Found this ad while looking through the October 1982 Runners World magazine. Anyone here run in them?
you didnt share ad or link but i guess you are referring to this?
https://www.si.com/track-and-field/2019/11/15/puma-shoe-upended-1968-olympics
I’m sure that by now everyone here knows the relationship between Puma & adidas, right?
No it’s the Etonic Alfha 1 with a plate to give more spring to the run. I can’t seem to get a picture of the ad to upload. Will try again.
I’d always considered the Spira the first super shoe with their springs. They’re actually still around. Then came the Newton. Never ran in either.
No it’s the Etonic Alpha 1 with a plate to give more spring to the run. I can’t seem to get a picture of the ad to upload. Will try again.
That’s the one I was thinking of, too
interesting… any more back story to this shoe and why it did not make it?
Probably because Etonic couldn’t put a first-place athlete in them, like NIKE, adidas, Brooks or Saucony could, so it went unnoticed
Plus, kind of ugly
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dont think so, in the puma-adidas story a mediocre athlete started dropping fast times which raised eyebrows
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