Trail Running Shoe Highlights from ORWM '10

Previews of the Brooks Cascadia 5, the New Balance MT 100/WT 100, the Vibram FiveFingers Trek Sport, the La Sportiva Crossover GTX, the Vasque Mindbender GTX, and the Salomon S-Lab3 XT Wings.

Running Gloves (and Mittens) Reviewed

A review of running gloves that includes SmartWool Glove Liners, Brooks Pulse Lite Gloves, Loki Liner Gloves, Burton Polartec Power Stretch Gloves and 180s Ultralite CRG.

Brooks Cascadia 4 Review and Cascadia 5 Preview

The Brooks Cascadia 4 are the sole reason I’ve not reviewed a pair of single pair of shoes on iRunFar since reviewing END Footwear’s WOW on April 24. (END has since gone belly up.) I started writing this review of the Cascadia 4 way back on April 10. Ever since, I’ve kept telling myself, “Just [...]

Brooks Element Shorts Review

Since I picked up my first pair of Brooks Element shorts sometime in the Fall of 2006, these shorts have been my favorite. In fact, unless it’s cold enough that I need to wear tights, the Element short is the only thing I’ve worn. Despite one unfortunate chafing incident, these were the best shorts [...]

Brooks Customer Service

It’s not often that you hear about great customer service, but I recently encounter some so here goes.
As I alluded in my post about chafing, I developed a rather uncomfortable injury during the Mountain Masochist 50 this past Saturday and it took merely a moment’s reflection to determine that the liner of my shorts played [...]