From Running Times online…
Jenny Simpson’s Flashy Spikes
By Brian Metzler
Why do athletes hold up their gear after they win a race? It might seem like a blatant act of vanity, but it’s really to acknowledge their sponsors, of course. (However, in Jenny Barringer Simpson’s case, after winning the world championships 1500m, it might have just been a reaction of pure unadulterated joy.) Either way, why should the rest of us care, though, when we most likely can’t buy those same custom-tweaked products or might never really have a need for featherweight track spikes that weigh 4 oz. per shoe?
Because somewhere down the road, we might benefit, too.
Read on here.
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