The Evolution of Air & Mordecai Mile
Presented by Runologie & Blue Ribbon Sports
Runologie is bringing back it’s free unsanctioned Mile race through the Mordecai neighborhood, all presented by Nike. We will be celebrating the 61st anniversary of the founding of Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight on January 25th, 1964. In celebration, we will have an exhibit chronicling the technology of Nike Air since its inception all the way to the upcoming Pegasus Premium. Participants get free registration, a complimentary beer, food, and afterparty at The Laboratory following the event. Get your Saturday kicked off right and come join us for one of the funnest events to start the year!
Bring the whole family down on Saturday morning for a friendly-for-all race, proceeded by an afterparty and temporary installation chronicling the history of Air within Nike and the future of what it beholds, the Pegasus Premium
We are entering into our 4th year of running Raleigh’s fastest unsanctioned mile and it’s only getting better. This year the anniversary falls on a Saturday, so let’s hit the streets and run this town, it’s gonna be LIT (but for real, it’s in the mid-morning this year).
The race is only a mile, so get your whole crew out! Since this is an unsanctioned event, there is no time limit. Enjoy the mile!
Air is Nike’s most versatile and performance-enhancing cushioning technology, and the company is constantly innovating how the proprietary platform can better serve athletes. Never taking its eye off the future, Nike is raising the bar with the unveil of the Nike Pegasus Premium, which features Nike’s first sculpted, visible Air Zoom unit. Designed with the same ambition that’s inspired Nike’s boldest Air creations, the Pegasus Premium optimizes Nike Air to deliver an efficient, responsive sensation unlike any other Air Zoom cushioning system to date.
The visible Air Zoom unit is sculpted from the forefoot to the heel, contoured to carry a runner’s power efficiently from their heel strike to their toe-off. The unit cushions a runner’s landing and smoothly transitions them into their next step. For decades, Nike innovators have designed around flat Air Zoom units to deliver full energy return. But with Nike’s mastery of emerging tools like computational design, AI engines and rapid prototyping, designers can contort Air units into new curvatures that more closely resemble the shape of the foot, leading to new levels of efficiency.
