I did not experience this with the Nike Vomero 18 – the shoes almost prevented me from going any faster than my jogging pace.

The first Nike Pegasus debuted in 1982, ready for shelves of a United States now firmly established as a nation of runners after the continued rapid growth of jogging culture throughout the 70s.

The ad was powerful in its simplicity, only showing uncut footage of Sorrell jogging down a long, empty road, breathing hard but persevering. Even though Nike wasn't an official Olympics sponsor ...