0 a shoe with short pointed pieces of metal or plastic attached to the bottom, worn by people who compete in running races: --
Track shoes are exceptionally light, some shoes weighing less than five ounces (142 grams) each, half the weight of many standard running shoes.
Simple ones included the introduction of track shoes with a chevron profile to improve grip.
With the exception of high jump and javelin shoes, track shoes generally have no spike wells along the mid-foot or heel.
The term spikes can also refer to track shoes featuring such protrusions.
He wears high-top white track shoes and gathers his hair into a little palm tree at the crown of his head (p. 25).
In most track shoes, the toe region bends up to allow space for protruding spikes and to encourage athletes to run on their toes.
Military vehicles use a track shoe that is integral to the structure of the chain in order to reduce track weight.