rojo wrote:
Be like Jesus wrote:
It's the shoes, not the pandemic.
Having a little time to think about it, it does blow my mind that the most obvious answer wasn't even mentioned really as the culprit.
Thank you. I didn't read it because I figured the shoes wouldn't receive much if any attention. If an article like that is written it means the author inevitably spent too much time thinking and rationalizing. He's not going to rely on a simple physical explanation as opposed to more vague and mysterious and not subject to a second act.
I've mentioned here that I follow the deWitte sisters videos on YouTube. They are New Balance. I remember the related video from 6 months or more ago. Lisanne deWitte was doing a workout in the woods but on pavement. For whatever reason she decided to do half the workout in her prior shoes, then switch to the new carbon ones. Immediately she noticed the difference, and specified. She talked about how bouncy they were. She jumped up and down as if to emphasize. I'm not going to look for that video because the titles don't make it obvious which one it would be. I didn't know much about the new technology at the time. As soon as I saw that video I knew it had to be a dramatic shift. Those videos have been made for many years. They get new shoes from New Balance frequently. This was the only time the focus was on performance and not appearance.