Runner's World Top-Rated Running Shoes for 1980

This is the Runner’s World magazine buyer’s guide featuring their top rated runners in 1980. It’s interesting that only two Nike shoes are featured and that Jox Roadhandlers made the cut but Asics / Onitsuka Tiger, Converse and Etonic didn’t.

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5-STAR SHOES AT A GLANCE
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Runner's World Top-Rated Running Shoes for 1980

ADIDAS LADY MARATHON 80 WOMEN'S RACING FLAT

ADIDAS LADY MARATHON TRAINER WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

ADIDAS LADY TRX TRAINER WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

ADIDAS MARATHON 80 MEN'S RACING FLAT

ADIDAS MARATHON TRAINER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

ADIDAS TRX TRAINER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

AUTRY CONCORDE MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

BROOKS HUGGER GT MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

BROOKS LADY SUPER VILLANOVA WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

BROOKS LADY VANTAGE WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

BROOKS RT-1 MEN'S RACING FLAT

BROOKS SUPER VILLANOVA MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

BROOKS VANTAGE MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

BROOKS VANTAGE SUPREME MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

NIKE DAYBREAK MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

NIKE WOMEN'S LIBERATOR WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

NEW BALANCE 620 MEN'S TRAINING

OSAGA KT-26 FLAT MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

PUMA FAST RIDER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

PUMA LITE RIDER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

PUMA TRACK RIDER MEN'S RACING FLAT

REEBOK AZTEC MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

REEBOK AZTEC PRINCESS WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

REEBOK 10K MEN'S RACING FLAT

SAUCONY MS SILVER STREAK WOMEN'S RACING

SAUCONY MS TRAINER 1980 FLAT WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

SAUCONY SILVER STREAK MEN'S RACING FLAT

SAUCONY TRAINER 1980 MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

SPECS INNSBRUCK MEN'S TRAINING FLAT

THOM McAN WOMEN'S ROADHANDLER WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT

Runner's World Top-Rated Running Shoes for 1980 retro sneakers @ The Deffest

Pro-Specs 1979 "Marathon Series" vintage sneaker ad

Here’s a 1979 retro sneaker ad for the Pro-Specs ‘Marathon Series’ sneakers featuring the Munich, Montreal, Innsbruck and Athens models:

Ad info is below:

Pro Specs Introduces the Marathon Series

With 3500 miles and 51/2 million footsteps of a grueling cross U.S.A. run as its testing ground, the new Specs Marathon Series has proven itself for durability, support and comfort. Engineered for long distance running, these shoes have conquered 130 degree desert heat, traversed the ominous Rockies and splashed through torrential rain and hailstorms intact.

The Specs Marathons: The running shoes that will conquer the distance, not let the distance conquer you ...

The Marathoners feature:
(1 ) The "Munich": Specs own "Track 80" outsole with its all terrain gripper design.
(2) The "Montreal": Custom engineered to fit all insteps in comfort.
(3) The "Athens": Light as a feather with mudguard outsole for maximum spring.
(4) The "Innsbruck": Unsurpassed flexibility and durability with unique poly outsole.

The Specs Marathoners are shoes designed by serious runners for people who take running seriously.

Pro-Specs 1979 "Marathon Series" vintage sneaker ad @ The Deffest

Pro Specs 1980 Innsbruck II and Munich II vintage sneaker ad

Here’s a 1980 vitage sneaker ad for the Pro-Specs Innsbruck II and Munich II fat bottom and shock bottom sneakers.

Ad info is below:

THE BOTTOM LINE:
THE INNSBRUCK II
FAT BOTTOM
FAT BOTTOM’s bottom line is pure performance. Pure performance made possible by Specs exclusive polyflex polyurethane outsole. It's fat. Durable. Flexible. And super shock- absorbing. And although the new INNSBRUCK II is fat in design, . it's real skinny in price... $30.00 or less.

THE MUNICH II
SHOCK BOTTOM
SHOCK BOTTOM’s bottom line is shock a shack-absorbing technology. Specs technology created special angular grooves in the outsole to follow the foot's natural metatarsal flex. Specs scientific technology created holes in the rnidsole to reduce weight and add tremendous shock absorbency. In fact, the only shock you'll probably ever get from the all terrain MUNICH II is its price ...under $30.

SPECS New INSIDE SECRET
FOOT BOTTOM
Here's just one major inside secret of Specs bottom line performance. It's Specs removable FOOT BOTTOM insole found exclusively in the INNSBRUCK II and MUNICH II. It's made.of) a Dow #6 polyethylene base bonded to a sueded Poron' top. The base molds perfectly to each individual foot. The Poron top has amazing bounce-back memory after every step. What results is an almost custom-made insole.

INNSBRUCK II and MUNICH II are available in men's, women's and boys' sizes.

New Specs,.Inc., Avon, MA 02322
PRO-SPECS
“The Bottom Line ls Perforcmance”

Pro Specs 1980 Innsbruck II and Munich II vintage sneaker ad @ The Deffest