Nike Zoom Vaporfly Elite - The world's fastest sneaker that will try to make history

With the Nike Zoom Vaporfly Elite aerodynamic sneakers, the sports outfitter wants to enable selected athletes to break the magical two-hour mark in the marathon, which is a long-standing dream of many runners. They are specially made for three athletes who are training for the Breaking2 project. The race will take place at the Monza circuit.

Nike he presented running sneakers Nike Zoom Vaporfly Elite, with which he wants to enable runners to descend for the first time in a marathon under the magic two hour mark. He included three world-class runners in the project, who will try to run the marathon under two hours this spring. There are goals 42.195 kilometers pass in time 1;59:59 or faster. The current world record stands Dennis Kimetto, but amounts to 2:02:57 hours. He set it up at the Berlin Marathon in 2013.

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Three athletes who participate in the Breaking2 project and will try to break the magical limit of two hours.

To the project Breaking2 Kenyan are included Eliud Kipchoge, an Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa and an Eritrean Zersenay Tadese, who will be able to run 2:50.61 minutes per kilometer, if they want to realize a bold dream and become the first Earthlings with such an achievement. Of course, Nike leaves nothing to chance and is a trio that had to submit everything to performance at the Monza racetrack, where they will run 2.4 kilometer circuit (they will run 17 laps), made special running sneakers specially adapted for each one Nike Zoom Vaporfly Elite, which should significantly contribute to the result with their exceptional responsiveness. Nike will later release a commercial version of the world's fastest sneaker, Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 34.