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Share Here are my top 7 tips for your Track spikes: Don’t leave them in your spike bag Dip the spike pins in 10W30 oil before inserting Carry extra pairs with different spike lengths and types Carry a pair of pliers 200m specialists pin placements Differences in spike plates Choosing pins and needles Take them [...]
Share Global football star Cristiano Ronaldo today with Nike launched the CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II boot. Inspired by Ronaldo’s lightning speed and effortless style off the pitch, the CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II combines high-performance innovation and heritage of the Nike Safari print. Nike originally introduced the print on the Air Safari running shoe [...]
Share Harry Jerome concurrently held or equaled 4 World Records from 1960-65 (60 yard, 100 yards, 100 meters, 4×100m). He attended the University of Oregon on a track scholarship from 1960 to 1964 under the tenure of Bill Bowerman’s of NIKE fame. He also won a bronze medal in the 100 meter sprint at the [...]
Share BEAVERTON, Ore. – NIKE, Inc. unveiled its supercharged Nike Elite Series football boots providing new levels of performance. Nike’s Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, CTR360 Maestri, Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III all feature new performance upper to improve on-field visibility and a re-engineered outsole to deliver lightweight performance for every style of player. [...]
Share Nike Zoom Mawler – Mens – White/Gold/Black (Click here for previous reviews on the Nike Zoom Powercat – Superfly R2 and Adidas Powersprint 2 ) First. and foremost, the Nike Mawler is NOT an upgrade to the Monsterfly, which were made famous by Shawn Crawford in 2004. The big difference with the Monsterfly is [...]
Share Nike Zoom Powercat – Mens – White/Obsidian/Red I’ll discuss the Nike Zoom Powercat in this review which is basically an upgrade from the Nike Zoom Superfly R2. I’ll save the Nike “Shawn Crawford” Monsterfly and Nike Mawler for another review. The Zoom Powercat is much lighter than the Superfly R2 with the removal of [...]
Share At a global media event featuring footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in London, NIKE, Inc. today unveiled the Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, a lightweight boot featuring a new, unique adaptive traction system designed for explosive acceleration. The Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II features a reengineered upper for enhanced fit and ball control for fast feet. The vibrant [...]
Share Nike is introducing three new styles of athletic training shoes early in 2010: the Nike Lunar Kayoss, the Nike Trainer 1 Low and the Nike SC2010. Pictured on the left is the Nike SC2010. Each style is designed to provide today’s athletes with a lightweight, durable, and versatile option to meet the demands of [...]
Share Nike is introducing three new styles of athletic training shoes early in 2010: the Nike Lunar Kayoss, the Nike Trainer 1 Low and the Nike SC2010. Pictured on the left is the Nike Trainer 1 Low. Each style is designed to provide today’s athletes with a lightweight, durable, and versatile option to meet the [...]
Share Nike is introducing three new styles of athletic training shoes early in 2010: the Nike Lunar Kayoss, the Nike Trainer 1 Low and the Nike SC2010. Pictured on the left is the Nike Lunar Kayoss. Each style is designed to provide today’s athletes with a lightweight, durable, and versatile option to meet the demands [...]
Share Remember when Justin Gatlin was a household name? Why not? He won the 100 meter gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games when Asafa Powell was considered the favourite. This NIKE commercial was shot in the spring of 2006 prior to the announcement of his eight-year ban from track and field. That didn’t stop [...]
Share Nike and Kobe Bryant today announced the debut of the Nike Zoom Kobe V, the brand’s lowest-profile and lightest basketball shoe to date. Bryant challenged Nike to make his signature shoe even lighter and lower than the Nike Zoom Kobe IV he debuted during his 2008-2009 championship season. Nike responded with the Nike Zoom [...]
Share This list is sorted from lightest to heaviest. 1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams All prices listed are the MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price). Click on the link or image for the latest prices. ASICS Japan Lite-Ning – Mens – Blue/White/Lightning Weight: 4.5 oz. Description: The Japan Lite-Ning is ASICS’ lightest track spike designed for [...]
Share London, UK – On the day before World Aids day some of the world’s best footballers joined Bono at announcement of partnership between NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and (RED). Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Denilson (Arsenal), Lucas Neill (Everton), Clint Dempsey (Fulham) and Seol Ki-Hyeon (Fulham), came [...]
Share Here is some history of the 4 x 100 meter world record progression. The first time the 40 second barrier was broken was in 1936 Berlin Olympics with Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, and Frank Wykoff setting a WR in 39.8 seconds. At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the 4x100m WR was 39.5 set [...]
Share NOTE: In Canada, we use the term First Nations instead of Native Americans. BEAVERTON, Ore. — This weekend Nike (NYSE:NKE) will debut the Nike N7 Collection, a select range of performance footwear designed with the environment and the future of Native American communities in mind. The N7 Collection will be sold exclusively through 33 [...]
Share NIKE, Inc. introduced the Nike LunarGlide+ Race Collection to celebrate the brave achievements of marathon runners worldwide. With a seamless blend of fashion and function, the Nike LunarGlide+ Race Collection features nine shoes that combine city-inspired design touches with premium performance benefits including Dynamic Support, LunarLite and Flywire technology. Nothing fuels the heart and [...]
Share Bill Bowerman is more famous for co-founding NIKE and coaching long distance runners, but he did coach sprinters and field events. I covered Harry Jerome and Otis Davis in previous articles. From his book Bill Bowerman’s High-Performance Training for Track and Field (Third Edition) he compares the training patterns of Stan Wright, Jim Bush, [...]
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