[email protected] (Lanceandrew) wrote in message news:<
[email protected]>...
> david. the poster stated a fondness for nike shoes. that alone usually attracts a lot of critical
> comment. then his next shoe was this F1. a shoe rarely seen by a company not known at all for
> serving the runner market but the fashion market.. collectively the two raised my
> eyebrow....that's all.
Well, as "the poster", I think you need to get your facts straight. I stated a fondness for two very
closely related Nike shoes. I don't personally share the irrational antipathy towards Nike of
someone like TheBillRogers, but I do think that most of their shoes are pants.
As for Fila, well, I don't think you know very much. Not known at all for serving the running
market? Two words. Paul. Tergat. Here are some more. My running partner competed in the 2000
Olympics in Sydney (in the 800m). He was sponsored by Fila, and ran exclusively in their shoes. He
had also been sponsored by Asics, Saucony and Nike and tells me that he likes Fila best of all.
Here's what Runners World says about the F1: "Sometimes it seems that half of Fila's design effort
must go into the Racer. The work invariably pays off: it's a beautifully-fitting, smooth-riding,
responsive racer"
> Shoes by companies w/no great reputation on serving the serious running market is something to
> take note of....and i did.
Paula Radcliffe runs in Nikes. I think you would have to concede that she's moderately serious about
her running.
> i was not going to slam the nike shoe (like many do) as i feel the streaks are fine flats. i said
> this in fact. instead i know nothing about the f1 (other than what other running websites say
> about the shoe, nothing good btw).
Yeah? What websites are those?
> The paragraph I included in my post was from a serious runner's site based in Europe....those were
> not my words....
Well, give us the URL. In any case, one man's meat is another man's poison. I recently tried a pair
of NB racers (can't remember which ones) and hated them. You have passed judgement on shoes based
entirely on information from websites. Hasn't anyone told you that websites can be unreliable?
Edward