The vaporfly thread

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SPR
SPR
Jun 2021
12:16pm, 22 Jun 2021
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The SAL run shouldn't have happened. Poor show. Pretty sure he'll have had other shoes, they just wouldn't have been as fast.
SPR
SPR
Jun 2021
12:23pm, 22 Jun 2021
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SPR
There's no reason why they wouldn't have an advantage over spikes. Advantage over superspikes is another matter.
fuzzyduck79
fuzzyduck79
Jun 2021
12:25pm, 22 Jun 2021
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Someone replied to say he had only been running a year, first track race, etc

All a bit of a mess, but I suspect that tweet will get the word out to another chunk of track runners that the rule is there at least. Once a critical mass of people have seen it, I think the rest will quickly fall into line and it will be a non issue.
fuzzyduck79
fuzzyduck79
Jun 2021
12:27pm, 22 Jun 2021
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Some people minimise/downplay that VF have any noticeable effect at all. Despite all the lumps carved off all the world records in such a short period of time, and all the massive PBs that the vast majority of amateurs have achieved since using them.

It's a strange world.
SPR
SPR
Jun 2021
12:30pm, 22 Jun 2021
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SPR
I found the tweet and noticed someone had commented about the Midlands league.

Yes, there's definitely some self interest downplaying going on.
AJLB
AJLB
Jun 2021
4:31pm, 22 Jun 2021
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Interestingly an upcoming local race (not track) has specified "no carbon shoes" - I can see some old Zoom flys coming out for that with their plastic plates!
SPR
SPR
Jun 2021
4:36pm, 22 Jun 2021
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SPR
That's interesting, not a UKA race then?
larkim
larkim
Jun 2021
9:06am, 23 Jun 2021
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larkim
More likely a misunderstanding of the rules.
AJLB
AJLB
Jun 2021
9:14am, 23 Jun 2021
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AJLB
Not UKA I think - a kind of handicap pursuit event.
larkim
larkim
Jun 2021
9:17am, 23 Jun 2021
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larkim
Which race is that?

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