The Pure Flow from Brooks is the second Pure Project shoe I’ve reviewed recently. Check out my review of the Pure Grit to see how much I liked that shoe, and you’ll have an idea of how excited I might have been to try the Flow. I’ve been running in natural/minimal and barefoot shoes for [...]
Technology has allowed just about every piece of outdoor gear to get lighter while still improving performance and running shoes are certainly no exception. At 7.6 oz (women’s) the Saucony Profile may not be the lightest running shoe on the market, but for the weight, it comes with more cushioning than most shoes in this [...]
With barefoot running being the latest trend, many people have mixed feelings about the new running fad. Whether you love it, hate it, or just think it looks funny, barefoot running is here to stay. Merrell has been at the forefront of stepping up their game in the barefoot market. No weird 5 fingered looking [...]
Type: Road running Heel-Toe Differential (Drop): 4 mm Weight: 9.6 oz. women’s / 10.7 oz. men’s Gender Availability: both Men’s and Women’s models After hearing a lot of praise for the Saucony Powergrid Cortana, I was excited to personally experience this award-winning shoe. A bit of background to preface this review: for over three years [...]
Type: Minimalist Road Running Heel-Toe Differential / Drop: 0mm Weight: 5.2oz women’s / 5.8oz men’s The Newton MV2 is Newton’s first zero-drop model, another entrant to the ever-growing featherweight category of running shoes. The MV2 strives to satisfy the minimalist runner, while still employing the signature physics of the Newton design. It packs more technology [...]
Type: Road running – training and racing Weight: 10.1oz (Men’s size 9) Heel/Toe offset: 9mm Pearl Izumi is one of my favorite running shoe manufacturers because of its long reputation for great fitting uppers and fast-feeling, fast-looking shoes. The Kissaki is a new model from Pearl Izumi in 2012, and the model’s description and [...]
Type: Minimalist Road Running Differential / Heel-Toe Drop: 0mm Weight: 8.0 oz women’s / 8.4 oz men’s If you are shopping for running shoes, and K-Swiss has never been on your consideration list, you might want to look into the brand’s latest additions. Because of the history of the brand, I have always associated K-Swiss [...]
Pearl Izumi has recently released updates to their Syncro Fuel trail and road running shoes. The Syncro Fuel trail and road models were a hit with our testers a couple seasons ago, and the updates were eagerly awaited at ActiveGearReview.com. This new iteration of the road model from Pearl includes a new “1:1″ seamless upper [...]
Puma’s Faas line of running shoes have made an impact on the running shoe industry for their style and have surprised some with solid performance, especially for those buying into minimal and natural running shoes. The Faas 400 is a new lightweight performance trainer with a great fitting, socklike upper and a flexible, lightweight midsole [...]
Get outside in the Sonic Glove. So let’s face it. The latest craze is barefoot running. Love it or hate it, it’s the “in” thing right now, and companies all over the globe are scrambling to put out shoes that fit the bill. Merrell is not one of those companies. Read that again – [...]
As the minimalist and barefoot movement look to stay for the time being, it was only time until Brooks came out with a shoe to meet the needs of the minimalist runner. The Brooks Pure Connect is the lightest shoe in the Brooks Pure Project line, Brooks’ minimalist line. When the barefoot and minimalist movement [...]
Biom – dare to be looked at. But don’t fall over. Ecco. Not the first name that comes to mind when the words “running company” are uttered. Yet any time a company puts a running shoe on the market for $195.00, you have to believe that they are attempting to make a play at becoming [...]
Say Hello to Neutral Nirvana. Some think that the term neutral describes a lack of pronation correction. Literally, an absence of technology which somehow makes the shoe less of a buy. Some companies are even guilty of using more tech laden shoes, pulling a correction last out of it, and putting it on the market [...]
Run Happy… for a really, really long time. Neutral shoes can be a lot of things. Some neutral shoes are designed for the fleet footed – energy efficient runners who skip along the road, hardly seeming to touch the ground. Some neutral shoes are tanks – they plow through just about everything you put in [...]
RevLite – if you haven’t tried it, get yourself some. New Balance came through in a big way this year, and not just in a single shoe. Numerous shoes on the lineup got a complete overhaul, and the 905 is one of them. Now deemed the 1190, the 905 got more than just your standard [...]
Run Happy? Yes, please. In the race to strip down, rethink, and re-innovate shoes to fit the barefoot movement, some companies seem to have lost sight of that one simple fact. Just get out there and run happy. Brooks hasn’t forgotten that some people don’t want to jump on (or off, rather) the barefoot wagon. [...]
If you’ve never given wave technology a try, give it a go. You might just surprise yourself… To begin with, I ran in barefoot shoes just about all summer. I was looking for shoes with less structure, less padding, less… well, everything. Really, even though it all started innocently enough (I was looking to [...]
The concept of minimalism running varies from runner to runner and person to person. What we all can usually agree on is that having less shoe and structure allows your foot and body do a little more of the heavy lifting, or running… Recently, Asics has come out with the Rush 33 which is a [...]
Last week we reviewed the new adidas Supernova Sequence 4, and the new Adidas adiSTAR Salvation 3 is a bit like the Bentley to the Sequence’s Cadillac. Both are great shoes and are packed with many of the same great Adi technologies, but you just know when you’re rollin’ in a Bentley! This new iteration [...]
All of the major players in running footwear have their workhorse, best-selling lines that have been around forever. Asics has their 2100 series, Nike has the Pegasus, and Adidas has the Supernova. The Supernova has been around for many years and this season’s brand new Supernova Sequence 4 should be another big hit for Adidas. [...]
With the minimalist movement in full stride, some runners are making the switch while many runners are asking questions and are on the fence. If you’re one of those runners that want to make the switch, but aren’t ready to make the switch to a true barefoot running shoe, I suggest transitioning a lightweight trainer [...]
K-Swiss has deep roots in fashion athletic footwear and, in recent years, has been pushing to become a formidable player in true performance running footwear. With their ‘Tubes’ line of shoes, I think they’re attempting to bridge the gap. The new K-Swiss Microtubes 100 Fit running shoe is an outstanding value at MSRP $80, looks [...]
One would think that New Balance would run out of room to upgrade. Eventually, they would just hit a peak and be done with it. Especially on a no frills, entry level neutral cushioned shoe. It seems that an overhaul of the shoe was completely unnecessary for this year’s release. After all, the 759 (it’s [...]
