At present, the like of Jemma Reekie and 5 times European Champion Laura Muir were allowed to run in Nike’s prototype shoes not available in the shops under the new regulation which will bring it’s ban effective from April.
Speculation are rife that her recent improvement is linked to her Nike’s prototype shoes. The 21 years old Scottish has broken 3 Indoor records in this season alone and won 1500m race in Glasgow yesterday.
Answering questions about her spikes for the first time yesterday, she said her improvement was a product of pushing her body ” to the absolute limit”.