Prescription for the Trails? A Shoe Cocktail!
August 13, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 9 Comments
This is iRunFar’s first round up post in quite awhile. It’s got some news that we didn’t squeeze into our White River 50 race report, the end of END Footwear, and an article over at Competitor Running that might interest you. Update: We’ll also throw in the tidbit that Montrail is discontinuing its iconic Hardrock… [...]
END WOW (Walk on Water) Review
April 24, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
One of my secret weapons during my MdS training was END’s WOW (Walk on Water) shoe. This minimalist “water shoe” is built for wet conditions with a wide-open mesh upper as well as drainage holes through the sole. Like other END Footwear shoes, there’s no separate heel counterbalance (a cupped midsole provides heel stability and [...]
END Footwear: The Beginning of Sustainable Footwear (Part 2)
November 2, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Back in July, iRunFar featured Part 1 of its profile of End Footwear nee Outdoor. At the time we thought we’d post Part 2 a mere week later…. but that didn’t happen. The upside to the delay is that we’ve since had a chance to meet with the key players at END in person, got [...]
END Footwear: The Beginning of Sustainable Footwear (Part 1)
July 24, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Back in April, iRunFar noted that we were interested to what would come out of END Footwear (nee Outdoor) – a company committed to sustainable footwear from its founding. Four months later END is on the verge of releasing its first lineup of shoes on August 1. In this busy and exciting time for END, [...]
END Stumptown 12 oz. Review
July 13, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 6 Comments
iRunFar is excited to bring you a sneak peak of END Footwear’s forthcoming Stumptown 12 oz. Overall, it is a good looking, light-weight, multi-purpose trail shoe that performed well in our tests. The Stumptown 12 oz and the rest of END’s inaugural shoe lineup (including two other trail shoes) will hit the US and Canadian [...]
