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Are Super Shoes Hurting Runners?
Marathon Handbook examines whether super shoes are hurting runners, using Sabastian Sawe's absence from the Berlin Marathon and Tigst Assefa's barely finishing as a starting point. It suggests that aggressive super shoes with thick foams, feathery weights, and highly angled "rockers" could be a factor, but notes the two may not be connected and that random events can also happen.
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