Shawn Crawford footwear

[Jasari]

What's the deal with Shawn Crawford wearing 2 different spikes in the Olympic rounds of the 200m? Curve running? Anyone know?

[eldrick]

Re: Shawn Crawford footwear

if that is true, that is superb team-thinking !

different length spikes would mean he "hugged" the curve better & enable him to run it harder without sliding outwards (longer spikes on the L shoe ) & of course without wasting valuable energy

his team would of course need to ensure the difference in spike length isn't excessively disparate, otherwise he could lose that advantage on the stretch-drive by veering to much to the L

anyhows, i'm impressed with such "rocket science" application to the problem !

[gh]

Re: Shawn Crawford footwear

do you mean he changed shoes between rounds, or that he had one kind of shoe on one foot and another on the other?

[Jasari]

Re: Shawn Crawford footwear

he had one kind of shoe on one foot, and a different kind on the other

[Jon]

Re: Shawn Crawford footwear

I doubt Crawford is quite that ingenious.

They were exactly the same make of spike - they were just different colours (like how most trainers and running shoes are avilable in different shades).

See:

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 2549&cdi=0

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 2554&cdi=0




Notice he did exactly the same in the 100m, so I highly doubt that they were to help him run the bends better:

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 5946&cdi=0



They were nothing more than a gimmick - just like his backwards cap on the first day.

[Jasari]

Re: Shawn Crawford footwear

ah ha, never really analyzed any pictures of them. At first I thought the white shoe was an old zoom ventulus (5000m spike), so I thought that was kind of awkward. Thanks for the clarification.

[eldrick]

Re: Shawn Crawford footwear

hmmm...

i'm sure the NIKE boyz will get out tailored shoes to their poster boyz in the near future

[The King]

Re: Shawn Crawford footwear

I believe Crawford was wearing the new NIKE Monsterfly, which are a cross of NIKE Shox and Spikes.

http://www.eastbay.com/catalog/productd ... &mvp=sport