Too much like an advertisement. I'd be more in to them if they just advertised like a normal company rather than posting on a thread and not respecting my intelligence. if you want to sell me shoes, sell me shoes. Also gum rubber sucks. it dries out.
I'm a 33 year old former college runner, I don't work for Asics/Onitsuka. I used to run in nike frees, adidas adios, and nike streaks and also attempted to run in Puma H streets back in the day (ouch, too narrow and minimal for me). I was just wondering what people's consensus would be about these re-releases. Honestly I ordered a pair to try out and I'll get back with my review in the next week. If they aren't really suitable for short 3-5 mile runs I will just make them my casual shoes!
I had the Jayhawk shoes, and the blue racing flats... trained in these all through high school, no injuries to speak of! In 1977 I got a pair of scarlet red Onitsuka trainers with a thick sole. I can't remember what the model was?! I got 'em on sale, I was almost suspicious of them as some sort of unpopular cast off shoe, but I trained in them for months and got pretty fit, the best "ride" I'd had up to that point--certainly better than the early waffle trainers from Nike. Never was able to find a second pair.
The scarlet red shoe, did it have a white sole and pronounced heel?
Oh how I wish to get a pair of the old Tigre Marathons just to compare to modern shoes. No mid sole and just a cardboard like insole and plain nylon upper. But the out sole wore like iron.
The first pair of running shoes I had were from Blue Ribbon Sports, the Tiger TG-4 Marathon shoe, supplied by Jeff Johnson and his van back in the mid-60s. Very hard to find a picture of them, but I did come across this article . . . they're the 7th picture down. I imagine if I had a pair in mint condition they'd be worth a pretty penny!
Oh how I wish to get a pair of the old Tigre Marathons just to compare to modern shoes. No mid sole and just a cardboard like insole and plain nylon upper. But the out sole wore like iron.
The first pair of running shoes I had were from Blue Ribbon Sports, the Tiger TG-4 Marathon shoe, supplied by Jeff Johnson and his van back in the mid-60s. Very hard to find a picture of them, but I did come across this article . . . they're the 7th picture down. I imagine if I had a pair in mint condition they'd be worth a pretty penny!
The article (Once upon a time in the vest) is not allowing me to cut and paste. Oh well. They were all white, leather, very minimal.
Back in the early to mid 1970s most of my cross country team bought Onitsuka Tigers, or, for a little more money (I think) Adidas Roms (I'll assume that was the name). Now, looking back, I seem to recall that my pair of very lightweight Tigers lacked padding and arch support. (Maybe that's just my current mind comparing those shoes from half a century ago to what I run in now, which is what I need to wear to ward off injuries in my 60s.) Yet we young guns didn't get injured much back then! The Adidas were of a white leather and were heavier, but still a step-up.
We were all thrilled with our Tigers and Roms. To us, they were supershoes, because we thought they raised our running to new heights, since we hit faster times. They must have helped, especially compared to what my high school coach suggested we run in -- Converse Chuck Taylor basketball shoes! He put it in writing in his self-penned runner's handbook we received prior to each XC season.
I imagine there must be a psychological aspect to wearing the latest and greatest shoes, now and then. (The physiological benefit of better shoes, borne out in improvements vs the clock, is a no-brainer nowadays.) Reminds me, in a way, of what girls and women have said about bun huggers -- that when wearing them, they often feel faster.
That’s funny re:Chuck Taylors, I ran Jr HS XC in Jack Purcell tennis shoes. Later upgrading to Adidas Kangaroo shoes (if that’s what they were called?)