This is a somewhat long and unorthodox review, so I’m going to begin with an unorthodox introduction. I remember back in middle school we used to have a police officer come to class and talk to us about the dangers of drug use. One of the things he used to discuss were “gateway drugs” – […]
Shoe Review: Asics Piranha SP2 by Ted Beveridge
August 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
I’m fortunate that given my inability to personally run in and review every shoe on the market, I have friends out there who are more than willing to help me get the word out regarding shoes that might represent good options for those wanting to migrate into less shoe. “Airforce” Ted Beveridge is a fellow […]
Shoe Review: Brooks Mach 12 Cross-Country Racing Flat
August 15, 2010 By 45 Comments
Amid the rush of new so-called minimalist shoes hitting the market (or soon to arrive in stores), it’s easy to overlook the fact that just about every shoe manufacturer already makes shoes that fit pretty squarely in this category (depending on how you define minimalist – some prefer to call these “reduced” or “transitional” shoes). […]
Gear Review: Zensah Calf Compression Sleeves
August 2, 2010 By 12 Comments
One of the running trends that I’ve noticed over the past year is the growing number of people wearing and raving about compression sleeves and socks. Compression product manufacturers like Zensah have effectively used social media sites like Twitter to expand their user base, and a number of my on-line running friends love their products. […]
Review of Brooks Mach 11 Spikeless Cross Country Racing Flat
June 14, 2010 By 5 Comments
Not too long ago I wrote a post extolling the virtues of spikeless cross country racing flats as more minimalist running shoes. At the time that I wrote that article I hadn’t put very many miles in while wearing a XC flat, but lately I’ve been finding that my Brooks Mach 11 spikeless flats have […]
Newton Sir Isaac Running Shoe Review: This Heel Striker Can’t Seem to Find His Forefoot
June 2, 2010 By 3 Comments
One of the things that I’ve come to believe in over the past year is that there is no “perfect shoe” that will work for every single person. We are all slightly variable in our anatomy and physiology, and this carries over to things like our running style and which running shoes will work best […]
Gear Review: Hydrapak Gel Bot – A Runner’s Perspective
May 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Some products require extensive use and testing before rendering a formal review, whereas others simply need to be used once to confirm that they live up to what they claim to do. The Hydrapak Gel Bot falls into the latter category. I initially came across the Gel Bot when a friend asked a question about […]
Casio Exilim EX-F1 Camera Review: High-Quality, Affordable Slow-Motion Video for Athletic and Biomechanical Analysis
April 26, 2010 By 4 Comments
I have a fairly long history of working with high-speed (i.e., slow-motion) video. As a graduate student, I did my dissertation research in a lab that specialized in locomotor and feeding biomechanics of animals, and to do these types of studies, the ability to film at very high frame rates (200 frames/second and up) was […]
New Nike Free Run+ Featured on Nike Running Blog
April 16, 2010 By 6 Comments
The newest incarnation of Nike’s Free line of running shoes, the Nike Free Run+, is now featured on the Nike Running website (see image to the left from the Nike Running Blog). Here’s how they introduce this brand new shoe (quote is from inside.nike.com): “Barefoot running. Everyone’s talking about how great it is, but is […]
Garmin Forerunner 110 – Entry Level GPS Watch for Runners Just Released
March 31, 2010 By 11 Comments
I’m a big fan of my Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS watch – it’s the one gadget that I consider to be an essential on every run (view my review of the Forerunner 205), and the accurate pacing and distance data that it provides has now carried me through five marathons. In the interim since I […]
Nike Lunaracer Running Shoe Review
March 27, 2010 By 18 Comments
I’ve written a number of shoe reviews on this blog in the past few months, but have barely scratched the surface in comparison to the number of shoes that I’ve actually run in. The next installment in my series of review is the Nike Lunaracer. I bought a pair of Nike Lunaracers last summer (the […]
Review: Cloudveil Run Don’t Walk Vest and Marmot Lightweight Crew LS Tech Shirt
March 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When writing gear reviews, I find that it’s a lot harder write about clothing than it is to write about shoes or technology. Perhaps that’s because I’m an admitted shoe and tech junkie, but I tend to think rather that when it comes to clothing, as long as it fits well and looks good, I’m […]
Review of SportTracks for Garmin Forerunner GPS Watches: Great Free Program for Downloading Garmin Data
March 7, 2010 By 21 Comments
I’m a huge fan of the Garmin Forerunner GPS watches (see my review of the Garmin Forerunner 205/305 here), and I get a lot of questions about how I access and manage data collected by these devices. I made a decision early on based upon research done on-line to use a program called SportTracks instead […]
Review of Ipod Nano 5th Generation: Great Tool for Podcasting and Shooting Videos on the Run
March 4, 2010 By 4 Comments
Last Christmas Santa Claus fulfilled my major gift request by bringing me a new 5th generation Ipod Nano to replace my old 2nd generation model. My Nano 2G had served me well for over two years, but it suffered a touchpad malfunction from an excess of sweat damage due to 1500+ miles of use on […]
Review of Brooks Green Silence Racing Flat
February 21, 2010 By 42 Comments
Now that I’m a member of the Brooks I.D. sponsored runner program for 2010, I’ve slowly been building up my collection of Brooks running shoes. I’m a huge fan of the Brooks Launch (you can read my review of the Brooks Launch here), which I rode to an 8:00 PR at the Disney Marathon in […]
