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tromp on Feb 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: How the Nike Vaporfly War Was Lost

To me this comes down to answering "what is the simplest possible definition of a shoe?"

A shoe could be anything without moving parts that attaches to your foot.

No moving parts rules out skates. Foot attachment (below ankle only) rules out jumping stilts.

Does this definition allow for any shoes that feel like obvious cheats?

boublepop on Feb 8, 2020 [–]

It rules out all modern shoes. And you’d have to make new ones out of concrete or thick metals. Though wooden clogs would likely be ok, though I doubt you’d want to run in those.

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