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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, July 6, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Volks marchers it Lilit in mos cases walking shots resemble their older Brethren them nning shoe Ana have a profile on the Bottom designed Lor Comfort la walking Over a Long distance walking with cafes sip Aldio  Munich bureaus Hen is a sneaker not a Tennis shoe when it s a jogging shoe or an exercise shoe or a biking shoe or More recently a walking shoe. Walking shoes Are just the palest in a seemingly endless line of specialized footwear Hal shoe manufacturers Are gearing Loward an apparel in loot conscious american Market. And. As with other things. Special Zahon does t come cheap a Survey of several brands and types of walking shoes in runner s Wor Magazine listed prices from to to $130 in most cases. The walking shoes resemble their older Bre Hern. The running shoe. The Dille rence according to Laura Bessom. A shoo buyer for the military exchanges in Europe is proc the a Rollo on the Bottom is designed Lor combo a in walking Over a Long distance she a Pla Mcd that co foil is achieved through Good Arch and Heel support but Wilh less padding than in Man winning shoes she a , 19i Jhiria icing la Joti in  j and their Cove Jins Are to Ilir Aull Lial Marc Lynnr oct of an to h go boots that have been on the Market Lor years you la see some Volks marchers wearing Tennis shoes Palladino said bul probably 75 Percy no still Wear special walking shoes serious walkers look for shoes thai Are Waler res Island. Light weight and provide ankle support i she said you need comport and pre Lection a Little bit More than a Tennis shoe can offer she said. Palladino has logged about 2,500 Kilometres since she began marching four years ago cafes Europe stocks such boots in its growing Chain of sports stores Bessom said. But sales of the so called lie King boots have been declining the trend now seems to be away irom the High lop Boot bul for a shoo with More ankle and Aich support than a Lennis shoe she said. While walking shoe sales have been  sales of casual shoes have picked up in cafes Europe stores and Allelic shoe sales remain Strong. Sessom said initially casual shoes meant wearing athletic shoes bul dial has changed Shis  she said. Manufacturers Are moving away irom the Tahk ii shoe appearance and Rem producing old standards one example she said is the Velum of the boat shoe altered in a Vafi Ely of colors Anol Hor popular item is the aptly named Muhi purpose shoe Odog say Roost people1 Don 1 Jive  different a Pesol shoes All specialized to Jurn Taid kill r ,, can Ifford mat 1 i. Rulh Upu a. Or jail k Intili i j an till v 1 Sho i to Sirjord for air jail Rurik in l coif us i r , 1 or  ptvoplr1 Ore v oar Iraq the Crit Lur in Roll i i jul .1  Cho r.,-.a they   fir in la aah i s to Iloo Evtif h it come to Krc Pinro Cuttjtt-. in Lvii to shoes varying i pm lo.jlle/5 to Rtin Ejli a a to High lie  the spoils store Coler to the oho Are  i j pay lot top of Hie line products Helch the Arr he i  l-ii or shoes striding in too United press International of so Long ago. Buying athletic shoes was an uncomplicated chore the Choice was Black or while love Cut or Higmon ii Huso Stim pickings did not capture your fancy you were out of Luck. Tho Aller native was going Barefoot or Spray painting your Tennis shoes Aqua How blissfully ignorant the world was a generation of Young Slyfer Hawks grew up wearing chucks on their Loci now the shoe not Choice come with More High Valuim names like Reebok Avia and . Gear and sweat is not required. Shoos now come in All conceivable colors and designs Pink and Green polka dots and rainbows. Baby Boomers Learned to to sheif shoes by prac icing on sneakers. Bui some of those new styles do rot running she by James gle1ck new York times the quest Lor thai Loather and plastic Grai of modern me the ported running shoe has received an unexpected Jolt from new research into the mechanics of the human loot. Experimenters have found that the Arch acts like a Stool Spring absorbing the Energy of Impact wih the ground and giving it Back  surprising efficiency to launch a runner Forward again. They believe that cushioned running shoes fend to the foot As a Spring with a act running step much of fat Energy of of Impact it stored by the body a atm when the ache Union to  a rubber bind my Norw twi vow ii Zamanb that Mim up the Trch a flattened. My the ground the rounded Arctic to poised Page 14 the stars and stripes monday. J  
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