史上獲獎最多的 100 公尺短跑選手，最後一次站在起跑線前，對自己重複她已經知道的幾件事：她準備好了、充滿力量，而且這是她的比賽，她要為自己而跑。接下來的短短幾秒，則是歡慶 Shelly-Ann 多年田徑生涯的圓滿最終章。<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/nike-celebrates-shelly-ann-fraser-pryce" target="_blank">Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</a> 自稱「土地的女兒」，在世界田徑錦標賽參加職業生涯最後一場比賽。此時東京國立競技場座無虛席，Shelly-Ann 身著家鄉牙買加國旗的色彩站上起跑線，雙手輕觸地面，手上的金色系美甲耀眼奪目。槍聲響起，Shelly-Ann 疾速起跑，爆發力十足，綠、黃、黑三色長髮在她身後飛揚。她 18 年前在日本獲得接力銀牌時，即展現勢不可擋的速度與力量，以及沉著冷靜的態度。現在，她也在她最後一場 100 公尺比賽中貫徹了相同的精神。牙買加堅定的支持，是她二十年來稱霸田徑場的重要支柱。這次，Shelly-Ann 以搶眼的造型及輝煌的成績向牙買加致敬。她制霸田徑運動長達數十年，不僅在 2008 年成為第一位獲得 100 公尺奧運金牌的加勒比海女性，更於 2019 年生完兒子 Zyon 後強勢回歸，獲得世界冠軍。Shelly-Ann 集兩種能力於一身：能於田徑最短、最激烈的項目，長期處於頂尖地位，同時在體力要求極高的運動中，展現自我與女性身分，證明了母職與亮眼成績可以兼得。Shelly-Ann 讓世界各地的運動員，特別是年輕女孩了解：要有勇氣忠於自我，跑出自己的路，並相信自己不受挫折定義，對挫折的反應才是我們最真實的自我。並確信如果相信自己，且有紀律地持續努力，就有可能兼顧多方，「多」全其美，例如夢想與家庭、事業與長遠影響。為此，以及至今 276 場精彩比賽與衝破終點線，我們由衷感謝 Shelly-Ann 為我們帶來的一切。現在讓我們看看這位史上最偉大的短跑運動員，最後一場比賽的幕後花絮。

從腳上的跑鞋，到招牌亮眼髮型，以及最後衝過終點線，五次世界冠軍 Shelly-Ann 在 2025 年東京世界田徑錦標賽，延續長久以來忠於自我的精神，為職業生涯畫下完美句點。

Sofieke van Bilsen 是一位 29 歲的荷蘭攝影師，熱衷透過影像說故事。她是德國女子國家足球隊的內部攝影師，也是 2024 年巴黎奧運德國奧運代表隊的團隊攝影師。她與 Faith Kipyegon、Eliud Kipchoge 和 Sifan Hassan 等 Nike 運動員保持密切合作。她的攝影旨在創造引人入勝的視覺敘事，專注於情感與運動能力之間的深層聯繫。她力求捕捉幕後的真實瞬間、旅程中未曾述說的故事，以及其間的所有細節，將運動精神栩栩如生地呈現。Sofieke 能立即與人建立連結，深受合作運動員的喜愛。她放鬆且熱情的個性，配合她令人難以置信的技能水平，使她能在高壓環境下為運動員服務。

Sofieke van Bilsen

攝影隨筆

田徑傳奇 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 貫徹自我精神，完成職涯最後一場 100 公尺比賽

多年職業生涯中，LeBron James 不斷向全世界球迷分享他對籃球的熱情。他與 Nike 合作於休賽季造訪大中華地區，激發全國上下對籃球與籃球文化的熱愛。LeBron 的事業隨著時間持續進化，他在 2005 年首次造訪中國，往後幾次巡迴之旅都展現了他不同期間的價值觀。以下回顧他在中國最值得紀念的旅程時刻。

2005 到 2009

LeBron 在 2005 年 8 月首度造訪北京。他受邀參與 Nike Battlegrounds 錦標賽頒獎典禮，但他並非單純來觀禮，而是帶著更遠大的目標。從他踏上中國的那一刻起，他就深信這趟旅程能夠以雙方對籃球的熱愛為基礎，成就一場跨文化的交流，並啟發中國新一代籃球員。 他表示：「籃球不只是一門運動，更是連結人們的橋樑。這對所有人來說都是很棒的學習經歷。我希望自己能持續在全世界推廣籃球運動，並激勵中國的年輕人追求夢想」

為記念 LeBron 中國之旅，中國獨賣的特別款簽名鞋應運而生。2007 年，LeBron James 與 NIKE, Inc. 時任總裁暨執行長 Mark Parker 一同見證他專屬的 Nike Zoom LeBron V "China" 配色推出。

MVP 賽季結束後，LeBron 在 2009 年返回北京，受到凱旋歸來的熱烈歡迎。這趟旅程中，他不僅捐贈運動裝備，並提供獎學金給位於北京郊區，供移工子女就讀的振華學校。

為慶祝他的賽季勝利，LeBron 獲贈一雙專屬的 Nike Air Max LeBron VII，由當地藝術家 Ray Lei 和 Sic 操刀，分別打造以瀋陽市為靈感的設計搭配「Loyalty」字樣，和以上海市為主軸的設計配上「Family」字樣。

2011 到 2015

LeBron 擁抱自己身為籃球運動全球大使的身分，專注開創機會以激勵中國的年輕球員。2011 年，他的巡迴旅程延長為 8 天，並造訪 4 座城市，透過一系列球技指導活動與錦標賽推廣在地籃球風氣。

2012 年，LeBron James 的冠軍戒指與他剛奪下的金牌相互輝映，他以凱旋姿態來到北京，展開 Find Your Greatness 宣傳活動中為期 4 天的巡迴之旅。 LeBron 表示：「偉大的成就取決於你願意付出多少心力。偉大與勝利相伴而生。偉大也來自克服逆境的能力。」

LeBron 於 2013 年回到中國，當時他連續拿下第二座 NBA 總冠軍，在例行賽與總決賽雙雙獲頒 MVP，聲勢如日中天。

2014 年，LeBron James 成為第一位公布 Nike RISE 球員名單的導師，Nike RISE 的目標是幫助球員磨練技巧，提升比賽競爭力。

Nike RISE 2015 於 2015 年全面進化，加入 LED 籃球場和動作追蹤演練功能，打造頂級訓練體驗，不僅指導籃球基礎，更將運動訓練推展至全新高度。

情緒高昂的壓軸時刻，4 位球員獲選代表中國參加世界街頭籃球錦標賽。

2016 到 2019

LeBron 在 2016 年贏得又一座 NBA 總冠軍，廣州市以一場盛大無比的冠軍遊行迎接他的到來，街上湧入上千名粉絲夾道歡迎，許多人穿著 Cleveland Cavaliers 23 號球衣歡慶他的勝利。這幅景象代表 LeBron James 席捲整個亞洲的影響力。他在 More Than an Athlete 宣傳活動中，也鼓勵年輕球員將籃球當作推動社會變革的一種工具。

LeBron 受到上千名粉絲的熱情歡迎，在那之後，他大多時候都在北京與中國國家男子青年籃球隊的成員一同健身並指導球技。

LeBron 造訪了北京的多所小學，並與小小運動員分享自己的籃球經驗，強調唯有勤奮、全心付出、相信自己，才是通往成功的不二法門。

2018 年，「More Than an Athlete」巡迴於上海登場，活動第一天以上海戲劇學院的學生座談會拉開序幕，並在戶外球場投籃練習中畫下句點。上百名粉絲在球場外駐足，只想親自看一眼 LeBron 打球的傳奇身影。

這個月，LeBron 飛往中國展開「永遠的王者」巡迴之旅，這是他第 15 次造訪中國，也是他巡迴亞洲的 20 週年。他在這裡與熱血球員與球迷會面，再次強調他不變的承諾：以行動支持全世界的籃球運動。

多年職業生涯中，LeBron James 不斷向全世界球迷分享他對籃球的熱情。他與 Nike 合作於休賽季造訪大中華地區，激發全國上下對籃球與籃球文化的熱愛。

傳奇之旅：LeBron James 與中國的 20 年緣分

數小時內征服陡峭的上坡，突破險峻的下坡，迎戰狂烈的山風，頂著刺眼的陽光，忍受夜晚的寒意。調整好心態，接受下一個補給站還很遠很遠的事實。超級越野跑聽起來嚴苛無情，只有最狂野、最硬派的跑者才做得到。縱使賽程艱難，Nike <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/nike-acg-all-conditions-racing-department" target="_blank">全天候競速部門</a>仍有六位跑者跑完全程，征服了法國、義大利和瑞士阿爾卑斯山的巔峰 UTMB 賽事，長度從 15 公里到 174 公里不等，海拔從 1200 公尺到將近 1 萬公尺。他們異口同聲地說，越野跑帶來的堅毅、決心、喜悅和自由，絕對值得你付出每一分努力。看下去就知道！

<h3>ROSS GOLLAN</h3>比賽：ETC，15 公里，上升高度 1,200 公尺 全球完賽排名：第 29 名

<h3>MARIE NIVET</h3>比賽： Experience Trail Courmayeur (ETC)，15 公里，上升高度 1,200 公尺 全球女子完賽排名：第 7 名

CESARE MAESTRI比賽：ETC，15 公里，上升高度 1,200 公尺 全球完賽排名：第 2 名

<h3>BAPTISTE COATANTIEC</h3>比賽：Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB)，174 公里，上升高度近 10,000 公尺 全球完賽排名：第 11 名

<h3>ANTHONY COSTALES</h3>比賽：Courmayeur – Champex – Chamonix (CCC)，101 公里，上升高度逾 6,050 公尺 全球完賽排名：第 15 名

<h3>DREW HOLMEN</h3>比賽：CCC，101 公里，上升高度逾 6,050 公尺 全球完賽排名：第 3 名

征服陡峭的上坡，突破險峻的下坡，迎戰狂烈的山風。超級越野跑是一場不斷挑戰自我的運動，但努力的回報絕對值得你堅持下去。

超級越野跑榨乾你的每一分能量，卻能給你無限驚喜

1964 年 1 月 25 日，星期六。那天，披頭四以〈I Want to Hold Your Hand〉一曲，首次在美國拿下排行榜冠軍。同樣是又冷又下雨的那天，場景來到奧勒岡州波特蘭。一名教練和他從前帶過的選手在大都會飯店 (Cosmopolitan Hotel) 共進午餐，討論商業合作的可能。一小時後，Phil Knight 和 <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/magazine/bill-bowerman-nike-s-original-innovator" target="_blank">Bill Bowerman</a> 站起身，兩人跨過桌子握手。Blue Ribbon Sports 就此誕生。要了解這兩位奧勒岡人是如何決定合作，他們的夥伴關係又為何能延續，我們得回到十年前。故事是從一個被棒球隊刷掉的青少年開始。

故事源起

Phil Knight 在波特蘭東南部長大，就讀克里夫蘭高中 (Cleveland High)。他說他當年想參加高二以下的棒球隊，結果最後一個被刷掉，因此深受打擊。「我好難過，但我媽媽說：『你不能整天在家自怨自艾。要嘛去送報，要嘛就去參加田徑。』對我來說，這再簡單不過了，當然是要去跑步。」這個決定讓他踏上改變人生的道路，最後也翻轉了運動的世界。Knight 參加田徑選拔後，很快便跑出好成績。雖然身材比隊友矮小，但他速度快、好勝心強，也願意拚命練習。他父親 William Knight 原本是勞工律師，後來到《奧勒岡日報》(Oregon Journal) 從事出版。在 Phil 早期的一場比賽中，他把兒子介紹給奧勒岡的田徑教練 Bill Bowerman，兩人早在讀奧勒岡大學時便是同學。Phil 就是在那天，認識了後來改變他人生的教練。當時，Knight 已開始在地方賽事中贏得名次，也在競爭激烈的奧勒岡高中田徑圈嶄露頭角。升上高三那年，有則新聞讓他久久難以忘懷：在 Bowerman 的指導下，奧勒岡大學跑者 Bill Dellinger 在全國錦標賽拿下了一英哩冠軍。「我看得目瞪口呆，」Knight 說，「上了《奧勒岡人報》(The Oregonian) 的頭條耶，那一刻起，我才真正意識到 Bill Bowerman 和他的訓練方式有多厲害。」

漢堡型跑者

雖然身材瘦小，但 Knight 從不讓體型成為他的限制。1955 年時，他和球隊一起拿下克里夫蘭市籃球冠軍，在聯盟的 880 碼賽跑中拿下第二，並於州級賽事名列第四。秋天時，他已進入奧勒岡大學，加入 Bowerman 掌管的田徑隊及越野賽跑隊。但其實早在他第一次參加訓練前，父親就已問過 Bowerman 的建議。後來，Bowerman 也經常在職涯上指導 Phil。那年秋天，William Knight 寫信給 Bowerman，問他認為 Phil 應該要讀大學還是從軍。Bowerman 回信時，展現了他直率但不失關懷的招牌風格。他在信中寫道：「我最關心的，是你兒子的教育，做任何事想成功，都必須付出努力，不能隨便、不能只貪好玩……你兒子在我隊上訓練，是我的榮幸，你、我和他本人，也都必須盡到自己的責任。」

Knight 和他之前的許多新生一樣，很快就明白了教練的意思。跟著作風強勢的 Bowerman 訓練，讓他十分掙扎。Knight 回憶道：「大一結束後，我很認真地思考，到底要不要再回去被瘋狂的教練猛操？我知道他不可能改變，如果我回到隊上，就只能照他說的做。最後，我選擇回去。」這個決定，成了他人生的關鍵轉折。Bowerman 看見了 Knight 的潛力，但不是因為他最厲害，而是因為他很適合測試跑鞋。「我不是隊上最強的跑者，」Knight 坦承，「Bowerman 知道可以用我當白老鼠，風險不會太大。」Bowerman 把 Knight 稱為「漢堡型」跑者──結實耐操、意志堅定又願意配合──並開始讓他試穿早期的原型鞋款。1958 年 8 月，Bowerman 寫信給 Knight，列出他的暑期訓練計畫，還在信末補充道：如果你有覺得哪雙平底跑鞋不錯，儘管寄過來，我們會在開學前把鞋準備好。Knight 那年秋天收到的鞋，是採用實驗性的白色橡膠塗層布料，「像是那種可以用海綿擦乾淨的桌布材質，」Bowerman 後來這麼形容。那雙鞋是走實穿路線，做工並不是太細緻，但已隱約預示了未來的發展。好幾年後，Bowerman 才終於找到夥伴，替他製作更快、更輕的跑鞋，但這時已經先找到了願意替他測試的跑者。

從跑道到商場

Knight 1959 年從奧勒岡大學商學院畢業，原先花許多時間在田徑比賽的他，漸漸開始將重心放到課堂。拿到學士後，他到史丹佛大學讀 MBA。一開始，他沒有很明確的方向，但在最後一年，一門名叫「小型企業管理」的課程引起了他的注意。就是那堂課，悄悄點燃了影響他一生的想法。「那是唯一的創業課，所以是我最感興趣的課程之一，」Knight 說。他和授課教授 Frank Shallenberger 發展出了深厚的情誼。當時，Shallenberger 給學生一項看似簡單、但必須創意發揮的作業：創造一個假想的公司、定義企業宗旨，並擬定一套對應的行銷計畫。Knight 大學暑假在《奧勒岡日報》打工時，曾無意聽見攝影師的對話。他們說價格低廉的日本相機開始在市場湧現，對品質較高、但也較貴的德國相機造成了威脅。Knight 說：「在那個年代，電子產品是很熱門的題材，聰明的學生都寫那些，但我對 3C 一竅不通，所以決定寫我真正懂的東西，那就是鞋子。」他根據自己為 Bill Bowerman 試鞋子的經驗，打造了一家假想公司。1962 年時，德國運動鞋已在美國快速崛起，品質很好，但價格也很高。Knight 因此看到了切入點。他幾乎是在一夜之間，把想法寫成報告，提出了一個大膽的假設：既然日本相機已對德國相機造成威脅，那日本運動鞋為什麼不能打敗德國運動鞋？Knight 認為，從價格和品質來看，日本製的跑鞋都很有機會與當時主導市場的德國品牌競爭。他那份作業拿到 A 的好成績。雖然作業寫完了，但想法仍在他心中揮之不去。「找得到的日本製鞋廠，我幾乎都寫信去問了。」最後卻只有高和皮鞋公司 (Kow Hoo Shoe Company) 回信，而且還是香港的公司。對方以不完全正確的英文回信，口吻很客氣，但內容令人沮喪。「很抱歉，因為缺乏 (相關) 設備與材質，我們不太可能生產 (這類) 鞋款，香港應該沒有任何鞋廠能做。但如果是高爾夫球鞋、溜冰鞋和保齡球鞋等產品，我們很擅長。」這樣的回覆讓 Knight 很失望，但那不是重點。重要的是想法已在他心中萌芽，而且很快就會生根。雖然大受打擊，但 Knight 並未因而放棄，也即將獲得一生中最關鍵的機會。如果想知道接下來的發展和更多後續故事，記得關注 Department of Nike Archives 未來的 The Record 專題。

源於需求，精於專業與堅持──如今，Department of Nike Archives (簡稱 DNA) 守護著數十萬件珍貴文物，以及無數深入人心的品牌故事。Nike 的品牌檔案自 1970 年開始累積收藏，並於 2006 年正式成立為 DNA。這個部門的使命，是同時「保存」與「推進」Nike 不斷演化、感動人心的故事。 「了解自己是誰，以及你曾經歷過的挑戰，能為士氣、靈感與創造力帶來巨大的力量。這正是 DNA 的價值所在。」──Phil Knight

Department of Nike Archives

深入幕後，了解 Nike 共同創辦人 Phil Knight 和 Bill Bowerman 是如何開啟他們知名的商業合作。

歷史

為一切揭開序幕的那次握手

從他第一次訪中國到第十五個年頭，LeBron James 與 Nike 始終以籃球為媒介展開跨文化交流，串連世界各地的球員。在 <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/lebron-james-forever-king-tour" target="_blank">Forever King Tour</a> 的最後一站，LeBron 在成都觀賞了多支球隊的精彩對決。這些隊伍平時相隔數千里，這次齊聚一堂互相較勁：有中國 Rise 男子和女子隊，還有洛杉磯的 EYBL Cal Stars (女籃) 和 Veritas Academy (男籃)。他們對這項運動的熱愛或許源自不同的地理背景，但他們故事中不變的共通點，就是 <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/stories/lebron-james-china-tour-archives" target="_blank">LeBron 本人</a>，他在比賽時全程為他們加油打氣。

— 照片由<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/zhengyibb/" target="_blank">鄭詣</a>拍攝

中國 Rise Academy 業餘球隊、洛杉磯的 Cal Stars 與 Veritas Academy，在 LeBron 到訪中國期間展開了激烈對決。親自到場為他們加油的，就是王者 LeBron 本人。

一同崛起

照片來源：<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/company/people/cameron-strand-contributing-photographer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">Cameron Strand</a> 兩項世界紀錄震撼誕生：Nike 運動員 <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/stories/faith-kipyegon-profile" target="_blank">Faith Kipyegon</a> 繼上週的 <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/topics/breaking4" target="_blank">#Breaking4 挑戰</a>後，又寫下 1500 公尺世界紀錄，Beatrice Chebet 則打破 5000 公尺世界紀錄。各路好手<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/stories/pre-classic-bowerman-mile" target="_blank">寫下全國紀錄</a>，更紛紛交出個人最佳成績，這一切全都在奧勒岡州尤金 (Eugene) 座無虛席的海沃德田徑場 (Hayward Field) 上演——這座場地有田徑圈的聖地之稱。普雷經典賽 (Pre Classic) 迎來第 50 屆，充分致敬賽事紀念的<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://about.nike.com/en/stories/how-steve-prefontaine-set-the-pace-for-nike" target="_blank">傳奇跑者 Steve Prefontaine</a>。以下這些精彩畫面，說明了大家長期熱愛田徑的原因：田徑運動員就是有神奇的魔力，能讓人親身感受爆發式的能量、熱情、張力與高潮迭起。

一同回顧賽場上的能量、熱情、張力與高潮迭起——就算不是田徑迷，看完也肯定會愛上。

普雷經典賽 50 週年精彩回顧

編輯精選

NIKE, Inc. 幕後故事

故事登陸

圖樣在 Mark Smith 的手中煥發新的生命力。 圖樣的特殊力量將這位已退休的 Nike 創新特別專案副總裁兼 Jordan 長期合作夥伴帶回 2005 年，當時他受委託打造 Jordan 簽名鞋系列中象徵重要里程碑的款式：Air Jordan XX，這雙重量級的鞋款旨在記念此系列自 AJ I 首次亮相以來邁入 20 週年。鞋款的主要特色是中足帶的雷射雕刻，展示 Michael Jordan 職業生涯中精彩時刻的圖像拼貼。 Smith 後來將這些細節形容成一幅生動的織錦畫，精心設計的圖像馬賽克。 圖樣必須設法在有限尺寸內囊括整個生涯故事，並以只有一種工具能以精確實現這項設計。Smith 表示：「當我們設計 AJ XX 時，我簡直不敢相信我們透過雷射雕刻精準實現的細節。 我探索雷射單脈衝的使用方式，將其與我使用專業工作筆所能達到的精度相比較。 雷射工具超出了我們用人手所能創造的成果。」

束帶上的故事

Smith 極為細緻的雷射雕刻圖樣打造出數款深具意義的鞋子，從 2003 年最初代的 Nike 雷射設計元素發表以來，跨足兩個品牌，例如 AJ IV Laser、「紋身款」Air Force 1，當然少不了 AJ XX。這次在 <a href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/doernbecher-freestyle-20-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer">Doernbecher Freestyle 20 週年</a>之際，該鞋款更別具意義：限量版 AJ XX，中足束帶上飾有全新圖樣，向自該計畫開始以來參與的 122 名病患兒童設計師致敬。

Smith 對 Freestyle 並不陌生，這項計畫為奧勒岡州波特蘭市的奧勒岡州健康暨科學大學 (OHSU) Doernbecher 兒童醫院的六名病患兒童提供設計自己專屬 Nike 鞋款的機會。 2006 年，他與其他 Nike 同事攜手合作，實現小小設計師 Lance Dillon 對刺青風格 Nike Dunk 低筒鞋的構想。 Dillon 是一個害羞的 17 歲男孩，被診斷出患有白血病 (Smith 表示：「我第一次見到 Lance 時，我在整場會面中一直保持冷靜鎮定。 之後我回到家，痛哭流涕。 這是我所參與過最酷、也最有意義的事」)。Smith 在 2008 年為 Freestyle 5 週年設計特別版 Air Max 90，以及其他兩款病患設計的運動鞋。此外並於 2015 年打造紀念版 AJ XII。Smith 表示：「對我來說，運動鞋一直與講述故事有所關聯。當意識到 Freestyle 有機會改善孩子的生活時，這般感情使我變得更加投入這項計畫。」

在紀念 Nike 和 OHSU Doernbecher Freestyle 合作關係的特殊週年日之時，Air Jordan 鞋款和 Smith 本人扮演著長久重要的角色。 2015 年，為了向這項計畫屆滿 12 週年致敬，Smith 為 Doernbecher Freestyle 賽事打造了十幾雙 Jordan XII 專屬鞋款。

每雙鞋都展現 Smith 對鞋子原始草圖的個人發揮。

隨後，這 12 雙鞋舉辦拍賣，作為當年 OHSU Doernbecher Freestyle 活動的一部分，所有收益均捐獻給醫院。

用鞋款致敬

Mark 接到來自 OHSU 基金會 (OHSUF) 朋友的聯繫，邀請他再次支持 Doernbecher Freestyle 20 週年紀念活動。 這些交流讓人回想起另一雙用數字 20 創造奇蹟的鞋子，隨後 Mark、OHSUF 和 NIKE, Inc. 展開合作，將 Freestyle 數十年歷史的事蹟轉化成令人驚嘆的視覺設計。Smith 表示，思考在拼貼中使用哪些圖示、圖像和標誌是設計初期的挑戰。 他與計畫的關鍵人物透過視訊通話進行集思廣益，其中包括 Freestyle 創始人兼 Doernbecher Philanthropy Board Life (Doernbecher 慈善委員會) 終身成員 Michael Doherty、協力構思計畫的兒子 Connor、OHSUF 董事會主席 Kelly Schrader 和 OHSU Doernbecher 兒童醫院主治醫師 Dana Braner。 他們討論了名字、姓氏、醫生、日期等細節。 但設計需要考量可及的設計範圍，而且並沒有足夠空間可按照如此特定的順序排列所有元素。 Smith 必須採取其他更靈活的做法。&nbsp;Smith 表示：「我回顧了 AJ XX 的原版圖樣， 對於 MJ 的生動織錦圖樣，我們希望這個系列營造出一種夢幻狀態，彷彿你失去時間順序感並在重要記憶的路徑之間傳送。 沒有開始或結束。 由你自己尋找方向。」

Air Jordan XX 是一款講述故事的運動鞋，最初記錄了 MJ 的生活和職業生涯，在 Doernbecher Freestyle 20 週年之際，它以獨樹一格的方式回歸。

中足束帶上的圖樣由 Smith 設計，代表 Doernbecher Freestyle 的歷史以及參與計畫的 122 名患者與家人。

鞋款共推出 20 雙，每雙包裝採用限量版鞋盒，盒子的設計與鞋帶上的雷射雕刻織錦相呼應。

客製化圖樣貫穿整雙鞋，包括鞋領內裡和腳跟穩定器。

探索 Air Jordan XX Doernbecher Freestyle

唯一不變的設計，就是每個孩子的姓名首字母刻在束帶上的某處。 經典圖樣很快就問世：兩隻 OHSU 治療犬的名字，Davis 和 Casey； 冰棒，手術後兒童少數可以吃的食物之一； 穿過威拉米特海濱、俯瞰醫院的著名空中纜車。 這只是織錦設計中許多圖樣的其中幾個。Smith 本質上是個完美主義者，他對早期的樣本保密，並打造十幾個具有不同版面配置、字體和比例的版本。 這項計畫蘊含著責任：在充滿希望和勝利的個人故事中，充分表現每位病患設計師的精神。這讓 Smith 充滿動力，時時提醒他為何投入手上的工作。Smith 表示「創作這些生動的織錦圖樣時，我代替許多人將他們的故事形象化。 Doernbecher 患者、運動員、名人，責任都是一樣的：我為他們的故事服務。 我必須聆聽他們的故事，並像衛星一樣行動，引入與主題有重要關聯，且廣泛群眾能夠認得的視覺效果。 取得微妙平衡對我來說非常重要。 但追更究柢，這些故事與我並無關係。」

Air Jordan XX Doernbecher Freestyle

最終成果出爐，中足束帶上刻有令人驚嘆的拼貼圖樣，登上蘇富比網站上進行拍賣的 20 雙 AJ XX 中，每一雙鞋都有拼貼圖樣設計。 每一雙鞋都會搭配服裝和成套的雷射雕刻木盒，鞋盒飾有與鞋子相同的 Doernbecher 圖樣。 拍賣時間為太平洋時間 10 月 21 日上午 9:00 至 10 月 30 日上午 9:00 。 最棒的部分是？ 所有收益都會捐獻給 OHSU Doernbecher 兒童醫院。然而，儘管每雙鞋的售價肯定很高，但對於自願貢獻時間和才能的 Nike 員工來說，籌集的資金仍然無法比擬這項計畫的真正價值。Smith 表示「透過 Freestyle，鞋子變成了不一樣的東西， 我不知道如何形容它。 當孩子看到自己設計的鞋子成為現實，他們會立刻在未知處境中感受到創造力帶來的治癒能量。」他停頓片刻後繼續說道：「鞋底被稱為『sole』並非巧合，它正是接觸土地的部分 (也象徵緊密的連結)。」如需更多資訊，請前往 <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/the-air-jordan-xx-doernbecher-freestyle?locale=en&lotFilter=AllLots" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sothebys.com/DB20</a>

傳奇設計師 Mark Smith 打造特別版 Air Jordan XX，紀念 Doernbecher Freestyle 20 週年。

達標

雋永深刻的圖樣設計：Air Jordan XX Doernbecher Freestyle 的設計故事

It’s the weekend before the 2024 Chicago Marathon and in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood you can already feel the energy in the air. At 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, the sun has just begun peaking above the horizon and the light breeze and 60-degree weather are perfect for the nearly 200 runners who have gathered to take on a familiar route: the last nine miles of the Chicago Marathon course, whether they’re running the actual race or not. Leading the pack are the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmDd-lWGdMA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Windrunners,</a> the city’s first all-women, sub-elite racing team. Their mission: To inspire the next generation of female runners to find their place in the sport.Led by Head Coach Robyn LaLonde and Coach/General Manager Kelcey McKinney, the Windrunners are a collective of 14 women, three of whom are running this year’s Chicago Marathon. The group is Chicagoan through and through; <a href="about.nike.com/en/stories/where-to-run-in-chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer">if anyone knows how to run this city, it’s them</a>. Their infectious passion and heart for running, plus their hella speed, has drawn people from run clubs and crews across the city to meet up today.

The Windrunner Magic

To deliver on their mission of inspiring more women to run in Chicago, and around the world, the team lives by three equally important pillars: competition, coaching and community. While there are time standards Windrunner hopefuls must meet –– like running a 5:39 mile or a 3:09:30 marathon — there’s much more to making the team. Windrunners must also empower and inspire other runners.

“We don't always have great representation of what we can become,” says LaLonde. “Every member of the Windrunners works a full-time job, we have many moms and people who do things on top of being an elite runner. ，你做得到💪 Having an awesome team makes it easier, but this could be you and that is the whole point.”

The Windrunners are named after Nike’s iconic Windrunner Track Suit, which is designed to protect runners from the elements, including the infamous Chicago winds.

The pack runs through Pilsen on their way to Chinatown with Windrunner and photographer Kelcey McKinney, at left, capturing images along the way.

Robyn LaLonde is a Windrunners coach and owner of Edge Athlete Lounge, home to the Windrunners.

The crew crosses the south branch of the Chicago River on the Cermak Bridge.

Member Susannah McCloskey brings the positive vibes to Windrunner runs.

The runners of Chicago value camaraderie over competition and many runners are members of multiple run clubs.

For LaLonde and McKinney, what makes the Windrunners special is the team’s focus on giving back and showing up. They support myriad community initiatives, including International Women’s Day this past spring, when they collaborated with local Latino run crew Chingonas to host more than 150 women on a group run. They also craft programs like “Find Your Fast,” in which 37 women followed a six-week training journey to run their fastest mile. And they look for new members who are driven to do the same.“We want individuals who are going to show up for their teammates in the dark, give someone a ride on the way to practice,” LaLonde says. “It's that athlete who’s going to show up for their city.”

A Chicago For All Runners

At the intersection of Taylor and Halsted, near the University of Illinois Chicago, as the crowd of runners prepare to take off, LaLonde and McKinney offer running tips, warm-up moves, stories. It’s a grassroots event –– the bag check is LaLonde’s car –– and the community pride is evident in the T-shirts and hats repping run clubs and crews across Chicago. There’s healthy competition too: the Windrunners are fast and they’re pacing the pack.

Afterward, everyone hangs out, chats and refuels near the Chicago Marathon finish line, talking about the week — and race — to come. The conversation loops back to the city and what it has to offer runners. The beauty of Chicago, the Windrunners say, is that one moment you can be running through a vibrant neighborhood where music’s blaring and the next you’re by the placid shores of Lake Michigan or dwarfed by architecture that’s second to none.

The city’s running community, too, lures you in. “You can go to any event and everybody has a genuine support and love for each other,” says McKinney. “They'll hop to different groups and it's not a weird thing. They might go for one run club Monday, another one Tuesday, the next Wednesday, Thursday, and then back to the one they went to on Monday that weekend.”

It’s this Chicago running spirit that the Windrunners want to bring –– welcoming newcomers to feel part of the team, led by the power of women. “There is a culture for everyone,” McKinney says. “Community helps to level you up. You might do well by yourself, but you're 1,000 percent going to do better if you have folks alongside you that are like-minded and helping you get through.”

Follow the Windrunners on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/windrunnerschi/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@windrunnerschi</a>.Photos by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatskmac/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kelcey McKinney</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ladyist/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ashley Armitage</a>.

Meet the Windrunners, the city's first all-women sub-elite racing team.

特色

A Chicago Run Team That Makes Everyone Want To Run

In Chicago, you never run alone. A robust, diverse running community keeps the city flush with activity, from its picturesque parks and neighborhood routes to its miles of paved waterfront paths. You’ll see run clubs and solo striders, elite athletes and first-time racers, dawn patrollers and run-to-coffee regulars.

We know this because we spent a week with <a href="https://about.nike.com/en/stories/chicago-run-team-windrunners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Windrunners</a>, a local run team powered by Nike that’s working to break down barriers for the next generation of female runners, fostering community one mile at a time. As Chicago’s first all-female, sub-elite racing team, they know a tip or two about how to best run their city. Here are their seven must-see spots.

This <a href="https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/lakefront-trail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">impressive path</a> hugs the shore of Lake Michigan for 18.5 miles, making it a top choice for long runs, sightseeing and, if you’re lucky, a tailwind heading back toward downtown.

Lakefront Trail

Recharge like a local:

After checking out this famous footpath, Windrunners athlete Amanda Zubricki recommends indulging in another Chicago staple: the city’s famous deep-dish pizza.“After a long run or race, I love to treat myself to some pizza,” she says. “As we all know, Chicago has the best pizza in the United States. You’ll hear a lot of passionate debates over who has the best deep dish, but I can settle that easily: it’s <a href="https://pequodspizza.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pequod’s Pizza</a>.”

This bustling neighborhood on Chicago’s Lower West Side is steeped in Latino culture, recognized for its public art and lauded among Windrunners as a top running destination.&nbsp;

Pilsen

Alejandra Ruales, who lives in the neighborhood, still finds herself running a 5K route she created last year as part of a fundraiser she organized to collect winter clothing for migrants arriving in the city. "The route is meant to be savored," she says. "It can be a recovery run for both beginners and seasoned runners alike, inviting everyone to immerse themselves in the captivating artistry of Pilsen.”

Ruales favors her local <a href="https://mandalacafeil.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mandala Café</a> for a post-run pitstop. “I usually order their cafe de olla latte and a pandebono [type of Colombian bread] as a post-workout treat,” she says. “Both are to die for!”

Channel your inner whimsy while lapping this city park, named for the late L. Frank Baum, a onetime Chicago resident who wrote the famed children’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”“For short runs, I love running around Oz Park,” Zubricki says. “See if you can find all of the Wizard of Oz statues throughout, from Dorthy and Toto to the Cowardly Lion. The park also features a large hill if you need that training.”

Oz Park

One of the Windrunners’ favorite running shops, <a href="https://heartbreak.run/pages/chicago?srsltid=AfmBOorTECK00RKW3ddy7l8OoCvfqz4yECf5YU2OQo-P-9SI0yFsDq54" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heartbreak Hill Running Company</a>, sits a block away from Oz Park, and is a go-to gear spot for Zubricki. "Heartbreak is great because they offer free community runs, such as&nbsp;speed runs on Thursday and long runs on Saturday, that are open to the public," she says. "During the summer, they also have a water station on the lakefront path where you can snag a drink, electrolytes and Swedish fish!" Inside the Heartbreak store, Zubricki also recommends trying Nike Form to get a running profile with the Nike Sport Research Lab. “You run on a treadmill for two minutes and after analyzing your form, they send you personalized Nike Training Club exercises and footwear suggestions.”

For a scenic 5K or tempo workout, you can’t beat The <a href="https://www.the606.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">606</a>, an old rail line transformed into an elevated, 2.7-mile path featuring gentle turns and elevation changes, along with distance markers every tenth of a mile. A bonus: You'll find a water fountain and public restroom along the path. (“A runner’s dream!” as one Windrunner put it.)With an out-and-back approaching 6 miles, multiple Windrunners also use The 606 for 10K workouts. “The miles seriously fly by on this beautiful path,” Zubricki says.

The 606

Take home a taste of Chicago by stopping by a <a href="https://www.darkmattercoffee.com/pages/locations-mobile-ordering" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dark Matter Coffee</a> location for a bag of local beans or grounds, Zubricki suggests. “My favorite spot for coffee before a run is in my apartment, as sleep is a very important source of recovery,” she says. “I try to give myself all the extra time to sleep before going out for a run, so I make my pre-run coffee at home with Dark Matter Coffee beans.”

The city’s largest park is best seen on foot, with miles of trails introducing runners to spectacular views, sculptures, green spaces and… zebras? The Windrunners recommend timing your outing to the Lincoln Park Zoo’s operating hours, allowing you to pass through the zoo and score a peek of its resident striped equines. Just make sure to study your route ahead of time to avoid navigational hiccups. “Lincoln Park is a great place for a 10K route,” Ruales says. “You can truly find it all and get lost around its paths, see beautiful city views and trails and even get some great views of the zebras at the zoo.”

Lincoln Park

While Chicago is a top-tier running destination, it’s also an amazing city to explore on two wheels. Channel some cycling inspiration from a Windrunner favorite: <a href="https://www.heritagebikesandcoffee.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heritage Bikes & Coffee</a>, where Susannah McCloskey goes for pre- and post-run joe. “They have tasty food and lattes, and it’s a more intimate space, so it’s great for a smaller group," she says.

While Navy Pier demands inclusion in any Chicago first-timer’s itinerary, runners intent on soaking in the city’s lakefront should look to the iconic pier’s less-touristy brethren. The Windrunners recommend the <a href="https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/north-avenue-beach" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">North Avenue</a> and <a href="https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/montrose-beach" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Montrose</a> piers, which allow you to savor sprawling Lake Michigan panoramas as you set your pace — either speeding up, with the water as inspiration, or slowing down to soak in the scenery.

North Avenue and Montrose Piers

From the North Avenue pier, head due west to <a href="https://coreysbagels.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Corey’s NYC Bagel Deli,</a> which, despite its name, even local LaLonde says is the best bagel in town, touting it as “fast, carb-packed and forever friendly.”

Chicago is comprised of unique, diverse neighborhoods, and to get the full vibe, venture outside of the city’s central core. This South Side gem, the site of World's Columbian Exposition, more commonly known as the Chicago World's Fair, has miles of historic streets and trails to explore.

Jackson Park

Cool down with a visit to <a href="https://www.sipofhope.com/locations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sip of Hope Coffee’s Hyde Park Café</a>, where all proceeds support mental health education. “Drink delicious coffee and try tasty pastries while supporting an amazing cause,” Zubricki says. 可說是雙贏。

Photos by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatskmac/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kelcey McKinney</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ladyist/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ashley Armitage</a>.

Chicago’s running scene offers parks, paths and neighborhoods that beg to be explored on foot. We asked the Windrunners, a local run team, to highlight their seven must-see spots.

球迷入門

A Local’s Guide to Running Chicago

A Local's Guide for Where to Run in Chicago

看著 Eliud Kipchoge 以 4:34 的馬拉松配速飛馳，一窺史上最偉大馬拉松選手精益求精的瞬間。 他跑步生涯的大部分時間都仰賴吃力不討好、乏味，但卻必不可少的訓練，是這些訓練為他奠定了基礎，助他成功創寫紀錄。 Vaporfly 和 Alphafly 是 Nike 競速產品的巔峰之作，而這位肯亞馬拉松選手正是這些卓越產品的同義詞。 事實上，Kipchoge 在訓練期間會使用許多不同的鞋款來進行不同的訓練：長跑、輕鬆跑、變速跑、坡度跑等。 他需要的不僅是一雙超級鞋款， 而是一雙超級訓練鞋：&nbsp;承襲競速鞋款傳統組件 (如碳纖維鞋底墊片和獨特的中底幾何設計) 的鞋款，並轉化為適合全年訓練的更耐久鞋款。&nbsp;<a href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/zoom-fly-6-official-images" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zoom Fly 6</a> 是剛加入 Eliud 訓練戰備的生力軍，用於他要加快配速的訓練時期。 而這個版型也代表 Eliud 致力於測試、改善和驗證 Nike 跑步全系列競速鞋款的承諾。 Nike 競速鞋款資深專家 Elliott Heath 表示，Eliud 具備的產品知識幾近專業。&nbsp;

Heath 說：「我們已經開始稱 Eliud 為我們的現場產品線經理。 他正手繪草圖，寫下關於我們原型的專用筆記，這就是他的基準。 在過去的幾年裡，他更進一步製作意見回饋表，並將這些表單交給他跑步訓練營的隊友，請他們提供自己的筆記。 <a href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/nike-and-eliud-kipchoge-celebrate-20-years" rel="noopener noreferrer">他是全世界最出色的馬拉松運動員</a>，但他實際上感覺像是我們產品團隊的一員。」Eliud 過去已將 Zoom Fly 納入他的鞋款選擇中，尤其是 Zoom Fly 5，這是他週一輕鬆跑的理想訓練鞋；他會走出戶外，不限地點地跑個 12 到 18 英哩。 在測試 Nike Zoom Fly 6 時，他立即注意到重量更輕且鞋面更舒適，他輕聲細語且有條不紊地向 Heath 傳達了這兩點。 他也樂於提供建設性的意見回饋，但總是很客氣，例如他建議在外底添加再略為耐用的材質，有助讓鞋款更經得起嚴苛的訓練計畫。 他在筆記中潦草地寫下：「這值得考慮。」

Heath 表示，Eliud 的其他暗示沒那麼明顯，但同樣發人深省。 他的句子之間會因深思熟慮而有長時間的停頓。 對於確實有效的功能，他會果斷地點頭。 最值得注意的是，Zoom Fly 6 的情況就是如此，他只是微笑著，一邊在手中翻轉鞋款。

看到 Eliud 如此熱切地評估 Nike 系列中的每雙鞋款，這對 Heath 及其團隊來說非常鼓舞人心。 Eliud 的筆記有助確保每款 Nike 版型都有獨特的用途。 沒有人能比這位史上最偉大的馬拉松選手更有資格提供如此精確、敏銳的回饋意見。Heath 表示：「Eliud 對測試我們鞋款的投入，證明了我們一直都在和運動員合作，而不僅僅是在比賽當天。 「參與比賽的時間僅占你跑步旅程的 5%。 任何參加馬拉松比賽的人，95% 的時間都穿著其他鞋款，咬牙度過那些並不光鮮亮麗、有輕鬆也有艱難的里程。 「只要運動員希望我們參與他們跑步旅程的 95% ，以及比賽當天的 5%，那我們就真正能夠為跑者提供更出色的服務。」

Nike 如何運用運動員的意見回饋？ 觀看和聆聽馬拉松史上最偉大跑者 Eliud Kipchoge 的詳盡筆記，瞭解你的下一雙出色訓練鞋。

聽聽神人級試穿員對全新 Zoom Fly 6 的看法

In her wheelchair, Italian fencer Bebe Vio lunges forward toward her opponent, pivoting from her hips to gain leverage, her prosthetic forearm slicing her steel fencing foil across space and finding a target smaller than a penny. For Bebe, this symbiosis between her body and her equipment had been a perfect pairing. But a plaguing pain in her arm was growing so unbearable, after competitions, Bebe would commonly need to take two-week breaks to recover before returning to training. Doctors told her she might need to stop fencing altogether otherwise she could inflict permanent damage to her body.

The world champion fencer had visited Nike during a 2022 cohort gathering for <a href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/nike-athlete-think-tank-second-cohort" rel="noopener noreferrer">Athlete Think Tank</a>, an annual summit of the world’s top female athletes to talk about how Nike can serve women more completely. An offhand conversation between her and Tobie Hatfield, Sr. Director for Nike’s NXT Space innovation team, was the trusted space where Bebe opened up about the mysterious problem. Hatfield knew his team was uniquely suited to help.“Whenever Bill Bowerman designed something for his athletes, he liked to quote the proverb, ‘Necessity is the mother of invention,’” says Hatfield. “At Nike, we’ve added to that phrase: ‘Ultimate necessity is the mother of invention.’” In addition to creating solutions that benefit everyday athletes at a large scale, Nike also fulfills this mission by solving for the most specific, one-to-one needs for its athletes, he explains. “Even if a product doesn’t go to market, the insights we learn inevitably serve all athletes. And we saw a tremendous opportunity with Bebe to serve an ultimate need to continue her storied career."The first goal was to understand the root of Bebe’s pain. Hatfield and his team in the <a href="https://lebronjamesinnovationcenter.nike.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LeBron James Innovation Center</a>, which included Nike Lead Mechanical Engineer Lucie Browning, studied Bebe’s competition footage intensively to hypothesize where the pain was coming from. Though fencing is a picture of grace and precision, it is also a collision sport. In Bebe's chosen discipline of foil fencing, vibrations that were generated by foil on foil contact during competition and in training were shooting up Bebe’s prosthetic and into her arm, causing sharp, acute pain. What was happening? Maybe it was the result of a long career of repetitive motion, starting to break her body down with the accumulation of all those foil vibrations. Or maybe it was the blunt force of those repeated strikes. Maybe it was both.

Bebe's physiology was a unique transistor to that pain. At 11 years old, Bebe contracted a rare form of meningitis, leaving doctors a small window to amputate both forearms and both legs below the knee to save her life. The nerve endings at those amputated regions are, many years later, still highly sensitive. The effects of the meningitis also left her with low bone density and extra sensitive skin. Her tough-as-nails constitution is even more impressive, given how she withstood this chronic pain for years of elite competition and training. Whatever solution the Nike innovation team created had to find a harmonious balance between Bebe’s unique anatomy and the demands of her sport.In the summer of 2023, Browning and her team visited Bebe at her training facility in Rome to better understand the problem. They asked Bebe to show them the different types of moves she performs to strike an opponent or defend herself, to see all the ways her fencing foil might be contacted and relaying vibrations through her arm and body. The team outfitted Bebe’s foil and her prosthetic with special sensors, and then measured her foil strikes. The engineers learned that Bebe’s pain issue wasn’t a matter of just one specific vibration frequency, but of all the resonant frequencies of the system. If you’ve ever hit a foul ball off a baseball pitch where the ball hits the knob of the bat, you know the feeling. It's the shiver that runs up your hand, your entire arm, and through your shoulder. That’s similar to what Bebe was feeling over and over again as her fencing foil connected with her opponent’s.Now that the problem was clear, the next goal was specific: reduce the foil vibrations reaching Bebe.“When we began problem-solving, we didn’t set out to make a completely new prosthetic,” says Browning. “It was important to adapt whatever we made to work with Bebe’s existing equipment, so she didn’t need to make too many changes all at once.” Browning explains that Bebe’s foil blade is regulated by her fencing federation, so it couldn’t be changed. Behind the hilt of the foil, however, where there would usually be a handle, Bebe was allowed a custom connector to join her fencing prosthesis directly to her foil. That customization is what enables her to fence without a hand. In fact, Bebe is the only athlete in the world who fences with a forearm prosthesis. It was Bebe’s father — an engineer himself — who created her original system that enabled Bebe to continue fencing after her meningitis. Bebe is now so familiar with her fencing prosthesis and her control of the fencing foil, it feels like she’s using her own hand. “The weight of the new prosthetic we built, its composition, the way it travels throughout space — it had to match what Bebe was used to,” Browning says.

To accurately measure vibrations, the Nike team mounted accelerometers near the base of Bebe’s foil blade and at the elbow-end of her prosthetic. Fixed positions for those sensors ensured the vibrations could be registered in a repeatable way — critical for comparing different sets of data. Next, the team asked Bebe to perform a series of foil strikes to collect data to compare the signals. The larger the amplitude of vibration, the more it registed on the accelerometer. And the greater the difference between the incoming vibrations (what came in through her foil) versus the outgoing vibrations (what transferred through her prostethic to her arm), the smaller the impact to Bebe’s body. “Ultimately, the goal was to create a significantly smaller vibration signal — ideally zero — at the elbow-end of her prosthetic,” Browning says. “This would mean the team had successfully limited the vibrations reaching Bebe.”The team considered two solutions: Dampen the vibration energy shooting from the foil up to Bebe’s arm, or, isolate her foil from her prosthetic — essentially separating her from the painful vibrations.With those options in mind, the engineers set out to modify Bebe’s prosthetic. But with only the original device to work from, they’d need to build replicas for testing. They took a CT scan of Bebe’s prosthetic using specialized equipment in the <a href="https://lebronjamesinnovationcenter.nike.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LeBron James Innovation Center</a>, allowing the team to precisely match the internal geometry of her prosthetic. This gave the team confidence that Bebe would be able to connect to and wear the Nike prototypes immediately, in the exact way as her original, but with less pain.

At left, Bebe's original prosthetic with accelerometers mounted at both ends to measure the vibrations coming in through the foil and going out into Bebe's upper arm. Those vibrations are represented in the graph at right.

A CT scan of Bebe's original prosthetic, revealing to the Nike team more about how the vibrations were reaching Bebe.

Cross-sectional images of the CT scan showing the internal surface of Bebe's prosthetic, which the team would need to replicate in their prototypes.

Over nearly two years and five different prototypes, the Nike innovation team homed in on the ideal solution — a combination of dampening and isolating technologies. Using 3D-printed nylon as a base material for prototyping unlocked an ability to build, test and iterate quickly. The engineers also brought a new approach to the overall architecture of the prosthetic-foil interface. By splitting the prosthetic up — separating the end which joins to the foil, from the end which joins to Bebe’s body — the team could test many more dampening interventions than if the prosthetic was a single object.The prosthetic’s final design, which the group presented to Bebe in early 2024, was the team’s most effective solution at both dampening vibration energy and maintaining Bebe’s control of her foil. The Nike team had added silicone and silicone-based material at every place where the parts of the prosthetic connected together — the locations through which vibrations had to pass in order to reach Bebe. The new dampening material helped reduce the vibrations reaching Bebe. A newly added clamp at the connection point between the prosthetic and the foil created a more controllable system, helping Bebe to translate her movements more efficiently and precisely.

A cross-sectional view of the Nike team's first successful prototype; the blue highlighted areas are the elastomers the team added to dampen the vibrations's energy.

The graph at top shows the vibrations generated with Bebe's original prosthetic and the graph at bottom shows the vibrations from Nike's final prototype. The result: at least a 50 percent reduction.

Lead Mechanical Engineer Lucie Browning explains how the team added a lightweight but rigid sheath to the final Nike product to create a smooth surface that wouldn't cause a competitors foil to lodge in the prosthetic.

And the results were looking good. The new prosthetic surpassed Bebe’s original prosthetic in every objective measurement test. Most important, the vibration transmission was significantly reduced. In the new prosthetic, Bebe received at least 50% fewer of the vibrations passing through her foil and new prosthetic as compared to her old set up.

Of course, the ultimate verdict had to come from Bebe herself. She donned the prototype and took it through its paces. “Bebe was interested enough in that new design that she wanted to take the prosthetic back home to Italy and start training with it to see how her exposure to vibration would be different over an extended period of use,” says Browing. “The good news was that she found it did reduce her pain during and after training.” That prosthetic is essentially the same version Bebe’s used this summer, with a few tweaks and improvements as she’s given the Nike team feedback.

The new prosthetic has transformed into an essential piece of Bebe’s athletic identity. Part of that identity is being at the top of her game for as long as possible, which harks back to the core need that started the Nike design process two years prior, when the pain shooting down her arm threatened her career altogether. Bebe didn't just need her new prosthetic for the here and now. She needed it for the long haul, a tool that could keep up with her tireless aspirations to keep training, competing, and winning.That challenge to find personal solutions for the most audacious of problems, says Hatfield, is where all good product design begins.“When we listen to our athletes and innovate for their ultimate needs, desires and aspirations, that's when we do our best work."

When a mysterious pain in the Italian fencer's arm was becoming unbearable, doctors told her she might need to stop competing altogether. That's when Nike stepped in to help.

Matching Bebe Vio to Her Ultimate Fencing Tool

簡自豪，以遊戲名稱 Uzi 廣為人知，是一位電競傳奇人物，他在 23 歲之前就累積了 10 年的冠軍生涯。 但在 2021 年，Uzi 因為健康問題被迫退休；他當時飽受糖尿病、心率問題和肥胖症所苦。 他在 2022 年加入 Nike 大家庭，我們詢問他是否有興趣為 10K 跑步挑戰受訓。 Uzi 說不。 如果要挑戰身體和人生，他告訴 Nike，他要全力以赴。 「我的關鍵字是挑戰。」他說。 「如果要跑步的話，就跑全馬。」 來看看 Uzi 與 Nike 在巴黎奧運成功挑戰全馬的幕後故事。

前職業電競選手兼 Nike Athlete Uzi 挑戰自己，跑出人生中第一個 42.195 公里，並在過程中改變了健康狀況與人生。

馬拉松如何扭轉人生

It was September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan and the rain was coming down in sheets, the air thick with humidity. Powering her wheelchair through the final meters of the Women's T54 Marathon, Nike athlete and six-time Paralympian Tatyana McFadden crossed the finish line in fifth place — an incredible race on the international stage, but still a dip for one of the world's most decorated track and field athletes, who'd finished second in the Rio Olympics and had 20 Paralympic medals to her name in events ranging from the 100-meter to the marathon.While endless factors play into the outcome of any race, Tatyana trusted the Nike team with a problem she'd been facing: The rubber gloves she wore to push the rubber wheel of her wheelchair — gloves in which she'd glued strips of sandpaper to improve their traction in the wet conditions — kept slipping and holding her back. To achieve her highest athletic potential, she knew she needed a better solution.Engineers and designers on the Nike innovation team knew they could help.

In 2022, Nike designers met with Tatyana at the company’s World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. to create the best possible traction glove ahead of her events in the 2024 Paris Games.The first step in creating a better solution was understanding the problem, says Eunice Lee, Ph.D., Nike Principal Materials Innovator, who helped lead the push-glove project. "Before this project, we didn't know the extent to which wheelchair athletes were using these kind of handmade glove contraptions," she says. "This was an unmet need in Tatyana's racing set-up, and we knew that we had the capabilities to help create something far better." Tatyana was born with spina bifida, a congenital disorder that paralyzed her from the waist down. Growing up, she took on a variety of sports to strengthen her muscles, and began racing at the age of eight. Competing in the wheelchair division on both the track and roads, Tatyana’s connection with and use of her chair is critical to her success in training and on race day. The strength and power she brings to the range of her events is unparalleled, and is predominantly seen in her hands’ connection to her wheels to propel her forward. At the Nike Sports Research Lab (NSRL) in Beaverton, Nike engineers and designers conducted several traction and motion studies with Tatyana to better understand her position and the forces she puts into her push gloves — how she positions her hands to push, pull, pivot and release from the rim of the wheel, a motion she did countless times, again and again, during the course of a race. The tests also tracked her hand and wrist’s weight distribution, so the team could create a push glove that was durable and comfortable, a key improvement from her current grips.Tatyana told the team that, often times when she would start her push, her grips would slip off her hands and her hands and arm would connect with the wheel, leading to chafing and bruises."We knew we needed better traction from her hand to her glove and also for the pad of the glove to the rim of the wheel, so that it didn’t slip," Lee says. "Then the whole thing needed to weigh less and be in a customized shape for the best-possible comfort."

While Tatyana continued training and racing, the Nike innovation team&nbsp;created a test robot to conduct&nbsp;two years of testing and rapid&nbsp;prototyping of various patterns, weights, stiffness and material competitions to find the optimal solution custom to Tatyana’s needs, while replicating wet and humid race day conditions where traction is priority.

"In testing, we had to give her wheelchair wheel some resistance, to mimic wheeling over the ground, so we created a smaller wheel that added resistance to her wheelchair wheel — which was its own whole project," says Eunice Lee, Ph.D., Nike Principal Materials Innovator.

The team had to quantify how much better the different material and traction combinations were compared to Tatyana's old rubber glove, calculating “slippage” for each combination.

From materials like TPU, nylon and yoga mat foam that were hard, soft, cushy, and sticky, the team tested hundreds of different combinations to find the best combination of material and surface traction.

"We used the exact wheel that Tatyana used, and with our robot, tested hundreds of computational designs with traction patterns inspired by nature and Nike rubber outsoles, in wet and dry conditions," Lee says. The team was searching for the ideal combination of material and traction that would provide the most comfort and durability for Tatyana throughout a race — but it had to be just the right amount of traction, not too tacky, for example, that Tatyana couldn't release the wheel at the end of her push.

In May 2023, the Nike team met Tatyana in New York City's Central Park for trials of the new push glove prototypes. The team had narrowed their test prototypes down to a dozen combinations, and Tatyana could tell right away which were the best traction patterns. "She picked her three favorite designs and that was our starting point to finalize the design based on her feedback," says Lee. "Listening to her athlete feedback in real-time was paramount to arriving at the best solution."

The Nike team arrived at a material for the glove's pads made of galvanized wire, providing grippy traction that could perform through wet, humid conditions.

"We happened upon this wire material made by a small company in Italy —  manufacturers use the wire to create fleece by scratching fabric's surface with this wire, and it's also used for horse brushes," says Eunice Lee. "We worked with the company for 10 months to find the right length, density and angle to create a push-glove grip surface that met Tatyana’s needs."

After two and a half years, hundreds of tests and dozens of prototypes, the final product that the Nike team sent to Tatyana for Paris offered 40 percent better traction than her old gloves.

The Nike innovation team hopes this project's insights will lead to solutions for wheelchair athletes playing tennis, basketball and other sports. The reward right now is the outcome for this iconic athlete. Tatyana is competing in five events in Paris — the Women's T54 100 Meter, 4x100 Meter, 400 Meter, 800 Meter, 1500 Meter and the Marathon — and if she medals, she'll become the most winning American track and field athlete of all time, Olympian or Paralympian. "This is why we love the work, to create innovation with a clear and immediate benefit," says Lee. "Our team is proud to have the resources to create unique solutions like this glove, which embodies our belief to always do the right thing for athletes. Working with Tatyana and delivering the final glove to her&nbsp;really is a full-circle Nike moment, something you can only do here." As for the track and field legend herself? After receiving her final push gloves, she wrote this note to the Nike innovation team: "I'm soooo excited to have a working pair of gloves! I just keep remembering in Tokyo where it rained every single day, and I had such trouble with my grip, and didn't medal in those events. Now I can have peace of mind knowing that when it rains or has high humidity, I can be competitive. Thank you, thank you! Ready to rewrite my story!"—Tatyana

An upgrade to one key product could be the unlock for the legendary track and field athlete to achieve her highest potential.

Tatyana McFadden Is the Fastest Woman Alive — the Nike Sport Research Lab Wanted to Help Her Get Faster

Nike 運動員 Tatyana McFadden 是全球最成功的田徑運動員之一。 她已拿下 4 枚紐約市馬拉松金牌和 20 枚帕奧會獎牌，從 100 公尺到馬拉松比賽，輝煌戰績稱霸體壇。她一生為運動的普及化發聲，而她征服甚至凌駕於挑戰之上的能力，似乎是與生俱來。在這段以 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuWV5E_PQ_g&t=71s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Womanica</a> 為主題的 Nike On Air 音訊片段中，Tatyana 講述自己身為一名俄羅斯孤兒，如何決心存活下來並展開精彩人生的故事。

若要聆聽 Tatyana 的完整訪談&nbsp;，&nbsp;深入瞭解她如何成為田徑場上獲勝次數最多的運動員之一，以及她如何推廣運動的理念，讓更多人參與其中，請前往&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nike-on-air-the-fastest-woman-in-the-world/id1464524725?i=1000661301698" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small"> Apple</a>、&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6TzjBFTVrvYV8TrWrqv5bV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">Spotify</a>、<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuWV5E_PQ_g&t=71s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">YouTube</a> 或是你習慣聆聽 Podcast 的平台收聽 Womanica Podcast。

世界最快女飛毛腿，從頭到尾懷抱鋼鐵意志。 來聽聽她怎麼說。

Nike 的存在，是為了為運動員提供全面的服務，並分享他們的致勝心態。 Nike 大力支持運動員和運動，與志同道合的運動員攜手合作，我們都相信運動能打破藩籬、突破限制、促成改變，並推動世界變得更美好。

為運動員而生

迎向勝利

天生頑強：Tatyana McFadden 如何翻轉人生，成為今日冠軍

採訪：﻿<a href="https://alessandracodinha.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">ALESSANDRA CODINHA</a>訓練員與運動員之間的良好關係，如同大多數的關係，歸根究柢，不外乎是仰賴努力經營，外加一點點化學變化。 或者像 Nike Well Collective 訓練員 Kirsty Godso 與模特兒兼演員 Kaia Gerber 之間，彼此付出大量用心，不斷相互激盪出化學反應。 3 年多來，每週一起運動 5 天 (如果計算次數，肯定是數萬起跳)，無論健身訓練再怎麼讓 Kaia 意興闌珊，Kirsty 依舊是她最喜歡在一起共度時光的人。 而 Kirsty 也有同感。&nbsp;在 Kirsty 的幫助下，Kaia 逐漸解鎖自己意想不到能擁有的運動協調性，隨著她的肌力越來越強，兩人的情誼也越來越深厚。 Alessandra Codinha 和這對姐妹花坐下來聊聊承擔責任的重要性、隨機設定個人健身目標的驚人好處，以及意外合作的神奇魔力。

﻿ALESSANDRA CODINHA 你們倆是怎麼湊在一起，又開始一起運動？KIRSTY GODSO 我們是在 2021 年上皮拉提斯課時認識。 某一天她忽然說「對了，我想跟著妳做訓練。」我們就這樣開始每週一起訓練五天，接下來的事大家都知道了。﻿ALESSANDRA 從一起訓練開始，妳覺得彼此之間最難能可貴的是什麼？KAIA GERBER 天啊，沒錯。 先從簡單的說起。KIRSTY 我認為是默契感，還有忠誠度。 我們在健身房玩得超開心。 有時候，個人教練的角色真的很難扮演。 你會累，會需要持續展現熱情，所以要嘛每次都當最後一次拼了，要嘛就乾脆不做。 Kaia 最特別的是，她從不令我感到厭倦。 每次碰面都有聊不完的話題。 對我來說，她是個超棒的朋友。 你是我最忠實的啦啦隊。 我感覺自己完全臣服於你。 別人都說每回看見我們一起健身，總是在大笑，非常開心。 即使當天，我們其中一人的心情並不美麗，但是在訓練結束後總會開心許多。KAIA 在生命中的很多層面上，我都必須扮演某個特定角色，或是某個人的某個特定想法。 但是只要跟 KG 在一起，我都能完完全全做自己。 她瞭解我的一切，任何事都不必再做解釋，這一點令我感到輕鬆。 我們會力挺彼此，也會互相鼓勵要勇敢替自己發聲。 我發現她的心理素質超級強大。 她是我最親密的女友。KIRSTY 天啊，我要哭了。 我們要結婚了。KAIA 我知道，這是誓言。

﻿ALESSANDRA 你們在一起訓練之前，有做過健身嗎？KAIA 坦白說，我從不認為自己有運動細胞，體育課老師也說，我是他們見過最缺乏運動細胞的學生。 每當有人勸我，運動其實是為了讓心理更健康時，我都不相信。 不可思議 但現在反而輪到我勸人，為了心理健康要多加運動。變強大多半是指自我感覺，而非外觀。﻿ALESSANDRA 那些就是這種全方位健身課程的好處對嗎？ 因為能強健身體。 提升心理素質，還能改善心情。KAIA 對，沒錯。 有些時候，運動變成我一整天下來，唯一只為自己而做的事。 有時甚至是當天唯一能離開電話的時光。 運動能強迫自己專注於當下，和自己對話。KIRSTY 光是身為人，我就已經快承受不住壓力，更何況我並非公眾人物。 所以我無法想像，如果缺乏運動來穩定住自己，幫助自己調整身心，結果會是怎樣。KAIA 所以我超愛運動，以及和 KG 一起健身，身體是很誠實的。 我們很容易在生活中拋開感受，專注於工作，或者表面上很重要，但其實並不然之事。 身體無法騙人。 如果你的身體在動，並且認真去感受，那會是你瞭解自我身心狀態的最佳指標。 這是假裝不來的。 你也必須練習耐住性子，以及接受當前的自己。 我很喜歡這種感覺。 運動會強迫你坦承與自己交心。

﻿ALESSANDRA 談談你們的訓練課程吧。 氣氛是如何？&nbsp;KIRSTY 好。 先從咖啡因和熱情開始。 再用滾輪按摩幫助身體開機。 接著她會來上一段超猛的有氧暖身，那可是一點都不輕鬆。 我們會做全套。 鍛鍊肌力。 做些皮拉提斯動作。 還有跑步、高強度訓練、體能訓練和伸展拉筋。 訓練計畫越全面，恢復得越好。 不過我認為最關鍵的，是我們在訓練過程中極度專注，Kaia 超認真。 任何事，只要說一次她就懂了。 因為她的專注，讓我們有更多時間做更多訓練。 我們可以將時間效益發揮到最大，充分滿足她的訓練需求。KAIA 我發現我能把和 KG 的訓練，應用到生活中的許多不同層面。 我看見方方面面都有提升。KIRSTY 非常有趣。 我感覺我們的想法非常契合，目標也一樣。 擁有相同的動力。 甚至都喜歡打破框架，挑戰不同事物。KAIA 我們都付出太多。 但同時也覺得，我從小就處在一個非常重視外型的產業。 跟著 KG 訓練，幫助我改變了對體能活動和肌力的看法。 你可能會以為自己想要某種外觀形象，但其實那並非你最亮麗的一面。有時我們會為自己設定實際上並不健康的標準。KIRSTY 我們第一次見面時，妳跟我說的其中一件事，就是妳想要變強。 我當時覺得很酷，因為我覺得妳才 20 歲。 20 歲的人，很少會有這種想法。 大多數人只會想改造外型。KAIA 我花了很多年思考要讓自己看起來如何，但是在我們碰面之後，我只想要感覺舒服。 我想要的，很像現在的感覺。 [笑聲] 我想要感覺自己是健康的。KIRSTY 就是這樣，健身也一樣。 我們總是聽見有人問，你想看起來如何？ 我反而會問，你今天感覺如何？ 說出感覺，能讓人更精準掌握你的需要。 我都說，每個人都能享有此生最棒的身體。 但如果你不認同，也感受不到和自己的連結，那也沒關係，沒有目標而已。

KAIA 你甚至連自戀的心思都沒有。KIRSTY 我覺得另一個有趣的點是，幫助他人做訓練，很像是在量身訂做一套對策。 比如我想知道，你的目標是什麼？ 你現在的身體結構是如何？ 是否為了扮演某個角色做準備？ 是否即將擔綱什麼表演？ 你有這樣做嗎？ 你有那樣做嗎？ 這些因素需要全數考量進去。 她也會跟我說「我想跑個 6 分鐘。」我覺得很好，非常棒。 我們就會把跑步排入當天行程。KAIA 我們會隨心設定很個人化的臨時目標。KIRSTY 純粹出於好玩的有趣目標。 我很驚訝有人會說你缺乏運動協調性，因為你的肢體超協調。 我還在想是誰這麼惡毒？ 這種話不能對小孩說。KAIA 但事實就是如此，老師會在你小的時候對你說這樣的話……KIRSTY 害你信以為真。KAIA 牢牢記在心裡。 並且終其一生這樣告訴自己。 所以我超愛 KG，因為她很以我為傲。KIRSTY 她當時就說自己跑步很爛。 我說不，寶貝，我必須鄭重向你說明……KAIA 我會請醫生開立能躲過跑步的證明。 現在只要 KG 邀請我上跑步機， 我就興奮不已。KIRSTY 她會迫不及待地說，我們走！KAIA 但前提是，你必須和&nbsp;鼓舞激勵你的人走在一起。 我想增強正面能量，我想要的是鼓勵。 但卻總是聽見負面言詞。 所以才會閃過一個念頭：我只想讓她感到驕傲。KIRSTY 我感到非常驕傲。

﻿ALESSANDRA 在指導和被指導的過程中，你們對自己有了什麼樣的瞭解？KIRSTY 當你不在乎自己時，很重要的是能有個人在乎你，並且提醒你此行的意義何在。 健身是非常個人化的追求，有時甚至有點孤單。 因此如果能聘請到教練，成功率會比較高。 感覺就像找個人一起做， 更容易落實。 況且幫助他人建立自信，能獲得莫大成就感。 對我們來說，等於是雙贏。﻿ALESSANDRA 你覺得有沒有應該破除的健身迷思？ KAIA 年輕人的身邊總有太多雜音，告訴你應該看起來如何。 所以當 KG 問我感覺如何時，我非常感動。 特別在我不想上健身房的時候。 我不想去健身房。 我不想健身。 但是之後會很有成就感，因為完成了超難的任務！&nbsp;KIRSTY 我真的很想讓大家見證 Kaia 這個活生生的正面教材，因為我認為一般人並不瞭解她的心理狀態與健身有何關聯，也不知道她的心態有多健康。 這跟我們經常探討的運動方式正確或錯誤無關。 比較像是有心透過正確的健康決策，照顧好自己的身心。KAIA 我的媽媽也是從很年輕就開始 [健身]。 她從未間斷過。 即使有孩子或其他事要忙也一樣。 健身成了她的日常，數十年如一日，至今仍在繼續。 我因此深受鼓舞。 一旦我和健身建立了那種依存關係，就等於與健康互訂終身一樣。 並非談戀愛約會而已。&nbsp;KIRSTY 因為一旦嚐到健身帶來的甜頭，就再也回不去了。 有時候，即使有其他有趣的行程想去， 還是會想在起床後，先用愉快的心情走一趟健身房。KAIA 有人可能會覺得我們很無聊，可是如果你來健身房親眼見證，就會知道我們一點都不無聊！ 我們簡直樂翻天！&nbsp;KIRSTY 整個玩瘋。

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兩人談起承擔責任的重要性、隨機設定個人健身目標的驚人好處，以及意外合作的神奇魔力。

一起茁壯：Kaia Gerber 和 Kirsty Godso 點燃雙生火焰

籃球員 A’ja Wilson 和 Dawn Staley 曾在錦標賽寫下歷史。 2017 年，A’ja 協助帶領 Dawn 指導的南卡羅來納州隊贏得美國國內冠軍，然後又在東京重現魔力，擔任 A’ja 和美國國家隊教練的 Dawn 讓全隊站上了頒獎台的頂端。這對組合也分別取得令人驚嘆的獎牌數目和響亮頭銜。 部分精彩亮點：A’ja 贏得兩次 WNBA 冠軍和六次 WNBA 全明星賽，Dawn 在球員期間也曾獲得三面奧運金牌，並在擔任教練時贏得 2021 年奧運金牌。在這段 Nike On Air <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1npueUuGbA&list=PLzCpxgdUI1lb76imfH3bi7k9MdFHVZ3q_&index=24&t=3s&pp=2AEDkAIB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Womanica</a> 一集的音訊片段中，A’ja 和 Dawn 談到兩人之間以教練與球員身分聞名的好交情，以及場上成功應有的心態。

若要聆聽 A’ja 與 Dawn 的完整訪談&nbsp;—&nbsp;以及深入瞭解兩人亦師亦友的情誼，他們如何克服逆境以及想要留下的偉業，請前往&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nike-on-air-creating-a-legacy-with-dawn-staley-and-aja-wilson/id1464524725?i=1000662112482" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">Apple</a>、<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NeCQapA2doeXhMGtX6aZW" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">Spotify</a>、<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1npueUuGbA&list=PLzCpxgdUI1lb76imfH3bi7k9MdFHVZ3q_&index=24&t=3s&pp=2AEDkAIB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">YouTube</a> 或是你習慣聆聽 Podcast 的平台收聽 Womanica Podcast。&nbsp;

兩人聊起錦標賽、場上心態以及在比賽中留下自己的印記。

A’ja Wilson 和 Dawn Staley 暢談教練與球員之間的深厚情誼

當 Sunny Choi 聽說霹靂舞將成為登上世上最大運動舞台的賽事時，她正在企業裡一步步向上爬。 多年來，這位 35 歲的前高中體操選手始終遵循社會對成功生活的標準，如今她知道自己必須把握機會，從充滿創意的自發性運動中找到更多快樂和滿足感。在這段 Nike On Air <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-nMr0ofEg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Womanica</a> 一集的音訊片段中，Sunny 準確地描述了在進行激烈霹靂舞對決的感受，以及為何有時最好的策略就是完全沒有策略。

若要聆聽 Sunny 的完整訪談&nbsp;，&nbsp;並瞭解霹靂舞者的風格、他們的對決方式，以及孩子可以從這項運動中學到什麼，請前往&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nike-on-air-breaking-new-ground-with-sunny-choi/id1464524725?i=1000661424321" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">Apple</a>、&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/04LcCHEIM5DH33fRXrePRK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">Spotify</a>、&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-nMr0ofEg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">YouTube</a>&nbsp;或是你習慣聆聽 Podcast 的平台收聽 Womanica Podcast。

有時最好的策略就是沒有策略。

霹靂舞者 Sunny Choi 如何為舞力對決做好準備

跨欄比賽的最後衝刺大概是田徑賽道上最嚴苛的挑戰之一了。 這一點菁英 400 公尺田徑運動員 Anna Cockrell 再清楚不過了。 她投入大部分的人生在這項賽事。 她的雙腿是否會在繞跑道衝刺一圈之後痠痛不已？ 是的。 而如今還要再加上 10 個欄架，每個欄架的高度都達到她身高的一半，均勻分佈在跑道上，一直到終點。 我們問 Anna，在比賽期間，她在跨越欄架和心理障礙時，腦中都在想什麼。&nbsp;400 公尺跨欄比賽的最後 100 公尺，沒有太多時間讓運動員思考。 一方面，你必須盡力快速奔跑，另一方面，這時身體已經極其疲憊，會感到疼痛難耐。 所以自我喊話的口號必須保持簡單。 我通常會告訴自己「向前衝、快狠準」，提醒自己始終要保持動作乾淨利落。 我曾經是 110 公尺跨欄運動員，所以我認為我的技巧應該比大多數人還要好。在比賽全程，都必須保持動作乾淨俐落。這說起來容易，但是在比賽最後一哩路上卻很難做到。 我也會數自己的步數。 到快要接近終點的第 8 個欄架時，我會告訴自己：衝衝衝！ 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10，快狠準，衝衝衝！ 不斷重複這些口號，並透過計算步數來保持節奏，按照預定的方式繼續向前。&nbsp;

跨欄運動員的訓練有助於快速調整狀態。 跨欄訓練與短跑訓練不同，這項運動需要良好的活動力和靈活度。 必須要能夠輕鬆有效率地跨越障礙。 但你不一定要非常柔軟到能把腿舉得比頭高！ 但當你進入比賽最後階段、開始感到疲乏時，必須具備一定的活動度，才能在跨欄失誤、距離太遠或太近等危險情況中脫身。 跨欄訓練能讓你做好準備，以應付這些意外狀況。我一直在進行各種跨欄技術訓練， 包含跨欄走、跨欄跳，以及調低欄架高度，練習以不同的步伐頻率跨欄。 奧運欄架的高度為 76 公分左右。 有時候我會用約 90 公分高的欄架來訓練，讓自己跳脫舒適圈，適應不同挑戰。 然後我會進行伸展拉筋，聽起來似乎很簡單。 但賽季進行至此，身體已經承受太多勞累，會感到疲乏。 照顧自己的一個好方法就是在訓練前後伸展拉筋。

我們向這位 400 公尺田徑跨欄選手請教，如何完成這項激烈賽事的最後一哩路。