In 1984, Adidas created the Micropacer...

This 2002 model has a built-in pedometer, chronometer, pocket and 24 hour clock. It is super ridged and has a solid shoe lace up with a Velcro cover. Whilst looking good on your feet, this lightweight shoe can keep the time, measure the distance you have covered throughout the day and this colorway will match almost anything!

To view other colors of Micropacer models produced over the years, you may wish to visit this site.

Men's US Size - Sold Out

24 June 2004

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Article -  'MICROPROCESSORS THAT TAKE TO THE ROAD'

Athletes today - even weekend amateurs - take their equipment as seriously as their sports. As a result, athletic-shoe designers are forever in search of new ideas and materials that provide better performance. And now computers have been added to the list of options : shoes are now available that can tell how fast you've run and how many calories you've burned in the effort.

The highest state of the sports-footwear art is a shoe whose integrated microprocessors electronically record and calculate almost anything runners might want to know about their performance The Puma R.S. Computer Shoe and Software Package, created by Puma of Herzoge-naurach, West Germany, is the more sophisticated model of the two being introduced. Not only do you purchase a pair of top-line running shoes but you also get the software and the cable to connect them directly to your home computer. A watertight plastic chamber attached to the shoe's heel houses the computer circuitry, with two toggle switches protruding from its top. Before setting off, a runner flicks one switch to turn the shoe on and sets the other to either the "test" or "run" mode.

The shoe's computer then measures stride length and running distance, counts the number of paces and tracks time elapsed. It can also be programmed to beep when the runner has reached a particular distance. After a run, the shoe is connected by cable to either an Apple IIe or Commodore 64 computer. The shoe's information is loaded into the computer and, using the software program, a runner can evaluate running performance, measure caloric expenditure and chart performance goals. The Puma RS package, expected to reach the market in early 1986, will sell for $200. An IBM-compatible shoe should follow soon thereafter.

The Micropacer computer running shoe, made by Adidas, of West Germany, is a self-contained model with a microprocessor fitted over the laces of the left shoe. The face of the computer resembles a digital LCD watch face and connects by a wire to a sensor built into the sole of the shoe underneath the big toe. A runner programs stride length and body weight using two buttons on the readout face. After a run, the readout displays distance, time, average speed and caloric expenditure. The Micropacer should reach the market in the early fall and will sell for about $ 125.

Adapted from "New Products and Processes"
NEWSWEEK, August 5, 1985