Check out the 4 minute mile shoes!!!!

[Barefoot TJ]

Check out the article on the home page about the shoes that broke the 4 minute mile here: http://barefootrunners.org/story/track-shoes-broke-400-minute-mile-courtesy-wwwzero-dropcom

 

[Barefoot Gentile]

Cool,  I suggest everyone to

Cool, I suggest everyone to read "The perfect mile" about Bannister breaking the record. Great book.

 

[Matt]

Those are thin slippers with

Those are thin slippers with spikes. But if a shoe company were to make those today, they probably sell them for $120 and tell us how much technology went into designing and making them.

 

[macdiver]

As a follow up, these are the

As a follow up, these are the shoes that launched the running movement in America.



http://www.runningpast.com/jim_fixx_shoes.htm



I love the following statement:



Jim posed for the cover himself, sporting a pair of red nylon Onitsuka Tiger racing flats. It's hard to even consider these running shoes, they were more like slippers. They offered no support and even less cushioning, but they were beautiful.

 

[Barefoot TJ]

I love this!  I wrote to the

I love this! I wrote to the site asking for permission to republish! Thanks.

 

[Barefoot TJ]

Thank you, Mac!  I contacted

Thank you, Mac! I contacted the author and got permission to republish. Check it out on the home page, everybody!