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The LetsRun thread on this is pretty great, starting with a heated debate about his shoes. Were they too springy? https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?t

The LetsRun thread on this is pretty great, starting with a heated debate about his shoes. Were they too springy? https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9640871 https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9640871

segmondy 7y ago
Wow, that was not heated but toxic. I had to nope out of that after reading the first 2 pages.
- bagacrap 7y ago
  Not toxic, just informed. When people follow a sport closely ("passionately") they're more likely to be offended by and call out bullshit. The shoes provide a significant mechanical advantage that most consider unfair. Others claim they're just shoes, but then you might as well claim that rollerblades are shoes. This comes on the heels of US anti doping handing a 4 year ban to the coach of Nike's elite running team. People who follow that side of the sport have little faith that athletics (or cycling, or any other sport) is any cleaner now than in past decades, which is to say, every successful endurance athlete is on some kind of gear.
  - majani 7y ago
    All top level athletes are on gear. Modern sports live off of constant feats of wonder and congested schedules. Neither of which are sustainable without performance enhancement. However when all of them are on, you could still say that the winner/record breaker did it fair and square.
  - himaraya 7y ago
    I'm no fan of Nike, but if you call rollerblades shoes, you might as well call F1 cars airplanes.
  - Aperocky 7y ago
    Informed? Did you see the guy with a full on explanation on how basic physics work got shat on by people who claim the shoe 'rebound 2 or 3 times higher than other shoes'. You literally can't communicate with toxic people like that.
- bscanlan 7y ago
  Letsrun is unfortunately a very toxic forum, but also has loads of knowledgeable folks. It's like reading a wikipedia article with commentary from 4chan on the side.
- tlringer 7y ago
  That is all of LetsRun. It is an incredibly toxic community full of experts and trolls.

segmondy 7y ago

Wow, that was not heated but toxic. I had to nope out of that after reading the first 2 pages.

bagacrap 7y ago
Not toxic, just informed. When people follow a sport closely ("passionately") they're more likely to be offended by and call out bullshit. The shoes provide a significant mechanical advantage that most consider unfair. Others claim they're just shoes, but then you might as well claim that rollerblades are shoes. This comes on the heels of US anti doping handing a 4 year ban to the coach of Nike's elite running team. People who follow that side of the sport have little faith that athletics (or cycling, or any other sport) is any cleaner now than in past decades, which is to say, every successful endurance athlete is on some kind of gear.
- majani 7y ago
  All top level athletes are on gear. Modern sports live off of constant feats of wonder and congested schedules. Neither of which are sustainable without performance enhancement. However when all of them are on, you could still say that the winner/record breaker did it fair and square.
- himaraya 7y ago
  I'm no fan of Nike, but if you call rollerblades shoes, you might as well call F1 cars airplanes.
- Aperocky 7y ago
  Informed? Did you see the guy with a full on explanation on how basic physics work got shat on by people who claim the shoe 'rebound 2 or 3 times higher than other shoes'. You literally can't communicate with toxic people like that.
bscanlan 7y ago
Letsrun is unfortunately a very toxic forum, but also has loads of knowledgeable folks. It's like reading a wikipedia article with commentary from 4chan on the side.
tlringer 7y ago
That is all of LetsRun. It is an incredibly toxic community full of experts and trolls.