Nike Cortez - A Background Of A Classic Operating Trainer Originally made in the mid-sixties by Bill Bowerman, the 1972 US Olympic coach,air jordan, the Nike Cortez was conceived as the supreme training shoe for the long distance runner. The Nike Cortez combined a thick extended wearing outer sole with a full length sponge mid-sole cushions to absorb road shock and lessen leg fatigue when simultaneously elevating the heel to cut down Achilles tendon strains. The cortez was a brand new idea in distance instruction shoes. Together with the expertise of the 60s as a base Bill Bowerman and Nike have evolved the Nike Cortez into a line to meet the varying demands of all runners. Coach Bill Bowerman would try something to make a running shoe improved, even a pair of flip flops. He ...