Amby burfoot runners world shoe review

The First Flats

In the beginning there were racing shoes. But they were not terribly good. ‘Very few running shoes were available, if they could be called that,’ says running-shoe collector Dave Kayser, who started running in ‘They were heavy and stiff, usually with leather or canvas uppers.’

RW contributor Amby Burfoot, who raced on the nascent road running circuit of the mids, remembers the New Balance Trackster. Introduced in , it had a leather upper and rubber ripplesole, and was ‘ideal for practically any running surface’, claimed the ads. ‘It had a palpable amount of cushioning’ Burfoot recalls. ‘The minute somebody offered us a shoe with a little cushioning from road chock, we went in that direction.’

By the time of the Boston Marathon, which he won, Burfoot had switched to the Onitsuka Tiger Marathon, which many remember fondly for its lightness and comfort. Tiger’s training shoe, the Road Runner, had a built-up heel and foam rubber

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50 Years of (Mostly) Fantastic Footwear Innovation

The First Flats

In the beginning there were racing shoes. And runners saw that the shoes were good—for the few thin, athletic men who ran long distances at the time. Actually, they rather sucked, even for the young fast set.

“Very few running shoes were available, if they could be called that,” says running shoe collector and National Park Service museum curator Dave Kayser, who started running in “They were heavy and stiff, usually with leather or canvas uppers. All the choices were crappy.”

On the nascent road-running circuit of the mid-’60s, the New Balance Trackster had a virtual monopoly, at least in New England, says longtime Runner’s World editor and writer Amby Burfoot. Introduced in , it had a leather upper and rubber ripple-sole, came in widths, and was “ideal for practically any running surface,” claimed ads of the time.

“When you got to a starting line of a road race, everybody was wearing the same shoe,” B

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Runner's World Complete Book of Running

August 16,

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