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09 May 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Find Your Strong

Saucony is branching out with a huge new campaign under the tagline “Find Your Strong”.  Just the phrase alone invokes positive images for me.  They’ll be hitting up print media, but also playing a big part with social media and their first ever television commercial: The commercial doesn’t speak to me particularly, because I don’t [...]

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31 March 2011 ~ 3 Comments

Running in the Nada

No… this isn’t “running in nada”.  It’s running in THE NADA… the latest minimal shoe from Somnio Running.  These are the lightest and most minimal running shoes I own.  (No, I’m not counting the Vibrams in that, but I don’t really consider those “running shoes” for me… those are more of a strengthening tool.) The [...]

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14 February 2011 ~ 2 Comments

New Shoes: Somnio Nada

New shoes arrived at my doorstep the other day. Not only do I get new shoes with the Somnio Nada, but they come with a bag and a DVD about minimalist running The shoes are soooooo lightweight! (only 3.5 oz per shoe) I immediately had to head out and run a mile around the neighborhood. [...]

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27 January 2011 ~ 4 Comments

Barefoot is the Right Way?

I have bronchitis* right now… so I haven’t run much this week, leaving me to fill the time I would have been running with time to read about running.  (Well, I’ve tried to fill the time with rest too, you know… to heal so I can run again.  Because I am really itching to run!) [...]

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26 January 2011 ~ 4 Comments

Minimal Shoes on the Horizon

I recently wrote about how much I’ve been enjoying my Saucony Kinvara.  I have been running a lot faster with ease lately while wearing them.  I’m not silly enough to think that switching shoes magically made that happen (years of conditioning might help too?) but I truly think they are helping me run more efficiently [...]

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13 January 2011 ~ 20 Comments

Running in the Kinvara

A while back, Saucony sent me a pair of their Kinvara shoes.  I pulled them out of the box and was instantly amazed at how light they felt.  I’ve been running in the Brooks Adrenaline for a while (9.7 oz) and the Saucony Kinvara is significantly lighter (6.8 oz). The shoes are a minimalist model.  [...]

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