Comment by jimt1234

17 hours ago

I thought those carbon plate shoes were barred from competition???

Posted elsewhere, they have tightened regulations to clamp down on the "franken-shoes".

40mm stack height maximum One carbon plate only (some shoes were including a second). Must be on sale to the public for < 4 mths before the race in question

Puma makes a shoe that's non-compliant with the above (two plates, not sure about the stack height), for what it's worth.

  • As someone whose tallest shoes have a 10mm stack heigh, 40mm is crazy high!

nope, nike vaporflys are super popular. There are usually limits on stack height for many marathons though.