In 1981, Thompson was hired by Running - a Nike mag - to go to Hawaii and write about the Honolulu Marathon. They paid him a ton and gave him some Nike's to wear.
To learn what he said about the race and runners, read this:
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the …
When I was Editor/Publisher of Running magazine, we gave some shoes to a certain outlaw journalist. – JDW [On Woody Creek Rod & Gun Club stationery] Thanx for the Nike shoes. I’ve worn them in …
It's hard to say what was really in his booze-soaked brain, but Nike shoes didn't look significantly different than other running shoes available at that time.
"The exaggerated slope of the sole from heel to toe made normal walking uncomfortable, especially on the kind of rugs you find in hotel lobbies. It’s like walking around in spongy high=heel clogs: The rubber tits catch on the surface of most rugs, the high slope of the sole put corrugated ridges on the balls of my feet whenever I went to the coffee shop or the bar"
Guess we'd know how he'd feel about today's high-stacked, big drop supershoes.
"The exaggerated slope of the sole from heel to toe made normal walking uncomfortable, especially on the kind of rugs you find in hotel lobbies. It’s like walking around in spongy high=heel clogs: The rubber tits catch on the surface of most rugs, the high slope of the sole put corrugated ridges on the balls of my feet whenever I went to the coffee shop or the bar"
Guess we'd know how he'd feel about today's high-stacked, big drop supershoes.
