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« on: Nov 29th, 2017, 7:33pm » |
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Nike is one of the most innovative running shoe brands out there. While they do stick to some popular Adidas ZX 750 Mujer models for years (ie the more than 30 years history of the Nike Pegasus), they constantly introduce new technologies and with them, new names and classification.
This article will help you make sense of all those model names, technical jargon and finally understand which of Nike’s running shoes is meant for which runner.
The shoes came in the colors of a tropical drink, lime and orange and pink, as if the logo ought to be an Asics Gel Lyte 5 Femme umbrella instead of a Nike swoosh. You half expected the insoles to smell of rum and coconut.
If the color scheme suggested frivolity, race results did not. The shoes cushioned the feet of all three medalists in the men’s marathon at the Rio Olympics last summer. Later, in the fall, they were worn by the winners of major marathons in Berlin, Chicago and New York.
The latest shoe designs have produced fast Nike Internationalist Femme times and impressive results in international races. But they have also spurred yet another debate about the advance of technology and the gray area where innovation meets extremely vague rules about what is considered unfair performance enhancement for the feet.
Many sports have struggled with the answer. Swimming allowed record-setting, full-body suits, then banned them after the 2008 Beijing Olympics because they gave an unfair Nike Air Max 2017 Womens advantage in buoyancy and speed. And track and field wrestled with the issue of prosthetic blades worn by the South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius.
The latest issue is shoes. Track’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, said in an email that it had received a number of inquiries about elite runners’ wearing new designs made by various companies. Its technical committee Adidas ZX Flux Womens Black will meet within two weeks to “see if we need to change or review approvals.”
On Tuesday, Nike unveiled a new shoe, a customized version of the one worn by the marathon winners in Rio de Janeiro and other recent high-profile races, as part of the company’s bold — some say gimmicky — attempt to break two hours in the marathon in early May.
Adidas, whose shoes have been worn by the last four men to set the world marathon record, Asics Gel Lyte 3 Mujer also recently unveiled a shoe for its own, less publicized attempt to lower the current record from 2 hours 2 minutes 57 seconds to 1:59:59 or faster.
George Hirsch, the chairman of New York Road Runners, which organizes the New York City Marathon and more than 50 other races, said everything from elite races to age-group competitions could be affected by the latest shoe technology. It would be impossible to Asics Gel Quantum 180 Donna check the shoes of hundreds or thousands of runners before each race, he said.
“This is a game changer, in the sense that if the shoe companies get patents and these shoes go onto the market, and they’re in wide use, it does make you wonder if it’ll be a level playing field if people can use these advantages,” Hirsch said.
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