Nike has finally revealed the secrets of its 1:59 marathon shoe
4 years, 11 months ago

Nike has finally revealed the secrets of its 1:59 marathon shoe

Wired  

On October 12, 2019, Eliud Kipchoge did something unfathomable. Last week, World Athletics, the international organisation responsible for running, said it believed shoe technology could be damaging the integrity of running and introduced rules laying out what shoes can be worn by elite athletes in competitions. It added a 40mm limit for sole height for road shoes, said prototypes couldn't be used in officially sanctioned races and decided a shoe can only have one carbon-fibre plate inside. The introduction of the products are likely to be followed by a raft of world records and national records falling at the summer games and subsequent athletics events – as long as the shoes are put on sale to the public ahead of time. They're a reworked version of the Vaporfly NEXT%, which were released last year and have been used to break multiple world records and lower marathon times of highly performing runners.

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Nike and Adidas are losing their lead in running shoes
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nike and Adidas are losing their lead in running shoes

Hindustan Times  

The origin of On, a Swiss sportswear brand, is unusual. Last year they accounted for 35% and 16%, respectively, of the $146bn in net sales generated by the 15 biggest sportswear brands, according to Morgan Stanley, an investment bank. “The retailers said: well if you’re not going to support us we’re going to fill our shelf space with the new …

Nike Alphafly 3 review: It’ll take a lot to match this racer’s potential
1 year ago

Nike Alphafly 3 review: It’ll take a lot to match this racer’s potential

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: It was the year 2020 when Nike first introduced the Alphafly running shoe portfolio, which in essence, took over from the Vaporfly line in the pecking order. It is almost impossible to find fault with Nike’s attempts to redefine cutting-edge in a running shoe For starters, you’ll take some time in fully understanding the somewhat bizarre silhouette. Without …

How Nike fell behind in the innovation race
1 year, 2 months ago

How Nike fell behind in the innovation race

Live Mint  

Nike made a swift comeback earlier this month in the super-shoe fight when marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum set a world record while wearing a new iteration of the company’s Alphafly 3. Nike remains the world’s largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel, generating $48.7 billion in revenue from its namesake brand in the year ended May 31. Shifting priorities Nike …

How Adidas Outran Nike With Its $500 ‘Super Shoe’
1 year, 3 months ago

How Adidas Outran Nike With Its $500 ‘Super Shoe’

Live Mint  

The new Adidas “super shoe" is designed to be worn only once—and to break world records. “We were confident someone could run fast in the shoe," said Charlotte Heidmann, Adidas’s senior global product manager, “but breaking the record by two minutes is something everyone was astonished about." Nike said in a statement that it “pioneered the modern revolution of racing …

Does tech help Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT% set a new racing shoe benchmark?
2 years, 7 months ago

Does tech help Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT% set a new racing shoe benchmark?

Hindustan Times  

Is the Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT% really the definitive racing shoe to splurge on? The Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT% aren’t really meant to be your daily wear sneakers too, something most other running shoes can manage quite well Of course, there is the subjective matter of comfort with convention compared with radical designs. A prototype of the Nike …

How new tech has changed running shoes forever
3 years, 4 months ago

How new tech has changed running shoes forever

Live Mint  

The latest range of long distance running shoes have changed the world of running forever. In the last four years, every running shoe brand worth its name has launched race day shoes with carbon plates or rods in the soles. As a result, sleek race day shoes have morphed into almost space age platform shoes with rigid carbon plates acting …

Former marathon world record holder says hi-tech shoes are ‘like doping’ and calls for ban
3 years, 8 months ago

Former marathon world record holder says hi-tech shoes are ‘like doping’ and calls for ban

The Independent  

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Eliud Kipchoge interview: 'It’s still my legs that are doing the running, not the shoe'
4 years, 3 months ago

Eliud Kipchoge interview: 'It’s still my legs that are doing the running, not the shoe'

Firstpost  

In this interview with Firstpost, marathon running legend Eliud Kipchoge talks about the shoe controversy, running at the London Marathon this year, and running an actual marathon under the two-hour mark. It’s been almost a year since Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon distance under the two-hour mark, albeit in an unofficial event at Vienna’s Prater …

Eliud Kipchoge's Alphafly shoe would be legal under World Athletics' new rules, says Nike
4 years, 11 months ago

Eliud Kipchoge's Alphafly shoe would be legal under World Athletics' new rules, says Nike

Firstpost  

After launching the new Alphafly version on Wednesday, Nike Chief Executive John Donahoe denied that the technology gives athletes a mechanical advantage. London: Nike said the Alphafly shoe worn by Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour marathon barrier would be legal under World Athletics’ new rules and that widespread reports of its shoes containing triple carbon plates are false. On …

A step ahead? Nike’s Vaporfly shoe changing marathon game
4 years, 11 months ago

A step ahead? Nike’s Vaporfly shoe changing marathon game

Associated Press  

To pick the favorites in this year’s Olympic marathon, just glance at the shoes of the runners on the starting line. The shoe has shaken up distance running since the world’s largest sports apparel company introduced it four years ago, with technology credited for helping runners shave minutes off their times. “I’d like to think that it was because of …

Nike launch Alphafly running shoes to mass market that comply with new rules
4 years, 11 months ago

Nike launch Alphafly running shoes to mass market that comply with new rules

The Independent  

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Nike prototype Vaporfly shoe banned by World Athletics but current version going to Games
4 years, 11 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Nike prototype Vaporfly shoe banned by World Athletics but current version going to Games

Firstpost  

Prototype variants of the Vaporfly used by Eliud Kipchoge to run the first sub-two hour marathon and by fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei to smash the women’s marathon world record were both reported to contain triple carbon plates inside thick, ultra-compressed foam London: Nike Vaporfly shoes used to run the world’s first sub-two hour marathon will be banned from professional sport …

How Nike broke running
4 years, 11 months ago

How Nike broke running

Wired  

For 17 months at the end of the 2000s, swimming went through a golden age. American swimmer Michael Phelps was in his prime, and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics there were only four events – the men's 400- and 1,500-metre freestyle and women's 100-metre breaststroke and butterfly – that survived the world record onslaught. The company's LZR Racer swimsuit line, …

World Athletics bans prototype shoes after Nike controversy
4 years, 11 months ago

World Athletics bans prototype shoes after Nike controversy

The Hindu  

World Athletics on Friday announced a ban on using prototype shoes in competition after a recent spate of world records set by athletes wearing the Nike Vaporfly trainers. READ: Kenyan marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour mark for the distance in Vienna last October wearing a new Vaporfly prototype with three carbon blades in the sole and …

Nike ZoomX Vaporfly: What are the shoes Eliud Kipchoge wore in Ineos 1.59 marathon and why are they controversial?
4 years, 11 months ago

Nike ZoomX Vaporfly: What are the shoes Eliud Kipchoge wore in Ineos 1.59 marathon and why are they controversial?

The Independent  

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World Athletics to tighten regulations on shoe technology after Nike's Vaporfly helps records tumble, say sources
4 years, 11 months ago

World Athletics to tighten regulations on shoe technology after Nike's Vaporfly helps records tumble, say sources

Firstpost  

Nike, the world’s largest athletics clothing company, says Vaporfly shoes, which cost around $250 and have a lifespan of only around 200 miles, have “a built-in secret weapon that provides a propulsive sensation”. Athletics’ ruling body will tighten regulations governing shoe technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, after Nike’s popular Vaporfly brand helped re-write running records and sparked …

Mumbai Marathon 2020: Ethiopian runners, Nike Vaporfly shoes dominate as men’s course record falls
4 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai Marathon 2020: Ethiopian runners, Nike Vaporfly shoes dominate as men’s course record falls

Firstpost  

Three Ethiopian runners — Derara Hurisa, Ayele Abshero and Birhanu Teshome — posted timings under the course record of 2:08:35secs at the Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, but all the attention was focused on the lime green and neon pink shoes they were running with. This year’s Mumbai Marathon winner, Hurisa, usually runs with Adidas shoes, but on Sunday, he ran …

Mumbai Marathon 2020 commentator Tim Hutchings calls for Nike’s controversial Vaporfly shoes to be outlawed
4 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai Marathon 2020 commentator Tim Hutchings calls for Nike’s controversial Vaporfly shoes to be outlawed

Firstpost  

Cosmas Lagat cracks into a smile when he’s asked about his shoes. The Kenyan runner, who will be headlining the elite men’s field at the Mumbai Marathon this Sunday, says he will be running in the Vaporflys, a bespoke version of which helped Eliud Kipchoge dip under the two-hour mark at an unofficial event in Vienna in 2019. “I’m an …

Nike’s Fastest Shoes May Give Runners an Even Bigger Advantage Than We Thought
5 years ago

Nike’s Fastest Shoes May Give Runners an Even Bigger Advantage Than We Thought

New York Times  

Anyone who saw Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya break the two-hour marathon barrier in October very likely saw something else, too: the thick-soled Nike running shoes on his feet, and, in a blaze of pink, on the feet of the pacers surrounding him. How Vaporflys and Next% shoes compare with other popular running shoes: Using statistical models to measure shoe effect …

Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59.40 run is as much a triumph of scientific endeavour as that of human endurance
5 years, 2 months ago

Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59.40 run is as much a triumph of scientific endeavour as that of human endurance

Firstpost  

Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59:40 run in Vienna should go down in history. Eliud Kipchoge made history on Saturday with a blistering run at Vienna’s Prater Park, where he clocked 1:59:40 to become the first human to ever dip under the 2-hour mark in a marathon. The Kenyan himself has branded the attempt — called the INEOS 1:59 Challenge — as athletics’ …

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