Do Super Shoes Really Make You Faster? | Extra Mile
4/30/202620 min
After Sabastian Sawe's record breaking London Marathon win, and more runners than ever before breaking the 3 hour barrier, Spencer and Oli sit down to discuss the effect super shoes really have - and the moral dilemma of wearing them in your next marathon.
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First 90 secondsSpencer Matthews· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Untap the Extra Mile with me, Spencer Matthews.
Oli Patrick· Host0:08
And me, Oli Patrick.
Spencer Matthews· Host0:10
God, doesn't that sound good? [laughs] Uh, and today we have a moral dilemma of sorts that I would like to solve, and I actually, I, I, I, I would love your help, both you, Oli, and, and you, the listener, uh, with this dilemma th- that I'm faced with.
Oli Patrick· Host0:30
Yeah.
Spencer Matthews· Host0:30
It's about a super shoe.
Oli Patrick· Host0:32
It's- And I wanna talk to you about super shoes more generally, right?
Spencer Matthews· Host0:35
Because I, I have a lot of older friends who, uh, were good marathon runners, but who never had the benefit of, of super shoes, and I'd love to understand the mechanics of a super shoe and how they work and stuff. But I have a particular conundrum that I would like to solve. Um, as mentioned before, we had Alistair Brownlee on the show, who made me aware, and I wish he hadn't actually- [laughs] ... of, uh, a shoe made by Adidas called the Adizero Prime X3. This shoe is banned for professional athletes in certain races, and therefore it's a gray area as to whether or not ordinary ballot entry people- Yeah ... can wear these shoes or not. And l- it, it, it feels like a small point, but I, I just wanna be honest. But you are a morally sound, uh, like,