5+ hour, 35+ min ago  (469+ words) Here in Boulder, Colorado, there's a new cafe with a "Billion Dollar" smoothie. It doesn't actually cost a billion dollars. But $33, before customizations at $1-5 a pop, is close enough. The dozen or so luxurious ingredients like "young Thai coconut meat,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (284+ words) To find out, we secured one of 15 highly coveted early samples of the Adidas Hyperboost Edge featuring the next-generation pelletized foam. After one month of testing the Adidas Hyperboost Edge, here's what we learned. $200 at Adidas (Available March 17th) + Extremely stable…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (276+ words) It's the circle of life: a new running shoe cometh, an old running shoe goeth on sale. On March 1, Asics dropped the new Superblast 3, a softer, bouncier evolution of the franchise that tester Cory Smith praised for its versatility on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (796+ words) I thought my foot was the issue. The interviews confirmed what the researchers had suspected: Many mainstream running shoe brands are failing women. Though the study was small, there are known issues with women's footwear, which Napier asserts is rooted…...

1+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (372+ words) + Softer and bouncier than the previous version + Excellent versatility + Lightweight for its stack height " Noticeably loud on footstrike " Too soft for some who prefer the Superblast 2s ride After the launch of the Megablast, the Superblast 2 gradually slipped out of my…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (422+ words) My American friends, did you know there's a federal holiday coming up? (No, I'm not talking about Valentine's Day.) I, for one, did not'until I realized that some of the biggest running retailers are quietly throwing ambiguous "mid-winter" sales right…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (733+ words) Taking a page out of the cycling innovation playbook, Salomon turned to the wind tunnel to optimize this overlooked variable in running. We found out where they focused to improve the shoe's aerodynamics, and put a pre-release sample to the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (752+ words) Wearing plain running gear won't draw attention from locals. Running barefoot might. It's been more than a decade since minimalism ruled the running shoe market. Runners in Five Fingers were common sightings, and barefoot running reigned supreme. In the ensuing…...