With my return to teaching, I’ve realized that time constraints necessitate making a change to how I write reviews (or they’ll never get done!). I’m going to try a more streamlined approach that I hope will allow me to churn through a backlog of reviews that have been accumulating since the beginning of the year. Here goes… With […]
Brooks Neuro Review
June 6, 2016 By 4 Comments
The Brooks Neuro is one of the very few Brooks shoes I’ve run in. I’ve only ever run the Cascadia 10 and Green Silence, and not many miles in either of those. I was very intrigued by the design concept when I saw them at Outdoor Retailer last year, especially the decoupled design that lets […]
Montrail Caldorado Review: Next-Gen Montrail
May 4, 2016 By 5 Comments
Montrail is a shoe company with a long history in trail running, and with ultra running in particular (at least from my viewpoint). They sponsored the Montrail Ultra Cup and Western States 100 for quite a long time, as well as supporting an ultra running team very early on, and being one of the premier […]
Trail Running Shorts Review Roundup
May 2, 2016 By 16 Comments
Photos by Alyssa Henry Up until last Summer and Fall, I hadn’t done much experimenting with different running shorts. Partly this was because I didn’t want to spend the money on something that I didn’t think could be improved upon that much, and partly because there just weren’t that many shorts that deviated from the […]
Trail Shoe Review Roundup: Montrail Fluid Flex ST, Scarpa TRU, Altra Superior 2.0, North Face Ultra MT, Brooks Cascadia 10
May 1, 2016 By 20 Comments
I’ve had a chance to try a lot of new shoes over the past year, and while this is usually great, it sometimes compromises how much time you can get in each shoe. The following shoes are all trail models currently on the market that I ran in last summer and fall but never got […]
The Best Kindergarten Ever: Letting Kids Run in Japan
April 27, 2016 By 1 Comment
For the past 7 months or so I have been immersed in the world of education. I’ve worked in two different high schools, and have attended seminars on a wide variety of education-related topics at the Upper Valley Educators Institute (and I will be a certified public school teacher in just over a month!). At […]
Salming Speed 3 Review: Solid All-Around Racer
March 30, 2016 By 24 Comments
Salming has really shown up in the US market over the last year, and their shoes were included in two of my top 3 lists from my best of 2015 post. The Salming Distance is one of the best riding, all-around road shoes I’ve run in – it’s similar in application to something like a […]
La Sportiva Crossover 2.0 GTX Review: Best on the market, but not for long.
March 28, 2016 By 3 Comments
The La Sportiva Crossover GTX was one of the original winter shoes with a gaiter integrated into the upper. I’ve had the first version of the Crossover for over 4 years now, and still use it from time to time. It was built on the original C-Lite platform and last, and offered a snug fit […]
Hoka Speedgoat Review: Solid Shoe With a Big Flaw
March 9, 2016 By 7 Comments
When I first received the Hoka Speedgoat, I was pretty sure that I would never run in them. I had heard from other runners that the fit was way too narrow, and upon taking them out of the box I was rather shocked by just how narrow the toebox looked. It honestly looks like a […]
adidas Adios Boost 3 Review: Minor Updates to a Classic Racer
March 7, 2016 By 13 Comments
There are very few shoes in the $120+ range that I think are worth the money. The Nike Free Flyknit 4.0 is one, and the other that jumps immediately to mind is the adidas Adios Boost. The first two iterations of the adios Boost were personal favorites (see my reviews of v1 and v2) – […]
Altra Lone Peak Neoshell and Lone Peak 2.5 Review
February 16, 2016 By 21 Comments
Altra is unarguably one of the brands on a very quick rise in the running world these days, especially in the trail and ultra market. I’ve had a long history with the Lone Peak, picking up a pair of the original Lone Peaks pretty much right at release. I ran a couple of ultras in […]
Pearl Izumi Trail N2v2 and N1v2 Dual Review
January 31, 2016 By 35 Comments
The Pearl Izumi trail lineup has quite the dedicated following. I’d guess, without know exact numbers, that when the first versions launched in 2013, they significantly boosted Pearl Izumi’s sales judging by how many I see at ultra races. The shoes weren’t updated till this July, a two and a half year span, which is […]
Runblogger’s Top 3 Running Shoes of 2015
January 25, 2016 By 10 Comments
We’re almost a month into 2016, and I haven’t yet shared my top shoes of 2015 yet. Better late than never I guess! Though I didn’t review as many shoes in 2015 as I have in previous years, mainly due to reduced running mileage associated with my return to school, there were still a few […]
Pete’s Year 2015 in Review: Teaching, Blogging, and Running
January 22, 2016 By 12 Comments
2015 was a year of change for me on both the running and personal fronts. I decided in late 2014 that the full-time blogging thing was not for me. Though the freedom of being my own boss was great, and financially I was doing well, I realized that as a career it was just not […]
In Defense of Crocs: A Response to Huffington Post
When I look at the pair of Crocs in the photo to the left, I’m reminded of Donald Trump. Orange. Puffy. (Politically) Indestructible. But mostly I’m reminded of how unfairly both have been treated by the media. Terribly unfairly. I’ll leave more politically informed sources to discuss Mr. Trump’s woes (to be honest, I’d rather […]