A place for runners.
for regular people the reason has always been $$ , but for sponsored athletes, it means we'll keep seeing more and more world records in the future.
Yeah but at what point is that no longer human talent? Are there regulations on footwear for these records? If not what's to stop someone from using the spring legs that can make you run a hell of a lot faster?
It's still human talent, though it should probably be its own category. Regular sports shoes, and enhanced shoes.
You can make music by singing. Or you could use a piano. It's still human talent.
Why wouldn't you run faster if you could?
Well, eventually I'd be going so fast, I'd disintegrate.
boingy
I could see them getting banned in pro racing at some point. Didn't nike publish results that their shoes could get something like 3% faster race times for a marathon. For most people that wouldn't matter but at an elite level it could become pay to win as the shoes get better. The same thing happened in swimming with low drag speedsuits.
The "Nike Vaporfly 4%" was the shoe - and it was 4% as the name implies
Because the price of these shoes is ridiculous and they don't last as long as regular shoes. I'm probably also not running anywhere near fast or efficient enough to properly utilise the benefits of them properly.
The question wasn't posed to you, it was a rhetorical question by an athlete in the context of racing.
I will still answer as if it was asked to me.
The Betteridge opening, a solid gambit.
I don’t run for speed really. I do it for heart health and just try to keep a steady pace for a longer amount of time. Still cool though.
I run for my head's sake.