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> top ultrarunning athletes aren't winning the races actually running in their shoes. I recall 1993 when Rockport sponsored the Leadville Trail 100. They relea
by dwyerm 10y ago
> top ultrarunning athletes aren't winning the races actually running in their shoes.
I recall 1993 when Rockport sponsored the Leadville Trail 100. They released a specialized trail-running shoe called the Leadville Racer. At the same time, someone invited the Tarahumara to give the race a try and Rockport offered them their fancy shoes. They changed back to sandals at the race's first aid station.
Then the next year they set a race record running in the same sandals -- the ones they built out of leather straps and discarded tires from the Leadville landfill.
- yoodenvranx 10y agoIsn't this a part of the book "Born to run"?
- dwyerm 10y agoIt could have been, but I haven't read the book. I was doing race operations for the LT100 (FoxPro 2 and NetWare Lite), so I saw a lot of it personally. I used this RunnersWorld article to get my dates right: http://rw.runnersworld.com/selects/tarahumara.html http://rw.runnersworld.com/selects/tarahumara.html
- ErikAugust 10y agoHa - awesome that you saw this first-hand. It is definitely in Born to Run.