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Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
4y ago
This Halloween, I’m handing out flashing lights like candy before I hit a runner while I myself am on my way to run. My morning runs are already noticeably darker, but with Daylight Saving Time kicking in November 3, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. (I mean, literally, we’re losing daylight until ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
4y ago
Runners go through a lot of shoes. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, 4.6 million pairs of running shoes were sold in the United States in 2012. So what to do with all those shoes once they have outlived their useful running lives, beyond downgrading them to casual shoes? Reduce! Hahahaha, as if! In ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
4y ago
As a part of training for my Run Across America FKT attempt summer 2021, I’m planning several mini-challenges for training and to attract some attention prior to my main attempt. For the first mini-challenge, starting on July 29, 2019, I’ll attempt to set a competitive women’s Fastest Known Time (FKT) of the Collegiate Trail Loop and raise ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
4y ago
We all love the freedom of running outside — being in nature, covering entire cities on foot — but sometimes our outside runs don’t quite look like freedom. While I suspect none of us would choose running inside over a glorious park on a 50º day, sometimes the treadmill makes more sense. Maybe you have ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
4y ago
This Halloween, I’m handing out flashing lights like candy before I hit a runner while I myself am on my way to run. My morning runs are already noticeably darker, but with Daylight Saving Time kicking in November 3, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. (I mean, literally, we’re losing daylight until ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
5y ago
Runners go through a lot of shoes. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, 4.6 million pairs of running shoes were sold in the United States in 2012. So what to do with all those shoes once they have outlived their useful running lives, beyond downgrading them to casual shoes? Reduce! Hahahaha, as if! In ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
5y ago
As a part of training for my Run Across America FKT attempt summer 2021, I’m planning several mini-challenges for training and to attract some attention prior to my main attempt. For the first mini-challenge, starting on July 29, 2019, I’ll attempt to set a competitive women’s Fastest Known Time (FKT) of the Collegiate Trail Loop ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
5y ago
We all love the freedom of running outside — being in nature, covering entire cities on foot — but sometimes our outside runs don’t quite look like freedom. While I suspect none of us would choose running inside over a glorious park on a 50º day, sometimes the treadmill makes more sense. Maybe you have ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
5y ago
featured image courtesy of Indy Women’s Half Marathon, ©2019. Look at that hotty, #12! It’s happened to all of us: you’re having a great run and about an hour in, there’s a bit of a stinging situation. You tug your shorts down, adjust the waistband, try to scoot a seam. But you know already: they’re ..read more
Salty Running | Shoes and Gear
5y ago
It was one of our more philosophical discussions: if a crotch sweats on some pricey running shorts but you weren’t there to see it, and then you buy those same shorts for a very low price on eBay, did the crotch sweat ever really happen? What if you wash the sweated-on shorts twice before you ..read more