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People who run for fun are dumb.
However, I'm posting this as a bookmark for this story: Controversial Nike shoes on sale soon.
I've got flat feet and plantar faci-whatever. (Although my plantar isn't bad.) That much cushion might make those shoes perfect for me.
However, I'm posting this as a bookmark for this story: Controversial Nike shoes on sale soon.
I've got flat feet and plantar faci-whatever. (Although my plantar isn't bad.) That much cushion might make those shoes perfect for me.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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I think I see what makes it controversial. If they made the soles 10 feet thick, then you could do super strides 20 feet long.
I used to be a good runner, back before my shit fell apart. Wish I still could... gets harder to keep the weight off every year.
I used to be a good runner, back before my shit fell apart. Wish I still could... gets harder to keep the weight off every year.
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So... we shouldn't let people wear shoes? Or, clothes?"But the point is we don't know with absolute certainty. Running, especially marathon running, is supposed to be the purest thing humans put themselves through. It's just about feet, legs, lungs, heart and brain. These shoes create the same problems that doping throws up."
I wear Hoka's and love their cushioning.
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I wonder how well that would really work. I've never seen a person on stilts run.
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In the movie The Dark Crystal, the "Striders" are actual peeps with long stilts on their arms and legs, running around. That's what makes me think of it.
I'd like the cushioning too... regular peeps (non-Kenyans) need to worry about impact injuries on their ankles and knees. But I see the point of the marathon-judges having a maximum sole thickness, for competitors.
I'd like the cushioning too... regular peeps (non-Kenyans) need to worry about impact injuries on their ankles and knees. But I see the point of the marathon-judges having a maximum sole thickness, for competitors.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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How much thicker are they than say, Nikes?TheCatt wrote:So... we shouldn't let people wear shoes? Or, clothes?"But the point is we don't know with absolute certainty. Running, especially marathon running, is supposed to be the purest thing humans put themselves through. It's just about feet, legs, lungs, heart and brain. These shoes create the same problems that doping throws up."
I wear Hoka's and love their cushioning.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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Imagine having just an 18 inch set of bouncy thingies, like Chelle in Portal. You'd run way faster than normal.
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So these new shoes are hard soles with no bounce? Thought I saw something about a spring.
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There's a carbon fiber plate that makes running a tiny bit more efficient.
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Ah, that's where I saw the word "spring."In a review of a range of leading running shoes, World Athletics recently approved Nike's Vaporfly range, but banned any shoes with soles thicker than 40mm or with more than one plate to enhance their spring.
These shoes helped the dude break the marathon record time by 12.5%. I'd call that more than a "tiny bit more efficient," but that's just my opinion.
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I don't know where you got 12.5% from. The world record in 2013 was 2:03:23 and 2:01:39 in 2018. Using pacemakers, and having people deliver him hydration, he managed 1:59:40 with the shoes. That's like 1.5% better.GORDON wrote:Ah, that's where I saw the word "spring."In a review of a range of leading running shoes, World Athletics recently approved Nike's Vaporfly range, but banned any shoes with soles thicker than 40mm or with more than one plate to enhance their spring.
These shoes helped the dude break the marathon record time by 12.5%. I'd call that more than a "tiny bit more efficient," but that's just my opinion.
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Are those not the world record numbers?Long distance times have tumbled since Nike's Vaporfly range was introduced in 2016, including Brigid Kosgei's 2:14:04 marathon in Chicago last year, knocking over a minute off Paula Radcliffe's previous record that had stood for 16 years.
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I guess it says a little bit more toward the bottom:
4% is still more than a tiny bit. It's almost 5 whole percent.According to a 2017 study in the journal Sports Medicine, Nike's Vaporfly shoes provide a 4% boost in running economy -- the amount of work a runner must do at a given speed -- compared with other top racing models.
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You're comparing the women's record and the men's record. The women's fell 1 minute, the men's record fell 2 (although, under artificial circumstances). So you're talking about 1%
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Basketball has basketball shoes, short distance track has spikey shoes, soccer has soccer shoes... I mean, are all of those cheating, too?
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I'd say if any of those shoes exceed the established rules, then certainly.
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Ah, i see.
I guess I just don't see gender.
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