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Inspired By Gwen Jorgensen’s Spikes, One Citwit Got Creative

By Citius Mag Staff

July 9, 2018

At the 2018 U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Gwen Jorgensen sent running shoe junkies into a frenzy when she ran the 10,000 meters with a pair of custom made Nike Vaporfly 4% shoes with a custom spike plate. She finished in seventh place and a video was later released about her footwear.

We thought it was cool and then…we got a message from a loyal Citwit from Ohio. Derek Knabe decided to run a one mile race in a pair of Brooks Addiction Walkers. We’ve been hearing a lot of ideas floating around about how we should do a Monarch Mile and put out a challenge for the fastest mile run in a pair of Nike Monarchs. These Brooks Addiction Walkers are right up there with the dad shoe culture that’s poppin’ in 2018.

Derek decided to Frankenstein a pair of them by removing the spike plate off an old pair Nike Matumbos and then created his own pair of custom spikes. He made a video of it, which you can watch below:

Derek ended up running 5:03. He’s been looking on the internet to see if it’s a world record for the Addiction Walkers – we’re going to go ahead and say it is. We want to see him go sub-five this summer so this is probably not the last that you’ll hear of Derek.

Citius Mag Staff