What to Do If You’re about to Hit the Wall

Giveaway: OrthoLite Fusion Insole

This month’s giveaway is sponsored by OrthoLite, a maker of performance insoles found in many athletic shoes. According to the company’s website, each year, over 100 million pairs of athletic and outdoor shoes are built with OrthoLite as their insole technology. In March I was supplied with a free pair of OrthoLite’s performance insole, the Fusion, for a product review. You can read all about the OrthoLite Fusion here. In addition, the company agreed to help me out with this month’s giveaway by providing 3 pairs of these insoles. (more…)

Executing Your Smoothest Long Run…on a Track

Track Lanes - by Rachel M

Where do you do your long runs? The answer depends on where you live, environmental factors, or personal preference. For many, a typical long run is usually done on a road or a dirt trail. While the benefits of long training runs should be universal regardless of where they’re conducted, there exist characteristics unique to running on a track (more…)

Shoe Review: Skechers GOrun

Skechers GOrun Men's Red Package

Recently Skechers made a splash in the competitive running landscape with its sponsored Olympian – Meb Keflezighi. Meb not only finished first at the 2012 Olympic Trials in the marathon event, he also won it with a new personal record - wearing Skechers GOrun! Prior to Meb’s victory, I know many people, myself included, used to associate Skechers with casual, budget foodwear. Although one can still argue today that perhaps it wasn’t the shoes that resulted in Meb’s stellar performance – one inescapable implication here is that Skechers is getting aggressive and ready to take tackle the performance running shoe market. (more…)

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Marathon

Tracks - by Vullioud Pierre-André

Have you heard of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT, HIT, or HIIE) and wondered if you should try it? Recently this term has been brought to my attention. I had a conversation with a stranger a few weeks ago when he saw me in my running gear at a Dunkin Donuts. The man asked about my mileage and training, then proceeded to talk about how he does HIIT in his gym – then mentioned he could go run 10 miles any time if he wanted to. Judging from his physique, I was skeptical about his claim and curious about the effectiveness of HIIT. (more…)