iRunFar Salomon Sense Mantra Holiday Giveaway
December 24, 2012 by Bryon Powell · 812 Comments
The Salomon Sense Mantra
We’ve already partnered with Strava to challenge you to get out and run over the holidays. Now, we’re partnering with Salomon to spread a little holiday cheer by giving away five pairs of the brand new Salomon Sense Mantra, the training model in their Sense line. [Update: Contest completed!] All you need to do to enter is leave a comment (before January 1 at 11:59 pm MST) letting us know how you’d use your Sense Mantra in 2013. Anyone can leave a comment, only US residents can win.
And the winners are… (MST time of comment included to avoid confusion)
- Benj (12/24 6:09 am)
- Jack (12/24 10:35 am)
- Jacob (12/24 1:22 pm)
- Pete (12/24 2:12 pm)
- Jimbo (12/24 3:00 pm)
Ps. Whether or not you win the giveaway, you can be one of the first to have the Salomon Sense Mantra or the Salomon S-Lab Sense Ultra by picking them up now from the iRunFar Store.
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Bryon Powell is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar.com, which he founded five years ago. Also the author of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, he's quickly approaching 10 years as an ultrarunner and 20 years as a trail runner. These days he calls Park City, Utah and its trails home.
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I would use them to run the Snow Joke in February.
I would climb the sweet grass hills in Montana repeatedly.
I train hard for the speedgoat 50K, love those climbs!!
Training for long runs in the So Cal sun in preparation for numerous winter and spring Ultras.
training to do my first ultra next year. I cannot wait.
I’ll be using the Salomon Sense Mantra to launch my new adventure, as I’m moving to the mountains of Idyllwild, CA next week, where a network of trails from 5,000-10,500 feet will challenge me to take my running to the next level. It only makes sense to christen this challenge with the Mantra. ;-)
They’d come in handy for training for my first 100 mile race!
Training hard for the SJ Solstice and many other great races! Happy Holidays :)
Run, run, run! Up and down, all around!
Missed alot of days this year, need alittle motivation for the next year. Maybe a switch from NB minimal to salomon would do it.
I would go for a beautiful run with my beautiful wife!
Train for Western States 100. If they work good for me I will use them in WS.
I would use the Salomon Sense Mantra to find the fitness needed to become a professional soccer referee
ill run all over Korea in these bad boys
let me try this again, i’ll be running all over Korea in these bad boys!!
I’d love to try them as the original Sense is my favorite shoe.
Take them to Northern Minnesota for my first shot at the Superior 100 mile, you’ve got to love a challenge.
Santa did not bring me new shoes for christmas so I would wear these on my daily Appalachian trail runs. I love Salomon shoes on the pointy rocks!
I’ll be using my Sense Mantra to discover the hidden local trail routes for future International races..
I’d train hard to run my first Ultra later this fall! (still not sure which one yet)
I’d use them by tying them on my feet and going running.
I’d use them to get my training back on track for 2013 and run my first ultra!
I would use them to train better, lose some weight, and finally, finally be able to run 50 miles in the 24 hour race I have tried 3 times with no luck so far. :)
Run my first two trail races in 2013!
I’m salivating over these. I’d use them to train on the cranky old trails of New England for my first 50 miler ;-)
What I would do with a new pair of Salomom Sense Mantras is simple – I would do more of my running on trails, and make it a point to expand my geographic reach! We have an excellent trail system here in Tallahassee, FL, both flat and hilly. However, after having done the JFK 50 this past November (to celebrate being 50), I am thinking it is an apt goal to keep going on trails beyond where I normally get to – I have some sections of the AT I would like to run aside from the limited areas I have done. I would also like to get out west… you never know what you can do until you try, even if you are over 50!!
First i will smell them. Then i will let my wife smell my fancy new shoes. After that i will run in them…faster than i have ever run before. These will be the most expensive shoes ever put on my feet…therefore i will run as fast and as far as i have ever run.
I’d use them to train for another season of ultras. Please put my name into the hat!
Thanks,
-Brad K
These Awesome shoes will give me the opportunity to enjoy this thing we call life and start attacking trails every day with or without a light:~)
they look like they would work well in the white moutains. multiple pemi loops before VT and Waldo this summer
I love my Salomon Sense, but need the more robust Mantras to train for the the Issy Alps 100k I’m directing in a few months through our local mountains in the Pacific NW!. Propriotection is the best and beats a traditional rockplate hands down.
I’ll use them for training/racing in two 100s this summer.
Thanks!
Trail running :)
I’d love to wear these for Massanutten this year!
After completing my first ultra (Cactus Rose 100 mile endurance run)…I am looking to complete more 100 milers…I used the Salmon XA Comp and would love to give these Salmon’s a try….My shoe size is 10……I cant wait……What a way to start 2013….
I would train for the White River 50, my first 50 miler, after my torn hamstring recovers! Oh how I miss running… I gave myself a xmas present yesterday though and ran 1/2 mile through the woods while out walking the dog… it was heaven. I would run miles and miles through woods and up hills in these shoes… oh how I would…
Hmmm, I think I would run my first ultra in 2013. My running partner has been at me for a couple of years. I know that I will do it one day and maybe, just maybe, I will do it this coming year. If I win these shoes, I will DEFINITELY do it.
If I understand the product ocrrectly, it is meant to be worn on the feet. As such, if I were to win a pair of Sensa Mantras, I would put one on each foot. Once so shod, I would consdier my options. Sit on the couch and read? Stare at the computer and work? Stand in the kitchen and cook? Head out the door and run? I would choose the later. And I would be glad that I did.
They would help me bound all over the rocks that make up the Appalachian Trail in my neck of the woods.
I will use them to train for the Leadville 100.
New Sollys! I’d throw out the spare tire in the old Support Vehicle, put the old shoes in the spare tire cavity, lace up the new shoes and run til I ran out of gas. Then call the support crew to meet me at Taco Bell.
Sensa Mantra… Keep moving FORWARD… one step at a time… (repeat) until I See the Finish Line.
If I win a pair of the new Salomon Sense Mantras, I’ll run the first race I do in Missouri after receiving them, with “I Run Far thanks to iRunFar.com” on my bare chest and send you a pic to prove it!
I will use them to put on the many miles required for training and running the Gnarly Bandit series.
I would love to have a pair to pace a good friend of mine in Vermont. He paced me last year and I am going this year to return the favour. :)
I will use them to run and hike all over the mountains and trails near my home.
LOVE the shoes, especially the green color! I’m a newbie trailrunner trying to build up my stamina and skills. These shoes would help and add that flash of color I love. :)
LOVE the shoes, especially the green color!
I’m a newbie trail runner trying to build up my stamina and skills.
These shoes would help and add that flash of color I love. :)
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I will be the envy of all my friends with these new kicks…. vrooom!