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Apr 2021
8:19pm, 5 Apr 2021
33,826 posts
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SPR
The argument about the step change has been there for sometime now, it's not just happened. WA don't see it that way, so here we are.
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Apr 2021
8:23pm, 5 Apr 2021
1,516 posts
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Chris
I didn’t like it to start with but have accepted that times move on. I’m not an elite runner so the times are only relevant to me anyway. That means it’s about going as fast as I can within the rules. If that means drinking beetroot juice, eating quinoa, wearing compression socks or taking gels then so be it.
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Apr 2021
8:40pm, 5 Apr 2021
9,821 posts
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jda
It happens. Think about pole vault, javelin, 2k rowing times (my own previous sport), the hour record in cycling.
While those all very obviously have a component of "equipment", running has never been immune - cinder tracks, anyone? Spikes? It's just the last few years have seen a rather more rapid change.
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Apr 2021
8:43pm, 5 Apr 2021
3,542 posts
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J2R
I suppose I'll get used to it. I just think it will be hard for me to feel quite so pleased with any new PBs.
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Apr 2021
9:12pm, 5 Apr 2021
33,827 posts
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SPR
I think WA could have limited this by more and earlier. I can see why it would be hard though given the potential financial stakes for the sport. There won't be a rewind, so there will be a new normal eventually.
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Apr 2021
9:15pm, 5 Apr 2021
1,971 posts
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SailorSteve
I’ve just had a peek - you have got some cracking pb’s J2R, presumably all with ‘old’ technology? Maybe use the Half as a “Pepsi Challenge” to crack the elusive 1:20 with and without supershoes?!
I think I probably had a similar view that “it’s a shame” but the toothpaste is out of the tube. At least there is a choice of poison now.
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Apr 2021
9:31pm, 5 Apr 2021
3,543 posts
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J2R
SailorSteve, yes, I thought of that. If I do it with the supershoes, I will allow myself the tick (because I have also been doing probably the most thorough training of my life, which will help too), but I will be tempted to have a go again with other shoes, just to see.
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Apr 2021
9:53pm, 5 Apr 2021
1,972 posts
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SailorSteve
Exciting. Good luck with it.
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Apr 2021
10:06am, 7 Apr 2021
33,839 posts
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SPR
Posted on the elite thread but no one mentioned the women's HM record being broken (29 secs) by Ruth Chepngetich on Sunday. Was there a collective shrug or people just missed it?
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Apr 2021
11:19am, 7 Apr 2021
73,810 posts
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Gobi
missed it SPR
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