Damn, this has to be the first time I agree with Banana Bread.
Yeah, the shoes are fine and natural progression of shoe tech (as long as they don't give you extra energy like real spring does) , but wavelight has just taken away the art of pacing.
btw, one thing that makes Komen's 3k record so hard to beat is the fact that his pacer and he did a terrific job at pacing in the race. All laps came in between 58-59s per lap. They're basically human metronome. No wonder even Bekele said that record could only be broken on a special day when everything is perfect"
Now the top guys just have to switch off their brain, chasing those stupid blue lights as long as they can like running on treadmill. Idk, I just think a separate category or an asterisk is warranted.