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Unless there was a 2ms+ tailwind on a one-way course there is no asterisk needed. All outdoor running is done in variable conditions.
Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
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#144Those shoes are gonna sell like crazy now but it would be hilarious if they were to be found to have been giving an unfair advantage because of some mechanical property of the shoe.
The Nike Zoom Vaporfly's already had set this precedent years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/18/upshot/nike-v...
The big improvement then was a carbon plate. Adidas (and others) followed suit. The subsequent improvements since then have been marginal but the margins are thin at that level. In this case the big advancement has been the weight of the shoe.
EDIT: Also it's worth noting these shoes are $500 retail. Adidas will for sure get a boost in sales from this, but there's definitely competition in the $200~$300 marathon running shoe space that won't solely draw everyone to Adidas)
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#145Is there also something beneficial about the shirt he wore? It has a unique embossed pattern on the chest. Is it just a nice design or does it also provide aerodynamic or heat wicking advantage?
https://news.adidas.com/sabastian-sawe---london-marathon/a/0...
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#146Those shoes are gonna sell like crazy now but it would be hilarious if they were to be found to have been giving an unfair advantage because of some mechanical property of the shoe.
what else could it possibly be if not that?
There’s info in one of the other threads about better carb intake too.
But yeah at this point, “it’s the shoes, stupid” should defo be the main part of the conversation.
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#147Re: Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
#148A purist might want the athletes to wear the same gear as Pheidippides
A purist just wants it to be about the runner not the shoe.
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#149Feel a bit bad for Yomif Kejelcha who also broke the 2-hour mark, with this being his first competition marathon , but managed to neither break a record nor win.
While that seems like a bummer, as long as he doesn't quit he'll have many more chances to set the record himself.
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#150Those shoes are gonna sell like crazy now but it would be hilarious if they were to be found to have been giving an unfair advantage because of some mechanical property of the shoe.
Well if they’re sold in stores and next year everyone will have a pair, then it’s not going to be an unfair advantage, is it?