This is the Runner’s World magazine buyer’s guide featuring their top rated runners in 1980. It’s interesting that only two Nike shoes are featured and that Jox Roadhandlers made the cut but Asics / Onitsuka Tiger, Converse and Etonic didn’t.
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5-STAR SHOES AT A GLANCE
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Runner's World Top-Rated Running Shoes for 1980
ADIDAS LADY MARATHON 80 WOMEN'S RACING FLAT
ADIDAS LADY MARATHON TRAINER WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
ADIDAS LADY TRX TRAINER WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
ADIDAS MARATHON 80 MEN'S RACING FLAT
ADIDAS MARATHON TRAINER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
ADIDAS TRX TRAINER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
AUTRY CONCORDE MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
BROOKS HUGGER GT MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
BROOKS LADY SUPER VILLANOVA WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
BROOKS LADY VANTAGE WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
BROOKS RT-1 MEN'S RACING FLAT
BROOKS SUPER VILLANOVA MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
BROOKS VANTAGE MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
BROOKS VANTAGE SUPREME MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
NIKE DAYBREAK MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
NIKE WOMEN'S LIBERATOR WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
NEW BALANCE 620 MEN'S TRAINING
OSAGA KT-26 FLAT MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
PUMA FAST RIDER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
PUMA LITE RIDER MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
PUMA TRACK RIDER MEN'S RACING FLAT
REEBOK AZTEC MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
REEBOK AZTEC PRINCESS WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
REEBOK 10K MEN'S RACING FLAT
SAUCONY MS SILVER STREAK WOMEN'S RACING
SAUCONY MS TRAINER 1980 FLAT WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
SAUCONY SILVER STREAK MEN'S RACING FLAT
SAUCONY TRAINER 1980 MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
SPECS INNSBRUCK MEN'S TRAINING FLAT
THOM McAN WOMEN'S ROADHANDLER WOMEN'S TRAINING FLAT
