Terra Plana is one of those interesting shoe companies that dare exploring more unconventional ideas. Among these are recycled shoes and minimal shoes. [Rated: 6/10 Toes]
Overall the upper material is very comfortable and the lack of an Achilles supporter (as mentioned the rear part is just soft fabric) is very nice because it makes your foot the master and not the shoe. [Rated: 5/10 Toes]
Original post on RailRiders.com/blog. Republished with author’s permission.
A very insightful post that captures the history and future of running footwear. Hope you like it. Happy trails, David.
I boil the kettle and throw some Earl Grey leaves into a pot. The steam rises and the leaves steep into a brew.
I lean back into my chair and put my feet up. The contrast of the cup and saucer and my dirty bare feet amuses me.
The tea tastes good.
[Image courtesy: Dawn-Pink Chick]
I live in Florida. The extent of ‘winter’ here is… well, there isn’t. While living in Calgary, Canada however (see pic above) I had the pleasure of running through many winter seasons. For those not familiar with Alberta winters, they’re known to last a good 7 months with. Running [...]
Okay, I’ll admit it, I stare at runners. I do. I can’t help looking at nearly every runner that I see. Driving to work in the morning I’ll find myself slowing down just enough to catch a few strides of a morning runner. It amazes me how dramatically running shoes alter, err… break, something as primitive and hard-wired within us as running.
I don’t know why, but I was expecting something truly amazing with the release of ECCO’s new BIOM shoe. How could I not? Their thebiomproject website shouted “everything you know about shoes is wrong”. Although just a few weeks back they changed their copy to, well, better reflect the final product. Perhaps for their [...]
Running is an interesting thing to me.
I’ve been running for years. What kid doesn’t run? We run home for dinner, run during play and run to hide from the world. Running is part of the human experience. It is a necessity for hunting in many cultures, part of sexual experience in others, and in many [...]
Look at the difference between the same runner wearing shoes versus barefoot, and the position of her feet as they’re about to make contact with the ground.
[These are images have not been staged, directed or altered in Photoshop. You can find these two images on popular micro-stock photo sites, ie. dreamstime.com]
On the left: The [...]
