Category: Product Reviews
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Few brands are so solidly identified with trail running as Salomon. As you can see from the responses this holds true here, too. Not only do you see trail specific responses, you also see brand identification with its highest profile Athlete, Killian Jornet. Other responses are more mysterious. Florida? Just a reminder, if you…
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There was a time when I knew my shoe. Without doubt or equivocation I could tell you exactly what I wore and how long I’d been running in it. I was a Brooks Ghost man through thick and thin. It took a lot to get there I started out as a much heavier dude in…
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Few brands elicit responses such as the giant that is Nike. Whether the unabashed fan boy to the skeptical critic of seemingly unlimited marketing budgets, runners don’t hold back when it comes to this brand. Responses to Nike ran the spectrum from love to loathing. Remember the larger the word the more often that response…
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A couple of months ago, I posted links to a running shoe brad tag survey I created. I was inspired to do this after listening to a design podcast that discussed a huge survey done on brand tagging in general that later spawned a website that allows you to participate yourself: http://www.brandtags.com. Here is the word…
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I’ve put together a Running Shoe Brand Tag survey. I got the idea after listening to a design podcast that discussed the development of brands, names, logos, and other things vital to creating a marketable product identity. I thought it would be fun to do a survey about Running Shoe Brands. Open the survey…
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What’s a Skora? skóra is a polish word that means “skin” or leather” and is used to represent the brand’s next to skin style. I first heard of Skora shoes back in 2012 when my friend Mike, the Dirtdawg, reviewed one of their early iterations and interviewed Skora CEO David Sypniewski for his podcast. I enjoyed the…
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I’ve recently replaced my Brooks shoes with Mizuno shoes for road running. I still use Salomon Sense Mantra on the trails but am interested in trying other brands for longer trail runs (the new Mizuno trail shoe, the Wave Hayate, intrigues me—anyone tried it yet?). I’m kind of strange. When I choose a brand for…
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I have cold hands. They are the one thing I struggle with during cold weather runs. Legs, head, face, torso all are fine. I have no problem. But my hands, specifically my fingers, suffer. I’ve tried all brands and types of gloves. Thick ones, thin ones, orange ones, black ones. It wasn’t until this fall…
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A few weeks back, Champion sent me a jacket and pair of shorts to sample and review for the blog. When I first started running I relied a lot on Champion’s C-9 brand sold at Target, a full line of affordable workout gear. Pretty good stuff and not a budget breaker, either. Over the past…
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Part of my role as a SF Marathon Ambassador is to review products sent to us by race sponsors. So, last week I received a pair of SnuggBuds ear buds. I sampled the SB-X model or sport model. They make ear buds in all sorts of varieties and styles, from those specifically for Droid and iPhones, for…
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Just before the LA Marathon I was contacted by K-Swiss and asked if I was interested in reviewing a new shoe they have on the market, the Blade-Light Recover. This is a light weight slip-on shoe that is designed for runners and triathletes to wear following races. Very easy on and off, the shoe is…
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