Just like Amazon, Zappos started out carrying only shoes. Now they have a growing category of merchandise. They even have better shipping than Amazon Prime – free., both ways! Why not start your shopping at Zappos?
Category: Gear Reviews – Running, Cycling, Travel, Outdoors, Wearables, Money & More
Minimalist business casual with the Skora CORE in modern monochrome
The new monochrome Skora CORE fuses an athletic look with a modern charcoal and grey color palette. The minimal design features Skora’s trademark perforated goat leather with tone-on-tone components and reflective detailing.
Altra Footwear Continues Innovation With All-New Spikes, Mid-Hiker Trail, Road and Casual Footwear, and New Running Apparel
Altra Footwear announces its latest shoes and apparel, including first-ever categories such as a mid-high trail shoe and spikes.
Award winning ashmei are looking to recruit new ambassadors for 2016
Endurance sports athletes within running, cycling and triathlon are invited to apply to become part of the ashmei ambassador team. The selected athletes will receive a wardrobe of ashmei apparel and assist in the development of their kit by gear testing new lines, take part in exclusive events and photo shoots and represent the brand within your sport.
Holiday Shoe & Accessories Deals – Black Friday, Cyber Monday
LEMs Shoes Black Friday 25% OFF beginning 11/27/15 12 midnight EST Shop now! Use code: FOODCOMA Xero Shoes Save up to 70% on Xero Shoes… and enter to WIN a $25, $50, or $100 Xero Shoes gift certificate! Shop now! Ultimate Direction Black Friday & Cyber Monday 20% OFF sitewide Shop now! Skora Running Sitewide 25%…
Holiday Toy List 2015 from Amazon – for those who hate to shop in stores
If you are like me, I hate to shop in physical brick-and-mortar stores. I do virtually all my shopping online, the majority of them through Amazon Prime (I’ve been a member for over a decade).
WSJ hiking boots and Zappos Fall top 5 boots but where are the minimalist boots?
It must be getting colder everywhere with the Saturday’s edition of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) featuring,”A Guide to Style-Conscious Hiking Boots”, and emails from Zappos listing the Top 5 Fall Boots – expensive boots that you might never want to wear on your hike. Worst yet, they are really bulky and stiff, great protection, but bad for your feet.
Lifetrak Unveils Zoom, First-Ever Continuous Wear, Amphibious Fitness Tracker
We are excited about this new product from LifeTrak. We have wear tested two LifeTrak activity trackers in the past few years, the LifeTrak MOVE C300 and LifeTrak ZONE C410. Both are consumer activity trackers and not really targeted for athletes since it lack the recording of continuous heart rate, distance, calories, etc.
adidas Breaks the Mold with 3D-Printed Performance Footwear
In the near future, you may be able to customize how much or less cushioning for your personal situation depending on your training, terrains, and distances. Go minimal or go maximalist. But do remember this: MIX IT UP!
Live healthier and achieve more with the new Microsoft Band
[cmsms_row data_width=”boxed” data_color=”default” data_padding_top=”10″ data_padding_bottom=”10″][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] Meet Microsoft Band 2, the smart band created to enable you to live healthier and achieve more. Microsoft Band 2 tracks your heart rate, exercise, calorie burn and sleep quality, and provides notifications about your emails, texts and calendar alerts. Advanced sensors track data specific to running, biking…
Nike goes minimal with NikeLab Payaa
The NikeLab Payaa Men’s Shoe features a minimalist design inspired by the payaaqek, a Native Alaskan boot that exemplifies simplicity
Fujifilm announces new INSTAX Mini 70 designed for easy selfies, low light shooting and instant fun!
FUJIFILM North America Corporation today announced the new INSTAX Mini 70 that features an updated and sleek design, a special selfie mode and a high-performance flash that automatically calculates surrounding brightness and adjusts shutter speeds accordingly for amazing photos in an instant.
The VIVOBAREFOOT Aqua is back!
Designed by Ajoy Kumar Sahu (rest in peace) in 2006, the VIVOBAREFOOT Aqua quickly became one of the most popular and successful barefoot shoes, and remains a firm favorite with many.
Best Selling Altra Shoes
Do you know what the best selling models are from Altra Zero Drop? Here is the list of the top selling shoes on Altra.com. Current Top Sellers Lone Peak 2.5 One 2.5 Paradigm 1.5 Provision 2.0 Torin 2.0 Instinct 3.0 Top Selling Clearance Items Intuition 2.0 Instinct 2.0 The Repetition Lone Peak 2.0 You might also…
Step Aside Black Friday – Meet Amazon Prime Day
My family have been a loyal Amazon Prime member since March 30, 2005! The savings from one- and two-day shipping of bulk items like TVs, lawn mowers, BBQ sets, and countless books for my kids have paid for the annual membership fees many times over. Most important, getting something in your hands within two days…
Minimalist Running Shoes Hall of Fame
After over 5 years of wearing and exclusively testing over 300 pairs of minimalist shoes (road running, trail running, casual, gym, dress), here are our absolute top 3 favorites for road, trail, and business casual. I’ve been loading up on these models as they go on sale or being discontinued. I wish they would keep some…
Reebok Introduces New Nano 5.0!
Take your workout-of-the-day to a whole new level with Reebok’s new Nano 5.0! Reebok’s lightest, strongest, and most innovative Nano yet. For the first time ever, the Nano’s mesh upper is infused with durable Kevlar® for elite-level abrasion protection. Plus, the entire midsole shape has been re-engineered to fit more precisely and support your foot…
Olympic Caliber Running-stride Program from Topo Athletic & ACU
Topo Athletic today announced that they have sponsored ACU (Assess, Correct, Unify) Running, a FREE training program that helps runners rebuild their stride from the ground up. The experts behind ACU-Running reverse engineered the running stride down to its biomechanical components so that a runner can first master the underlying movement patterns that serve as the building blocks…
National Trails Day: June 6, 2015
Saturday June 6, 2015 is National Trails Day! National Trails Day events will take place in every state across the country and will include hikes, biking and horseback rides, paddling trips, bird watching, geocaching, gear demonstrations, stewardship projects and more. Get out there an enjoy the outdoors!!! What is National Trails Day? American Hiking Society’s National…
National Running Day: June 3, 2015 + giveaway!
Today, June 3, is National Running Day (#NationalRunningDay). Think about why you run and celebrate that. Encourage less-active friends to start running – they don’t have to wait another year! Reaffirm your love of running and for beginners to kick off a life-changing commitment. As a bonus to our readers, Skora Running is having a giveaway….
2015 Zappos Bay to Breakers
If you have never participated in the annual Bay To Breakers 12K race in San Francisco, CA, you will have to try it at least once (add it to your bucket list). Or do it twice – experience the craziness first and then plan on running it as a seeded runner the next time. I ran…
The next game changer is coming – VIVOBAREFOOT MOTUS
Over a year ago, many of my readers asked for a zero drop tennis, squash, basketball, parkour, urban running, road running, gym, or travel shoe. Now VIVOBAREFOOT has started to deliver one, the MOTUS. They are taking pre-orders now and will ship around May 19. With its resilient rubber toe guard, VB Motus protects your feet…
Boston Marathon and Motivational Monday
The 2015 Boston Marathon is on Monday, April 20, 2015. If you are running Boston this year, you’ve probably already selected your running gear for race day. If you are not, you can watch it live online and purchase Boston 2015 apparel – they are great motivational equipment in addition to your selection of music/songs, hydration…
Universal interchangeability with the new Tifosi Pro
Tifosi Optics today announces the availability of the Tifosi Pro with ICS, an interchangeable system that integrates Full Frame, Half Frame and/or Shield eyewear into one complete kit. This revolutionary patent-pending design allows for universal interchangeability. Simply snap the universal arms onto any of the included frames, add the appropriate lenses, and go! Adaptable For…