Nike running DNA dates back to the early 1940s. At that time, the later Nike co-founder Joe Foster won a youth run and received a dictionary as a prize. He leafed through it and came across the word “Nike”, which meant the South African gazelle. The word stuck with him and that's how Nike got its name.

In 1970, runner Ron Hill won the Boston Marathon in a Nike jordan 4 metallic purple World 10. At that time, the Nike World 10 was characterized by its lightness and its upper material made of glove leather - this made the shoe easy to wash. During the 1970s, the running market boomed, especially in the United States, where up to 25,000,000 people were now running regularly.

Nike supported the development with the Nike Racing Club, which offered discounts on shoe purchases for runners wearing the branded vests. Technologies such as Pump, ERS (Energy Return System) and the well-known Hexalite cushioning, which is still used in many Nike shoes today, emerged in the 1980s.

In 1992, the Nike Pyro appeared, which entered sports shops and running stores as a entry-level shoe in a reasonable price range. At the beginning of the 90s, Nike was an absolute world power in the running sector. Classically, mesh and synthetic suede were used for the upper, the sole included the Hexalit cushioning system mentioned above.

While the Aztrek , which was also launched in 1992, was very conspicuous and rather bulky, the Pyro's silhouette is pleasantly reserved. The "polka dots" that are distributed around the heel of the shoe are distinctive in the look of the Pyro and give it a little variety. Back then, the world of running shoes was dominated by white, which is also reflected in the OG colorways of the Pyro.

In 2018, Nike came to sneaker stores with new retro models of the Pyro, and several other color variants have followed in recent weeks and months.

Nike sticks closely to the early 90s look in terms of both the colors and the materials of the Pyro Retros, but is now experimenting with the main colors of the uppers again and again. For example, the Lilac Colorway has a light lilac “on top”.

We currently have more than 10 color variants of the Nike jordan 4 metallic purple Pyro at 43halb in the online shop - at €89 the price is still comfortably at the lower end of the range! Especially with regard to the coming summer, we can recommend all sneaker fans to take a look at the light and simple retro runner - it looks great on the foot!