They look like Streak XCs with spikes on the bottom. Strange shoe..
They look like Streak XCs with spikes on the bottom. Strange shoe..
They essentially are. A mamba upper, streak sole, and they pretty much glue a plate to the bottom of the shoe. There are a lot of pictures of Rupp wearing something similar in workouts.
The shoe is a hodgepodge, aimed at giving him greater protection in the metatarsal area, where he's had so many problems. So if you look at the toe area, it looks like a flat, which it is, but with a spike plate affixed to the forefoot area.