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Personally, I think there is a sense of truth to both sources.

True, Shadow's source of speed has been credited to his shoes, but in my opinion that does not eliminate the possibility that he has natural super speed as well. If his shoes is his speed source and his body lets him rival Sonic's speed, it would most logically mean that Shadow simply does not use his natural speed.