Give your little guy shoes to continue tearing up the playground in comfort and style. This Rush runner offers an upper that breathes while helping provide a supportive fit. Plus, the textured outsole helps add the traction kids need to stay on their feet. Reebok was founded for one of the best reasons possible: athletes wanted to run faster. So in the 1890s, Joseph William Foster made some of the first known running shoes with spikes in them. By 1895, he was in business making shoes by hand for top runners; and before long his fledgling company, J.W. Foster and Sons, developed an international clientele of distinguished athletes.