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Home » News » Pancake-Inspired Running Shoes: What’s Up With APL’s $300 Sneakers?
These new hybrid runners got their design at a pancake breakfast. The finished product hits the street today.
It’s not every day that a high-performance running shoe loaded with proprietary technology gets inspired by a breakfast treat. But today is that day.
Athletic Propulsion Labs’ (APL) cofounders were walking through Tokyo when they stopped for a meal of traditional flapjacks. That’s when it got weird — the hot, fluffy discs would shortly result in a techy