SnowChicken wrote:
synthetic wrote:
SnowChicken wrote:
synthetic wrote:
TulkasTri wrote:
synthetic wrote:
His 5k PR was many years ago in college. You must be speaking of his mechanical doping assisted PROh for fuck's sake. Yes yes, you "hate" Alphas. Start the GoFundMe already and get yourself a pair. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.
No. To set my 5k PR, I ran the same exact shoes as before from 5 years ago with holes in the toe box. Not saying he should go that far, but for it to be a PR - must be besting your effort with near exact same conditions and gear.
for it to be a PR he needs to run the same distance in the fastest time he ever has
what a ridiculous opinion to have to suggest using the exact same shoes. does every advancement in track surfaces or shoes or bikes or swim suits or training knowledge invalidate every record?
1) is the mile world record 3:24 or 3:43? i mention both these times, since they are the fastest times for that distance.
2) you can get similar shoes still today of what was 20 years ago. and yes, FINA invalidated many swim records a few years back. too bad world athletics sold out.
1) lionel did his race on a godamn track which is what I assume is what his original PR was from. to bring up the severely downhill mile is so dumb
2) and what shoes do you run in? if you say anything but barefoot you have tarnished running races and need to set all your PRs without the assistance of modern technology that is the running shoe. if youre going to be elitist about a running shoe you need to at least fully commit to your bit.
im also confident the mile has been raced much longer before the year 2001 (hot take, I know) so how do current non alphafly shoes compare to shoes from the 80s? or 60s? or the 40s? answer: very different.
as for the swim records, yes the invalidated the super suits but swimsuit technology in the past 10 years is still far superior from the swim technology in the 50s. should those also be invalidated?
1) the mechanically doping shoes are giving similar time improvements of those people who run downhill races. That is why I brought it up.
2) saucony a5
Look. we know LS can get similar shoes to what he ran during his XC PR days. so the true test of improvement, would be for him to try again with similar shoes to what he used ... likely race flats which are still made to this day. But I guess that wont sell --> improving with just training better. need some gimmick.