Now & Later

Out now...the adidas D Rose 3.5 "Murray Park", celebrating the park where Derrick played ball growing up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago...

And out this Thursday, the "Chi-Town" 3.5, celebrating the colors of the Chicago flag.

#Boost

Today I had the pleasure of trying on the adidas Boost before it's launch next week on 2/27.  Boost foam technology is definitely as spongy feeling as it looks, feeling like a less dense Lunarlon.  

Most adidas runner midsoles feel firm to me; not so much with this model.  They also run a tad on the narrow side, but not enough to go up a size. 

The red colorway simply pops, FYI...

OG To The Fullest Part 2

Mike had them on after the first championship in Grant Park.

Seinfeld rocked 'em too.

LOL at Third Bass... 

Peep this awesome write-up (with video) by Crooked Tongues on the greatest shoe of all time.

XX8 Days of Flight

With the Air Jordan XX8 now launched, here is the entire XX8 Days of Flight "Stealth/Green" collection.

OG To The Fullest

Dropping next week (hopefully stateside, but confirmed UK as a QS), the original Nike Huarache runner.

Centaur of the Universe

In 1984, adidas launched three running shoes for the LA Olympics: the Rising Star, Micro pacer and LA Trainer.  At the time, this trio was the pinnacle of state-of-the-art technology for running shoes.

But a fourth shoe -- a lightweight, no-frills runner called the Centaur -- became legendary and the precedent to the current day ZX series.  The two colorways above are originals, re-issued at London-based Size? (should still be available), while the quickstrike colorway below dropped at Scotland-based Hanon last week (sold out).

Random

FinishLine randomly restocked 10 Jordan retros this morning (if you had followed FNL on Twitter, you knew), which led to their site crashing.  Hope you were one of the lucky few to snag a pair this morning!

Witness This

Check out adidas' below-the-belt shot...the SVSM T Mac 1 PE that LeBron James wore in high school.  

Available now at Packer & Finishline!