Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with a long-time reader of this blog, Cesar Torres. Cesar is a writer and host of the podcast “The Labyrinth,” and in our conversation we covered a variety of topics from running, to shoes, to writing, to some of the new projects I will be pursuing in […]
Archives for March 2013
Saucony Virrata Zero Drop Running Shoe Review
March 27, 2013 By 82 Comments
Several weeks ago I travelled a bit over an hour south from my home in New Hampshire to visit Saucony headquarters in Lexington, Massachusetts. The purpose of my visit was twofold. First, I wanted to visit their biomechanics lab and have my form analyzed using their gait analysis setup (force plate treadmill, 3d kinematics – […]
Runblogging: Three Useful Tools for Bloggers
March 26, 2013 By 9 Comments
A big part of successful blogging is maximizing productivity – blogging requires a lot of time and effort, and any tool that makes the job easier is a welcome addition to the blogger’s toolkit. In this post I thought I’d share a few tools that have become part of my blogging arsenal. One is a […]
Weekly Marathon Training Update: March 18-24
March 24, 2013 By 15 Comments
Last weekend I made a deal with myself. I’d get my training plan from my coach (who, by the way, just won the HAT 50K yesterday!), post it here on the blog, then update how things went the following weekend. The goal was to both keep myself honest with my training, and also to give […]
Nike Free 3.0 v5 Preview: The Awful Upper is Gone!
March 22, 2013 By 9 Comments
The Running Warehouse blog just put up a post introducing the Nike Free 3.0 v5. As I’ve written on this blog many times, the Free 3.0 is a shoe with special meaning to me since version 1 of the model was my first “minimalist” running shoe. It led me on the path to where I […]
Video: Ohope Beach School Kid’s Cross Country Race
March 21, 2013 By 10 Comments
Running should be fun, right? That’s the message I take from the video below, which shows a kid’s cross country race held by the Ohope Beach School in New Zealand (see video below). Looks like a beautiful place, and love that the kids are mostly running the race barefoot! Ohope Beach School Cross Country 2011 […]
The Best Shoe Review Ever
March 21, 2013 By 7 Comments
My buddy Thomas had his son, “Barefoot” Theo review the kid’s Skechers GoRun Ride. Why “Barefoot” Theo? Because Theo runs a barefoot lap up and down the sidewalk every day before Thomas leaves for work, even in winter (evidence here). In keeping with the theme of the post on adolescent foot strikes that I just […]
Foot Strike Pattern in Running Adolescents Changes With Footwear Type
March 21, 2013 By 3 Comments
I just came a across a link to an article on Science Daily that discusses a study that was just presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Details are scanty, but the study authors apparently recruited 12 experienced adolescent runners (they were on track teams) and had them run on a treadmill in […]
Dirty Runner – Patagonia Evermore Trail Running Shoe Review
March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I recently received an email from Patagonia asking if I would like to review their new 4mm drop lightweight trail shoe, the Patagonia Evermore. I was excited at the prospect since I had spotted a glimpse of the shoe a few weeks earlier and it had sparked my interest. (Disclosure: this pair of shoes was […]
The Secret to Success in Run Blogging: What I’ve Learned in the Past Four Years
March 19, 2013 By 29 Comments
When I was deciding on a title for this blog, I chose Runblogger because my intent was to write about both running and blogging. Those were my two passions at the time, and they remain my two biggest passions today. As with any of my passions, I tend to take an almost obsessive approach to […]
New Balance 890 v3: Guest Review by Ron Abramson
March 18, 2013 By 7 Comments
In the realm of romantic relationships, monogamy is a virtue. When I sought to apply that virtue to running shoes, though, I quickly found myself feeling oppressed, limited and pining for the sexy contours and promising performance features of shoes made by my “main squeeze’s” competitors. After deciding to see other people [okay, this metaphor […]
Spring Marathon Training: Keeping Myself Honest
March 18, 2013 By 8 Comments
I wrote a few weeks ago about how my training for my Spring marathon (VT City) has been pretty lousy. A combo of time constraints, awful weather, and a string of low-grade illnesses had whittled away at my motivation to log in the miles. After returning from vacation in Florida last Saturday, I finally managed […]
Recommended Read: Scott Douglas Book Excerpt on the Future of Minimalist Running Shoes
March 13, 2013 By 11 Comments
Several months back I spoke on the phone with Scott Douglas, a writer and editor for Runner’s World and Running Times. My own book, Tread Lightly, had just come out, and Scott was writing a book of his own on minimalist running for Rodale Press (the publisher of Runner’s World and Running Times). We covered […]
Mizuno Wave Ekiden Racing Flat Review by Coach Caleb
March 12, 2013 By 19 Comments
After becoming very popular in the Japanese market, Mizuno has introduced the Wave Ekiden, a neutral racing flat, to the US. The name of the shoe is a reference to competitive relay racing in Japan, which is as much (or more) a part of the athletic zeitgeist there as collegiate cross country and track & […]
Recommended Read: Phil Latter of Running Times on Running Injuries
After a week-and-a-half on vacation with my family, and a subsequent jam-packed week at the day job, I’m chomping at the bit to get back to a regular writing schedule. I have a lot of material lined up: guest reviews of the Patagonia Evermore and NB 890 v3, personal reviews of the Saucony Virrata and […]