We seem to be in deep recycling mode these days.
What else to think after seeing articles like this - http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2014/12/18/different-shoes-for-different-run-types?utm_medium=whats-hot
Different shoes for different uses? Who knew?
For those of us who’ve been around for a few years, this is nothing new. In fact, I had to laugh when the whole “minimalist” shoe thing started to take off - weren’t these just the same as the road racing flats and spiked track shoes that we ran in over 30 years ago?
Back then we had 4 - 5 different shoes - our regular trainers. Perhaps a lighter weight trainer for tempo runs and longer road races. An ultra-light racing flat for shorter road races and cross-country courses, you could not use spikes on. An then our track spikes for racing on the track and for full-on grass xc running.
Even the currently popular thick soled Hoka’s, while fundamentally different, were likely sprung in an idea from the Nike LD-1000’s from the late 70’s - an ultra thick( for the time) soled trainer for the high mileage runner!