The running streak is back for 2012. A nice way to burn a ton of calories and deal with the stress of the holidays, and not be all alone while doing so (even if everyone else who’s doing it are people on Twitter who you don’t even know). I had a hard time last year […]
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The local Fleet Feet is having a sidewalk sale today. I’m in need of some rugged trail shoes for the HOT Half in October. A couple weeks ago I took my New Balance MT10s out to Upper Bidwell Park and they couldn’t handle the rocks. They’re not exactly minimalist, but you can’t argue with 50
I went to Sports Ltd. on my lunch break and tried these on. At first I was pretty stoked, until I noticed my lateral metatarsal bones sticking out the side of the shoe, hanging over the edge of the outsole. They just don’t fit. The Trail Gloves don’t have this problem because they have sturdier material on that edge.
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I just have a couple links from recent running-related news. The first and graver news item is that Micah True a.k.a Caballo Blanco, the ultrarunner featured in Chris MacDougall’s epic book Born to Run, passed away over the weekend, while out for a long run (though by his standards it would have been considered a
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The half-marathon for which I’ve been training for the last 6 months is tomorrow. I’ve decided to go ahead and run in my old Saucony Kinvara 2’s. They are well worn-in, and I don’t remember ever cursing their very existence after a long run the way I did the MR10’s after a 12.6-er a couple
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The New Balance MR10 (Minimus Road) was recently named International Editor’s Choice for minimalist running shoe by Runner’s World, even though New Balance is coming out with a new model in March. I’ve put 90 miles on my pair in the last 2 months, and they’re already seeing signs of wear and tear. The midsoles
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My children have a tendency to get into things and move things around. As a result, the original insoles for my Saucony Kinvara 2 running shoes have been sitting in plain sight for a few days. It suddenly dawned on me how thin they were compared to the spongy insoles I had replaced them with
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One of my New Years’ resolutions for 2011 was to run a 5K. (I didn’t know how important this goal was until the spring, when my doctor gave me some news that basically meant I had to take running more seriously, make it a regular and lifelong habit.) On my second day of training in
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My personal barefoot revolution is over. Since my comeback from my ankle sprain, I had done a lot of research, read some books and magazines, and a ton of online articles. I started getting blisters and assumed it was because my size 10 Inov-8 Terroc 330s were too small and/or too old. I got some