The vaporfly thread
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Mar 2020
6:53pm, 1 Mar 2020
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Canute
Here is an interesting excerpt for Reid Coolsaet’s blog about his decision not to sign again with New Balance this year: ‘I can’t say enough good things about New Balance. I like their company culture and I’ve been happy with their products. They support elite athletes and probably do a better job than most companies in that regard. It was a tough decision to leave NB but I think it’s better that I did it at renewal than to re-sign and then decide to wear Vaporflys in April.’ Reid is not a huge name internationally, but has been at the top of Canadian marathoning for the past decade. He showed promise with a 2:10:55 in 2011 to qualify for London. Since then he has had some fairly rocky times with injury. He nonetheless achieved 2:10:28 in 2015 to qualify for Rio. The past few years have again been rocky for him, and he is now facing a last ditch effort to qualify for Tokyo. He is now 40, so this will be his last Olympic opportunity. His story is not a tragedy. He will be entitled to look back on his running career with satisfaction. But it seems to me it is a shame that one of the issues that might colour his perception of his career is whether or not he got a contract with the right shoe company. But as I have remarked here before, it is perhaps an even greater shame that thousands of dedicated amatuers might similarly wonder if a different shoe would have made the difference in reaching some long-sought goal, whether it be sub 3 hours, sub 2:30 or GFA. The rules of sport are arbitrary but I sympathise with Ross Tucker’s view that ‘running, ‘natural’ as it is, should not be decided by who wears the best shoe, but by who has the optimal combination of physiology, psychology and tactics.’ |
Mar 2020
9:16pm, 1 Mar 2020
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fuzzyduck79
Didn't clock what Lily Partridge was wearing as she cruised past me today, but just to note the time bonuses for British female athletes out there today (her final time was 70:50) Sub 69:00 £7,500 Sub 70:00 £5,000 Sub 71:00 £3,000 Sub 72:00 £1,500 Sub 73:00 £500 I think she maybe missed out on £4,500 there, so if it's a moral decision then I really take my hat off to her for that stance. Maybe she just doesn't rate VF/Next% as much as most pros do? She still got £3,000 for winning so £6,000 overall - decent money |
Mar 2020
9:21pm, 1 Mar 2020
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SPR
Given it looks like she's sponsored by Adidas, I doubt she had much choice.
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Mar 2020
4:28pm, 3 Mar 2020
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larkim
What shoes were the Olympic Trials athletes wearing in Atlanta - a full breakdown. Unsurprisingly large volumes of Next%s and AlphaFlys, but even though they were giving out the Alphas free to everyone it was the Next%s that were most used. runnersworld.com Good to see at least one super-fast runner wearing my standard Ravenna 10s 
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Mar 2020
5:39pm, 3 Mar 2020
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SPR
I'm surprised the upper trick wasn't done by more.
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Mar 2020
7:07pm, 3 Mar 2020
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Windsor Wool
great article that one Lark. Thanks for sharing. Love those diadora shoes!
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Mar 2020
12:18pm, 4 Mar 2020
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Canute
I suspect that the reason the Next%s were most used is that many elites had already tried Next% in training, and were unprepared to take a risk with free Alphaflys without an opportunity to test them. However I presume Abdi Abdirahman had had a previous opportunity to try Alphas, so it is noteworthy that he did not race in them.
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Mar 2020
2:34pm, 4 Mar 2020
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Lee78
So Nike can rest easy for another day! coachmag.co.uk |
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Mar 2020
2:53pm, 4 Mar 2020
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SPR
I expect more failures to match than successes TBH, especially if Nike's method is patent protected.
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Mar 2020
3:40pm, 4 Mar 2020
373 posts
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Lee78
Shame as now that platform heels are allowed in racing, it would be nice if at least some of Nike’s rivals come up with a shoe to compete!
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