Here’s a vintage 1980s catalog for REI featuring some great 1980s sneakers. The shoes featured in this catalog are the Nike Pegasus Running Shoes, Nike New Internationalists, Nike Intrepid, REI Junior Winds, REI Equalizers, Adidas Oregon Trainers, Adidas Seattle, Adidas Tennis Champ, Reebok T.D., Reebok Victory G, Reebok Hurricane, New Balance 460 & W460, and Reebok Aerobic Energizers.
Here’s another magazine article cover featuring a bunch of old school 1980’s running shoes including the Nike Daybreak, Brooks Super Villanova, adidas Marathon 80, Converse Arizona and more.
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Firm footing:
Take your pick
Back row, left to right: Sport International 1818 Boston (men's training), Adidas Marathon 80 7093 (women's racing), Converse Arizona Trainer 17854 (men's training), Tiger Montreal (men's training), New Balance 620 (men's training), Etonic Street Fighter 705 (women's racing). Front row, left to right: Brooks Super Villanova (men's training), Nike Daybreak 2309 (men's training), AMBI Trailblazer (men's training), Saucony Ms. Hornet 8851 (women's training), Puma Angel II 90930H (women's training), Pony Lady Express VSD (women's training), Spalding Top Flite XL/31601 (women's training).
We don’t cover Mizuno sneakers often but today we have a 1983 vintage running shoe ad for the MZ-450, MZ-650 and MZ-84 models. These shoes featured Mizuno’s ‘Cassette Insole System’ pads which could be customized to the comfort of whoever wore them.
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How to buy one pair of shoes and take home 81.
We would like to offer you one of the best deals going in running shoes. The Mizuno Cassette Insole System. It's standard on three new '83 Mizuno running shoes. And with it, you can customize any pair to your body weight and shock absorption six ways to Sunday. (81 at last count.)
We designed it for the simple reason all runners are not created equal—even when they wear the same size shoe. For all the difference it makes, the Cassette Insole System is uncomplicatedly simple. It consists of two molded cassette insoles, and two sets of six different fore-foot and heel pads. You choose the pad that's right for your toe, your heel, your right foot, your left foot — all depending on your weight and what shock absorption and stability you're after. (The chart shows a recommended place to start.) But now for the hard part. Choosing which of Mizuno's technologically advanced shoes to put them in. And here you'll choose from three new models. The Mizuno MZ-450 and MZ-650 all-purpose trainers. Both have the special go-farther, last-longer features you expect from Mizuno (RB mid-sole and double heel counter, to name two).
And while the MZ-450 is made for rough terrain—with a black com-pounded outsole using multi-studs on the whole, studs on the edge and a keyhole heel design for extra shock absorption and stability — the MZ-650 is made for asphalt. In this case, with a two-level wave outsole that's made to give you extra traction and shock protection. Or then there's the running shoe that stands by itself. The MZ-84 racer— with more patented features than a 10K race has miles. For starters, a patented pronation bar prevents your foot from pronating, yet allows your foot to be positioned naturally (unlike other pronation wedges). And a patented heat process midsole of molded RB material gives you all the endurance of our standard RB, with an even lighter weight for faster starts. The Mizuno Cassette Insole System is available on all three models. Which we admit may make your decision about which to buy a bit difficult. But the happy fact is, no matter which you choose in the store, you'll always have 80 more to choose from at home.
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Here’s a 1980 vintage running shoe ad by adidas for the Marathon Trainer, TRX Trainer, TRX Kid and Marathon 80.
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We've got a feeling for winning.
But don't just take our word for it. Read the latest independent running shoe test results in the major running magazines, and you'll see for yourself. Take it from the experts: of all competing brands, only adidas running shoes got top ratings in all tested categories: men's and women's racing flats, men's and women's training flats, and children's training shoes. However seriously you take your running, adidas has the right shoe for you. So get into adidas, and you'll get that winning feeling too.
Marathon Trainer Competition training flat. Men's and women's models.
TRX Trainer All-round training flat. Men's and women's models.
TRX Kid Children's training shoe.
Marathon 80 Lightweight racing flat. Men's and women's models.
adidas
We've got a feeling for winning
Below is a 1984 vintage sneaker ad for the Converse Laser, Force-5 and Phaeton. Converse developed these runners with sports podiatrist Dr. Lloyd Smith in an effort to reduce pronation and protect the knee. Outside of that this ad brings another 1980’s Tron style light grid.
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CONVERSE STABILIZER-BAR SHOES It's a fact. The average runner comes down with 500 pounds of force every time the foot impacts the ground. Combine this kind of force with excessive pronation—a knee-twisting side-to-side foot motion—and it can cause serious knee problems, the leading form of running injury. Converse patented Stabilizer-Bars have been developed by Converse at their biomechanics facility in collaboration with Dr. Lloyd Smith, Sports Podiatrist. They help reduce pronation and protect the knee. And since runners experience varying degrees of prona-don, we built varying degrees of stabilization into three different shoe models.
To find out which model best fits your running needs, take the quiz on the left; Converse Stabilizer-Bar Shoes. We design them the way we design all our athletic shoes. By studying our top athletes, we're able to come up with improved biomechanical designs. That's why they're made for the part of the body that running is hardest on. The knees.
CONVERSE
Reach for the stars. Reach for Converse.
The Official Athletic shoe of the 1984 Olympic Games.
Here's a retro 1980 sneaker ad from Gallenkamp for their Scats "The Paw" model vintage running shoes. These sneakers featured the 'Uni-Groove' Texon insole to provide 'optimum flexibility.' They also have the 'Varus Support System' which also appeared on Brooks running shoes from around the same time.
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The Incredible Running Machine from scats
The extra firm leather heel counter wraps around the heel and has an inside ex-tension that reinforces and stabilizes the heel properly at heel strike.
The Varus Support System' provides total foot control. It is designed to prevent abnormal inward rolling of the foot and stabilizes both the ball and heel while maintaining sup-port for the arch.
The 'Uni-Groove' Texon insole has molded grooves in the ball area to provide optimum flexibility. The rnidsole is of ultra-light material that gives superior shock absorption while the flexible outsole is grooved to grip like a cat!
The lightweight materials provide strength, durability and comfort—without excess weight to hamper performance. Men's (Size 9( 10.4 oz./295.36 gm. Women's (Size 71 8.4 oz./238.56 gm.
After intensive research and testing, SCATS, has developed one of the finest pairs of running shoes ever created for both men and women. Men's S27.99. Women's $26.99. Dr. Leonard R. Janis—member of The American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. Archie Griffin—outstanding running back for the Cincinnati Bengals. Both—active members of the SCATS,' Advisory and Development Staff.
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