Kenyan writer and photographer Polly Irungu on what she learned as the elite athlete tried to break the 4-minute mile barrier ...

When athlete Faith Kipyegon attempted to run a mile in less than four minutes on Thursday, she was kitted out in Nike — part ...

Kipchoge, who is now 40, was back in London this year in a prototype of the Nike Alphafly 4s shoes and featured prominently at the front of the men’s race in the first half before a new ...

Nike, the originators of the ‘super shoe’ concept when they swept the marathon at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and then numerous marathon majors since, can still boast the men’s and women’s ...

Nike developed the original super shoe with elite performance in mind. A year before Eliud Kipchoge ran a 2:00:25 marathon in the Vaporfly at the Breaking2 exhibition race, he wore them to win the ...

Nike's buzziest running shoes are the ones it makes for the likes of Ruth Chepngetich and Eliud Kipchoge to shatter marathon records in, but the Beaverton brand cranks out trainers for more mortal ...

Leo Chang, a decorated Nike designer who has worked with Kipchoge on the brand’s running shoes, is perhaps best known for his work with Kobe Bryant on the late Laker’s signature sneaker line.

He pointed out that Kipchoge was aided by artificial circumstances, other than shoes the Kenyan wore that markedly increased running efficiency, when he broke the barrier in October 2019.

Since 2016, when Nike introduced the Vaporfly, a paradigm-­shifting shoe that helped athletes run more efficiently (and therefore faster), the elite running world has muddled through a period of ...

POSTED 22 Jun 2024 . BY Liz Terry Nike’s concept shoe can be separately adjusted for right and left feet Credit: Nike/Hyperice Nike and Hyperice have partnered to create two new tech-powered recovery ...

In the 1980s, Mart McFly zipped back to the future (2015) and slipped into a pair of self-tying Nike sneakers. Now it’s 2024, and Nike’s newest shoes do far more than tighten on demand. The ...