Category: Shoes and Gears

Brooks was once available in the Philippines during the 80s and I remembers using these shoes back in elementary.  And recently, Brooks got me interested with their wacky marketing campaigns like Superfans and Run Happy.  Those fun and wacky approach to running must be paying off since Runner’s World...

Many may have seen the shoes Sketchers Shape-ups and Reebok EasyTone.  Shape-ups claims that it "can help burn more calories, tone muscles and more."  Reebok EasyTone says that the shoe is "proven to work your hamstrings and calves up to 11% harder. And tones your butt up to 28%...

We have seen several runners who are into barefoot running in local races. Back in Janauary of this year, we have posted an article about the benefits of running barefoot in a breakthough research and we provided some tips for those who wanted to start barefoot running. Vibram has...

For the music and sports lovers, it's hard to finding a good earphones for your runs or workouts.  I use to buy a new set of earphones 2-3 times a year.  The ones I use for running would get easily broken.  The sweat and the pulling for the cables...

Barefoot running is getting some following in Europe and North America.  In fact, a lot of running shoes are now offering minimalistic shoes that mimics barefoot running.  Here are some tips for those who want to try running barefoot. If you are planning to try barefoot running, here’s one...

Trail runs are gaining popularity.  We have the Men’s Health All Terrain Race on Sunday, May 16 and the New Balance Trail Adventure on June 20.  Prior to that, we have The North Face Thrill of the Trail last February.  I would expect more trail runs to happen since...

New Balance has updated its popular 1063 shoe with the New Balance 1064.  It had retained many features from the 1063 but made changes in the material and the fit to create the Total Fit.  I got my NB1063 last year from New Balance.  I have used the shoe...

It’s been more than two week and about 100kms of running with the New Balance 1906.  I used them for a 21km and a 42km marathon at the Standard Chartered Hong kong Marathon.  NB1906 is named for the year New Balance started.   They packed in great features for it...

Adidas miCoach  is a real-time training system that is design to work like a personal coach. Unlike other gadgets I used for running, Adidas miCoach is the only gadget that has an audio feature that tells you when to speed up, slow down or maintain the pace depending on...