A commenter on my earlier post today on the new Nike Free 4.0 v2 and 3.0 v4 shoes alerted me to another new shoe coming this summer from Nike called the Flyknit Racer (thanks Henry!). Apparently the shoe was just announced at a show in New York just a few hours ago, and it is […]
Archives for February 2012
Nike Free 4.0 v2 and Nike Free 3.0 v4 Preview Photos
February 21, 2012 By 32 Comments
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of rumors about some new Nike Free running models that will soon be coming out (including this post from Jason Robillard). I have very little in the way of details, but managed to come across some photos of what I think are two of the shoes after doing a […]
New Balance 730 Update: 25 Solid Miles of Running
February 21, 2012 By 71 Comments
I thought I’d drag my self from the depths of final book editing to give a quick update on my experience with the New Balance 730 running shoe. A few weeks back I wrote a post describing the New Balance 730 in detail, but at the time I had yet to run in them. I’ve […]
Asics Going Minimalist with the Gel Lyte33 and Gel Fuji Racer?
February 9, 2012 By 36 Comments
Yesterday I wrote a post on the current state of the running shoe market. One of the things that is clear from sales data is that the “lightweight” shoe category is growing rapidly, and is starting to eat away at the traditional neutral-stability-motion control categories. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Asics, who have […]
The State of the Running Shoe Market: December 2011 Running Specialty Sales Data from Leisure Trends
February 8, 2012 By 20 Comments
In addition to being interested in the science of running form and footwear, I also have a bit of an interest in the business side of things – can probably thank my father for that. Thus, I like following the market information provide by sources like SportsOneSource (Matt Powell’s updates are fantastic), Leisure Trends, and […]
Vivobarefoot’s “Barefoot is Best” Campaign: Another Example of Marketing Twisting Science
February 6, 2012 By 17 Comments
A few weeks ago a study was released out of Daniel Lieberman’s lab at Harvard (to give due credit, the lead author was Adam Daoud) showing that forefoot strikers on the Harvard Cross Country team suffered half as many injuries as heel strikers. I’m not going to get into the details of the study here […]
Podcast: Mark Cucuzzella on Trail Runner Nation
February 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
My good friend and fellow natural running advocate Dr. Mark Cucuzzella was recently interviewed on a podcast over at Trail Runner Nation. Mark covers a great deal of ground in the hour-long interview, but perhaps the most important point that he makes is that despite all of the sound and fury of the great footwear […]
New Balance 730 Preview: A Minimalist Running Shoe that Has Flown in Under the Radar!
February 2, 2012 By 95 Comments
A few weeks ago I got an email from a reader asking if I had seen or tried the New Balance 730 (thanks for the heads up Robert!). He indicated that it was for sale at Finish Line, and that it felt very low drop and had a super wide toebox. Needless to say I […]
