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Brian Sell’s Shoes for the Oympic Marathon in Beijing
08/13/2008 | Meredith

On August 24th, when he runs against the world’s best marathoners in Beijing, Brian Sell will be wearing a special version of the Brooks T6 Racer, pictured below. All non-mesh overlays were removed from the forefoot to suit Brian’s preference for running his marathons with no socks. The shoe’s tongue features the American flag and Brian’s nickname: “Sellbo.” The new T6 will be available for purchase in February 2009. (For now, you can check out the next closest thing — the Brooks T5 Racer.)

Go Brian!

Filed in 2008 Olympics, Beijing, Brian Sell, Footwear, Olympic Marathon, running shoes

5 Responses to “Brian Sell’s Shoes for the Oympic Marathon in Beijing”

runmore Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
why is this only “recommended for distances of up to a HALF marathon”? hope brian doesn’t have to stop halfway to change shoes.
runmore Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
echo…
Meredith Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Good comments - thanks for posting.

This shoe is a very lightweight, minimal support racing flat. The vast majority of runners will not find this “enough shoe” for a full marathon.

Luckily Brian is accustomed to racing longer distances in this shoe - so he won’t need to stop half-way. And if you have a light frame and a biomechanically efficient stride, you may be able to get away with it too. We’d just suggest you work up to it in several half-marathon+ races beforehand.

Based on your feedback we may alter the product description to try and make this clear. Thanks!
bill Says:
October 12th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
The t6 racers are incredible. I ran in them
Meredith Says:
January 30th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
The T6’s are now available!

Product page:
http://www.brooksrunning.com/prod.php?p=1000121D

More info at the blog post:
http://talk.brooksrunning.com/2009/01/30/new-racing-flats-for-spring-the-brooks-t6-racer-and-racer-st-4/