her shoes have?

New Balance has designed their "super shoe", the FuelCell 5280, specifically for the mile. Clearly Elle had an unfair advantage over her competitors, right? Or is it only possible for Nike athletes to have an unfair advantage and get called out for it?

"doper Mary Decker," is a falsehood repeated endlessly by the brosjo, and it pisses me off that they and people like you continue it.

She was 37 years old and attempting a comeback when she hooked up with Salazar as coach and then was caught doping. Mary Decker wasn't doping when she ran her pbs.

She is the best female distance runner this country has ever had and by a long shot.

Shoe Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOeqkOnEvPw

kallin.khan wrote:

After any big performance, Nike athletes get criticized about what impact their shoes had on the outcome. So after Elle broke the mile American record by nearly 4 seconds, a record set by doper Mary Decker, my question is what impact did her shoes have?

New Balance has designed their "super shoe", the FuelCell 5280, specifically for the mile. Clearly Elle had an unfair advantage over her competitors, right? Or is it only possible for Nike athletes to have an unfair advantage and get called out for it?

5280s are designed for road miles, they flat out do not work well on an indoor track, specifically Mondo. Those were not 5280s. They are, however, a prototype that draws from the 5280 design. WIth the new rules, I'm sure we will see them before 4/30.

uneven wrote:

She is the best female distance runner this country has ever had and by a long shot.

She had the best single year of any American female distance runner, but far from the best career. Can't call her the best ever off of only one great year.

Les wrote:

uneven wrote:

She is the best female distance runner this country has ever had and by a long shot.

She had the best single year of any American female distance runner, but far from the best career. Can't call her the best ever off of only one great year.

she was also injured quite a lot and that LA incident with Budd cost her a gold medal.

kallin.khan wrote:

After any big performance, Nike athletes get criticized about what impact their shoes had on the outcome. So after Elle broke the mile American record by nearly 4 seconds, a record set by doper Mary Decker, my question is what impact did her shoes have?

New Balance has designed their "super shoe", the FuelCell 5280, specifically for the mile. Clearly Elle had an unfair advantage over her competitors, right? Or is it only possible for Nike athletes to have an unfair advantage and get called out for it?

I'm not sure it's fair to criticize the athletes....Who can blame them for wearing what the company gives them when what seems like a small percent improvement is the difference between being an also ran and winning a medal? That being said, when a shoe is continuously proven by science to provide such a a large advantage over the other shoes on the market, it becomes a serious problem... No longer about physiology, psychology, and training. Not as fun for me to watch.

I loved the 5280 (full review below) though I would be surprised if she's racing in something spikeless on an indoor track. As others suggest, it's probably a prototype (just speculating). Either way, a great shoe - I wish I could run 4:16!

https://www.roadtrailrun.com/2019/08/new-balance-fuelcell-5280-review-exotic.html

It's unfair to the retired athletes whose records and PR's are diminished soley by shoe technology!

uneven wrote:

P. O. Ster wrote:

"doper Mary Decker," is a falsehood repeated endlessly by the brosjo, and it pisses me off that they and people like you continue it.

She was 37 years old and attempting a comeback when she hooked up with Salazar as coach and then was caught doping. Mary Decker wasn't doping when she ran her pbs.

She is the best female distance runner this country has ever had and by a long shot.

She's also a doper.

Thank you for this correct review of what actually happened in 1996. Correct about Lambelet Coleman's obfuscations (Slaney had a glass of wine the night before the final, was on birth control, she's 39 years old and so on). Who drinks alcohol the night before their Olympic Trials final?

Couple all of this with the fact that the fourth place woman, Libbie Hickman, should have raced in the OG but the case continued to be adjudicated and delayed such that Slaney ran in Atlanta, getting knocked out in the first round. Her cheating deprived Hickman.

Not to mention Craig Masback's sycophantic defense of Slaney all while heading up USATF. Disgusting.

The whole thing was dispiriting.