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Nike’s Air Zoom Alphafly Next% running shoe is displayed in New York. (AP)
Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya wears Nike AlphaFly prototype running shoes. (AP)
Runners wearing Nike ZoomX Vaporfly NEXT% shoes compete in the U.S. Olympic Trial marathon. (AP)
Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT% shoes on the feet of the winner of the Men's U.S. Olympic Trial Marathon. (AP)
Eliud Kipchoge wore a prototype of the shoe when he ran the world's first marathon under two hours. (AP)

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Can shoes make you fast? Many runners are trying out a new kind of sneaker.

The shoes have carbon fiber plates in the soles. These add spring. They help runners move forward faster.

READ MORE: Shoe companies like Nike, Adidas, and New Balance are in a race to make their running shoes the fastest yet. All three of the top men’s marathon runners at the 2016 Rio Olympics wore a version of Nike’s Vaporfly shoe. Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya wore a pair when he ran a marathon in under two hours last October. Shoes might help. But these men can run really fast. We are reminded in Hebrews 12:1 that we must “run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Jesus is the one who will help us finish well.