# The Shoe That Broke Running

An episode of [Huge If True Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6791663704), 5 Sep 2026, 16 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/22a4e2n8572rsceg/The_Shoe_That_Broke_Runninga5bo1.mp3

When is sports gear so good it’s actually cheating? Subscribe for more optimistic science and tech stories! There is a ton of cool sports gear that’s banned from sports for making athletes too good. Swimsuits that make a swimmer too streamlined, gloves that make a receiver’s hands too grippy, bats that let a player hit the ball too hard, and shoes that help a runner go too freaking fast…

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