Rajpaul Pannu wore a training shoe that was too tall at the USATF 100 Mile Championships – but did it give him an advantage?

With the American record of 11:19:13 in his mind, he was on pace for most of the first half of the race, but high winds made ...

The winner of the USTAF 100 mile road championships Rajpaul Pannu wore shoes 8mm above the legal stack height limit ...

HOKA athlete Rajpaul Pannu said he didn't realize his shoes were 8 mm over the max cushion allowed in the race: 'My actions ...

he was wearing a pair of the Hoka Skyward X—a shoe he had run in for the first time just the day before. With the American record of 11:19:13 in his mind, he was on pace for most of the first ...

Apparently, Pannu was using the HOKA Skyward X, a trainer with a massive 48mm stack height in the heel. That puts the shoe 8 mm over the USATF competition rules for acceptable running shoes.