Well, the caption of the first image in the article is: For the Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon, Ramírez and her brother told KFOR-TV they wore "sneakers

Well, the caption of the first image in the article is: For the Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon, Ramírez and her brother told KFOR-TV they wore "sneakers for this race because they knew the pavement would be hard on their feet and knees." So, there's a marathon winning runner corroborating, which is something.