Some ups and downs (literal and figurative) ensue when a runner experiments with the Frankenstein combination of a minimal trail shoe and a maximal trail shoe during a rocky 100-mile mountain race.
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Our East Coast ultrarunner Jon Loewus-Deitch is traveling through Central America working on climate change adaptation and disaster resilience with the Nicaraguan Red Cross (and occasionally testing some gear for us). In the meantime, he’s sending back reports from the field on how different life can be when you’re in a town whose name would ...
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Since we started writing about trail food, we’ve looked as some of the very tasty bits, but it’d be wrong to wait much longer to write up one of the foundations of my endurance fitness nutrition plan: GU Energy.
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Whether your goal is to make a five-bean salad or tackle a trail with land and water components, Columbia Sportswear’s Powerdrain Hybrid Water Shoe will help you accomplish it.
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New Balance 720 multisport shoes, $78 (now $60), newbalance.com The Good: They shed water quickly and dry in minutes. The Bad: Grit and gravel can get in through the drain holes. The Ugly: You can no longer pull off wearing water socks – see ya 1990′s! Countless other companies have brought good water shoes to ...
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