Brand: Invisible Shoes (now Xero Shoes) Name: Connect Color Options: Black sole with black, brown, royal blue, forest green, royal purple, red, lime green, pink, or white laces Weight: 3.7 oz for a men’s size 9 Drop: 0 mm Other: 4-mm thick sole; FeelTrue rubber outsoles; nylon/polypropylene laces; kits come with a hole punch for creating the toe hole for lacing; also available in the 6-mm Contact … Read More
SKORA FORM Review
Brand: Skora Name: FORM Color Options Men: Royal Blue/White/Flo.Yellow, Natural/White/Grey, Black/White/Blue, Natural/Black/Red (pictured) Color Options Women: Royal Blue/White/Lt.Blue, Natural/Blue/Pink Sizes: Men’s 7 – 13 US, Women’s 6 – 11 Weight: 8.2oz Drop: 0 mm heel to toe with a 13mm stack height (9mm without insole) Other: Made from high quality materials including a goat leather upper with a sheepskin lining. Price: $185 Steve AnkneySteve is an … Read More
ON Cloudrunner Review
Brand: ON-Running Name: Cloudrunner Color Options: Men’s in Rock/Lemon (pictured right), Women’s in Plum/Fuschia Weight: 290g Drop: 7 mm heel to toe Other: Utilizes patented CloudTec™ outsole Price: $139 LizPDLiz is a grad student who loves science, triathlons, dinosaurs, geomicrobiology and cake. She can frequently be found teaching spin classes or doing science outreach. Over the past five years, she has run almost a dozen half marathons … Read More
Newton Distance U Review
Brand: Newton Running Name: Distance U – “Women’s Light Weight Universal Trainer” Color Options: Distance U (women’s only) – Pink/Yellow/Orange; Distance S (men’s only) – Yellow/Red/Orange; Distance – Green/Red/Orange (men’s), Blue/Yellow/Orange (women’s) Weight: 7.0 oz Drop: 2 mm Other: Action/Reaction Technology in the forefoot (“Land-Lever-Lift” lugs) Price: $155 MeaganMeagan is a geochemistry research lab manager, runner, Netflix binge-watcher, and Mom to a rescue dog, a bunny, and … Read More
Vibram FiveFingers Classic: Olympic Edition
With the 2012 Olympics only 10 days away, companies left and right are beginning to release their Olympic-style gear, Olympic branded soft drinks, and Olympic advertisements. This marketing phenomenon reaches our televisions, store shelves, and fast-food restaurants every two years (between the summer and winter games). My celebration of the summer Olympics began with my recent discovery of slow-motion videos … Read More
The 4iiii Sportiiiis Review: Using Your Eyes to Train
Manufacturer: 4iiii Innovations Model: Sportiiiis Heads Up Display Base Price: $149.99 As much as I love my Garmin, I am constantly bothered that I can’t read off my pace and heart rate at the same time. Obviously, the two are intricately connected. The Sportiiiis easily solves this problem with a nifty LED indicator that sits below your eye and lets … Read More
Sockwa G Series Review
Brand: Sockwa Name: G Series Color Options: G3 – Olive, Black, Brown, Red all with Grey Sole G2 – Red, Columbia (light blue), Cobalt, Grey, Purple, Pink, Olive with Black Sole Weight: 2.4 oz (depending on size) Drop: omm from heel to toe Stack Height: 1.2mm Price: $50 Steve AnkneySteve is an Executive Recruiter at Robert Half Executive Search in Madison, WI with a business degree in Information Systems and … Read More
Altra Adam & Eve Review
Brand: Altra Zero Drop Footwear Name: Adam & Eve Color Options: Adam – Dark gray; Eve – White/light gray with white & gray straps Weight: Adam – 4.7 oz.; Eve – 4.5 oz. Drop: 0 mm from heel to toe (zero-drop is maintained with or without included footbeds) Other: Gender-specific foot-shaped design; 3.4 mm razor-siped barefoot sole; Heel Claw + … Read More