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What would Bowerman do? That's the query that every Nike designer is tasked with taking on with every design. What he would have made of the Choad is anyone's guess but what would be have do if the Roshe Run's minimalism had been dropped on his workshop table? We haven't managed to make ourselves like the versions of this shoe that trade mesh for leather, but these have something more to them, with the forefoot's soft suede and the overall colour palette homaging the classic Pre Montreal track spike that Bill developed with him with the seamless inside forefoot to reduce rubbing, reissued earlier this year as in Pre Montreal Racer form. In many ways, the simplicity and featherweight feel of the Roshe is a direct descendant of Bowerman thinking, which makes this women's colourway extra relevant to our interests — from those pow-wows with Pre and Bill's famous battle with weight (on shoes that is — not on this body), not only did we get a new breed of running shoe that was stripped down to necessities, but one-piece comfort gave birth to Bermudas, Sock Racers, Flows, Huaraches, Wovens, Prestos, Free 5.0s, Flyknits and Roshe Runs. This edition makes a lot of sense. Explaining to Bowerman that the Roshe Run is actually made for casual wear rather than running would be more problematic though — it would probably end with the shoe being sent through the air in your direction. These arrive in the Crooked Tongues store very shortly...