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Original 1979 NIKE ELITE RUNNING SHOES vintage 8x10 inchprint ad.
This is the vintage and originalsmaller version of the larger size poster that was in local stores that same year used to introduce and promote the model.
The print ad pictures a bunch of NIKE ELITE RUNNING SHOES BREAKING THROUGH A BRICK WALL, and reads:
\"HOW TO BREAK THROUGH THE WALL.
EVERY MARATHONER KNOWS ABOUT \"THE WALL.\"
YOU HIT IT AT 20 MILES. WITH SIX MILES TO GO, THE
GLYCOGEN THAT FEEDS YOUR MUSCLES RUNS OUT.
DEHYDRATION SETS IN. YOU LOSE BLOOD VOLUME.
SOME MARATHONERS DEVELOP PARATHESIA. TOES
TINGLE. YOU FEEL NAUSEOUS, DIZZY.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BREAK THROUGH THE WALL
BY DISACCOIATING - CONCENTRATING ON OTHER THINGS.
SOME REPEAT MANTRAS OR DO MENTAL MATH. OTHERS
\"LISTEN\" TO ROCK OR BACH.
A FEW WORLD CLASS RUNNERS FIND IT\'S ACTUALLY
BETTER TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PAIN ITSELF.
BUT NO MATTER HOW YOU DEAL WITH I, THE
WALL IS PURE PAIN.
WE CAN\'T SAY MIKE SHOES WILL MAKE HAT PAIN
DISAPPEAR. BUT WE CAN SAY THIS:
YOUR LEGS AND FEET WILL PROBABLY FEEL A LOT
BETTER WEARING A PAIR OF NIKE ELITES.
WE BUILD THEM ESPECIALLY FOR MARATHONING.
THE ELITE NYLON UPPERS HAVE NO SEAMS TO
CONSTRICT YOUR TOES AND CAUSE BLISTERS.
THEY WEIGH ONLY 240 GRAMS.
WE DESIGNED THE NIKE ELITES TO GIVE YOU
MORE HELP IN BREATHING THROUGH THE WALL THAN ANY
RACING SHOE IN THE WORLD.
BUT THEY CAN IN NO WAY DO IT ALL.
NOBODY BUT YOU CAN DO THAT.
This itemmeasures approximately 8x10 inches in size and would looked perfect framed. Vintage original advertising print ads have become increasingly popular and more difficult to obtain in recent years, and are now highly sought after collectibles.