While walking around Santa’s Village in northern New Hampshire yesterday I noticed that the sole of my New Balance Minimus MT00 shoes was starting to peel away from the upper in three separate locations – seems to be worst along the lateral forefoot. Curious if anyone else has had a similar problem – see photos […]
Chasing Pain: The Injury Domino Effect
June 25, 2012 By 6 Comments
Over the past several weeks I’ve had an interesting experience that I thought I’d share as I found it somewhat informative about the nature of running injuries. I’ve been taking Taekwondo lessons with my kids since January (a story for another post), and I’ve come to realize that in most ways Taekwondo has been a […]
The Changing Nature of Running Injuries in the 1970’s
June 20, 2012 By 8 Comments
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of my book: Tread Lightly: Form, Footwear, and the Quest for Injury-Free Running. Ah, the good old days of running. Runners hear that line a lot, usually from those who started running in the 1960s and 1970s. Was there really a golden age of running when runners seldom […]
New Running Warehouse 90 Day No-Sweat Return Policy
June 19, 2012 By 9 Comments
I’m a big proponent of experimentation when it comes to running shoes. I’ve been lucky in that being a shoe reviewer has afforded me the opportunity to run in over 50 different shoes the past few years, which has really allowed me to hone my preferences to the point where I know if I’m going […]
Book Review: Running With the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn
June 18, 2012 By 8 Comments
One of the best things about being done with my own book is that it has afforded me time to start reading books for pleasure once again (except for, ahem, my reading of the Hunger Games series last winter…). The first book that I picked up after submitting my final manuscript was Running With the […]
Review: HB Tune Hand-Held iPhone Case
June 17, 2012 By 5 Comments
Every once in awhile I get the opportunity to try a simple product that fills a very specific need, and does the job very well. Such is the case with the HB Tune handheld iPhone/iPod pouch (disclosure: this product was a media sample provided free of charge by the manufacturer). I generally don’t run with […]
Liquidation Shoe Deals at Running Warehouse – June 2012
June 16, 2012 By 2 Comments
My advertising partner, Running Warehouse, has just put a bunch of popular shoes/flats shoes on liquidation at really good prices – of interest to readers of this blog might be. Men’s Shoes: Asics Piranha Merrell Bare Access Merrell Road Glove Merrell Trail Glove Mizuno Wave Universe 4 Nike Zoom Streak XC3 Saucony Mirage 2 […]
Merrell Vapor Glove Minimalist Running Shoe Preview
June 16, 2012 By 8 Comments
The Running Warehouse blog just posted a preview of Spring 2013 shoes from Merrell. I saw a number of the shoes mentioned when I was visiting Merrell HQ last month, but one that I did not see is the Merrell Vapor Glove. Here’s what RW has to say about the Vapor Glove: “Available in both […]
Lord Spencer’s Shoes: The First “Specialized” Running Shoes Ever Made (from 1865)
June 14, 2012 By 9 Comments
In Chapter 4 of Tread Lightly, my co-author Bill Katovsky covers the history of human footwear use, and describes the evolution of the running shoe. An essential resource for the writing of this chapter is a 1980 book aptly titled “The Running Shoe Book.” Written by Peter Cavanagh, a scientist who has contributed more than […]
Tread Lightly: Website, Podcast Interviews and Initial Reviews
June 12, 2012 By 3 Comments
My book, Tread Lightly, has been out for a few weeks now and much of my time lately has been occupied with trying to do as much promotion work as possible. Bill and I decided to go with a small publishing house so that we would have as much control over content as possible – […]
R.I.P. Running Shoes: Brooks to Discontinue the Launch and Green Silence
June 8, 2012 By 31 Comments
We runners can sometimes develop special bonds with certain pairs of shoes. They might be a shoe we set a PR in, or the shoe we wore in our first Boston Marathon. These are shoes that we hang on to and keep in our closets because they retain special meaning, and the thought of dumping […]
How Leg Muscle Activity Changes as Running Step Rate is Increased
June 7, 2012 By 8 Comments
There has been a great deal of discussion and debate over the past few years about how various aspects of running form can potentially contribute to increased injury risk in runners. One aspect of form that is often singled out as a major no-no is overstriding. That is, runners should not lengthen their stride by […]
Saucony Virrata Preview: New Zero-Drop, Cushioned Running Shoe Coming Next Year
June 4, 2012 By 48 Comments
The Running Warehouse blog just released some photos and details regarding a new zero-drop shoe coming in February 2013 from Saucony. The Saucony Virrata joins the Saucony Hattori as the second zero-drop shoe in the Saucony stable, and this one looks more like a traditional training shoe. In fact, it looks quite a lot like […]
