plant_based wrote:
MrTri123 wrote:
Grantbot21 wrote:
https://www.runnersworld.com/gear/a31120801/nike-alphafly-at-us-olympic-marathon-trials/
Brilliant move by Nike, just give everyone a pair who wants them. Hard to complain about not being able to run in them, on twitter, after the trials.
Genius move
Yes this is checkmate for Nike. Brilliant move.
Is it though? No doubt we'll see a lot of people running in them and I doubt Nike will choose a subtle colour so they are bound to stand out. But these people would be running in shoes just handed to them. I am sure they are great shoes but if anything like a few hundred people run in a brand new shoe over a competitive marathon there will be problems. How many blisters will there be? How many people pull up injured anyway just this time they have new shoes to blame it on. Is there zero possibility that several bad luck stories look bad when seen together and voiced by disappointed athletes? I always thought 'nothing new on race day' was the golden rule. Surely there is some risk here, isn't there?
I've said it before but if Nike can not only make the fastest shoe but one that works universally and doesn't need a breaking in/getting used to period then it's genuinely astounding.