Marathon runners learned that they were not allowed to wear Nike Bapo Fly five minutes before the race. Non-runners explain why on viral videos.
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Candacce (@candacce) posts Tiktok videos that respond to current events and daily life. In a March 18 video with over 15.9 million views, she explains why Idaho High School distance athlete Dakota Keyworth (@dakota.runs) has recently been restricted from competing in races for shoe choices.
This video will take a screenshot from Keyworth’s March 14th Tiktok Post. In the photo, Keyworth gives a thumbs up. The text read: “Thank you for specifying that you cannot wear steam on Nike, Nike, Nike, and National Races.
Candacce explains the situation with Nike Vaporfly
Keyworth appears to be referring to the Nike Indoor Nationals held in New York City in March.
“The girl said she was wearing certain shoes for national races called “Vaporflys,” says Candacce. “And they turned her down just before the race. And the people in the comments said, “Why do you even try to wear those shoes on the lace?” “The fact that you even try to wear those shoes says a lot about you.”
This was intriguing. “Oh, oh,” she says. “What? Shoegate? What is this? I’m interested now. Then I went deeper into it.”
According to NikeVaporfly is equipped with a “light, stiff” carbon fiber plate that helps you move forward as you drive. Sneakers are designed to support runners who want to run many miles quickly, and some people call it form because what it does is very effective “Technology doping.”
Does Nike Vaporflys really make you faster?
Candacce looked into Vaporfly 3 further and learned about its carbon fiber plates. “I’m a normal person, so I don’t know what that means,” she says. “So I’m nosy, I want to see the controversy.”
It led her to the story Eliud KipchogeKenya long-distance runner, a Kenyan long-distance runner who ran the fastest marathon at 1:59:40 in 2019 and wore a prototype of what would become Vaporfly.
GQ review Of the Vaporfly 3, it shows that shoes can help you speed up your speed.
“Everyone says, ‘Oh, oh my god, this is insane,” Kandasse says. “But the person who actually ran out said, “Wait, what is that? Are they those Vaporflys?”
According to the New York Times profile of the event, Kipchoge’s records were unable to qualify for the World Records due to certain rules of the marathon, including help from Pacers and hydration from the bike. This article also includes data showing that “super shoes” make runners faster than ever.
To further prove her point, Candacce shows another video showing how Vaporfly works against regular sneakers. The person in the video bends the Vaporfly to release it, bouncing back into the air like spring. Another sneaker isn’t that expensive.
“You know, I’m not going to hold you,” Candacce says. “That makes perfect sense. ‘What’s so great about shoes?” But then when I watched this video, I was like, ‘Oh, yeah, OK’. I’m a normal person.
She returns to her photo of Keyworth. “Now I was like, ‘You really tried to race at Vaporflys?
Viewers respond
In the comments section, not everyone was on the same page about the effects of Nike Vaporfly on runners.
“No, I don’t agree with this because even other people who were wearing steam can’t beat the record yet,” one viewer wrote. “Shoes are tools. Do not wear shoes for ATP.”
“I promise to wear these shoes and come to my last place,” the second viewer joked.
“Imagine making very good running shoes just because they’re banned in a running competition,” a third viewer observed.
Someone else assumed, “Unless you’re wearing Healy, that shouldn’t be a problem.”
Another said, “People behave like shoes flying you.”
Daily Dot reached for Candacce and Nike in an email for comments. I also contacted Keyworth via Tiktok for comments.
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