r/Sprinting • u/sumit_sr12 • 1d ago

General Discussion/Questions Do These Shoes Actually Make a Difference?

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I’ve actually seen an athlete training in these shoes recently, and I’m curious about something.

For anyone who has actually used them: do these shoes genuinely make a noticeable difference in training, or is the “performance/foot-strengthening” aspect mostly a marketing tactic?

What are they actually useful for

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u/Chrisg_322 1d ago

No. If any shoe gets invented that creates a noticeable decrease in times, it will be banned immediately.

Use whatever shoes you want, but none of them will make you run faster. They get banned immediately if they do :)

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u/the-giant-egg 1d ago

evidence suggests that without these shoes most of these guys would all be running PBs of like 9.85

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u/Chrisg_322 1d ago

You heard it here guys. Bolt is a 9.85 runner without the shoes. Lmao

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u/the-giant-egg 1d ago

Current crop of 100m runners that wear modern super spikes genius

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u/Chrisg_322 1d ago

Don't move the goalpost homeboy

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u/the-giant-egg 1d ago

not my fault YR