Every month marathoner Nitendra Singh Rawat browses through Nike’s official website looking for discounts on running shoes. He clocks between 230 and 250 kilometres a week during training and a pair of shoes lasts him barely a month. Yannis Pitsiladis, one of the founders of the initial project to break the sub-two barrier, calls for shoe technology becoming more egalitarian for a level-playing field. The athlete talks about how there is a constant stream of communication with the sports wear brand to improve running technology to help a marathoner go faster. A shoe can make or break a race however great a marathon runner one is, especially with technology being updated so often,” Gopi adds.

Source: Indian Express October 17, 2019 23:26 UTC