Making running fun…by making fun of it
Brooks Running was mighty proud to announce today a commitment to increase carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions by making all their footwear carbon negative—not carbon neutral—effective immediately. The Seattle-based company is now fully devoted to producing shoes that are less sustainable, more environmentally unfriendly, and much more toxic to planet Earth.
The collaboration comes on the heels of over a century of folks wildly mispronouncing Saucony’s tough name. Saucony has heard it all over the years: Sauce-ony, Soo-cony, Sow-cony, so-cony, you name it—except, no one can quite seem to name it correctly.
Nike is thrilled to unveil the new Betafly shoe today, the latest addition to Nike’s race day shoe collection and yet another shoe ending in “fly.”
Forget everything you thought you knew about the Clifton. Ok, now, forget everything you knew you knew about the Clifton. Because the Clifton 10 is a Clifton in name only. After not releasing an updated Clifton in 2024, HOKA came out of the gates strong in 2025 with a completely redesigned model that bears no resemblance to the Clifton 9. Or the 8. Or the 7…
New Balance has made big changes to the 880, with updates that make it unrecognizable from previous editions. But, does the significant gain in midsole foam put the pair on par with the higher-priced 1080?
This is one of the softer shoes I’ve tested over the past year—a big positive. Previous editions of the shoe never felt this soft. ASICS swaps out FF BLAST+ Eco for the new FF BLAST™ MAX midsole foam. Yes, I know what you’re thinking: why did they have to use the word “max” in their midsole name? That word is grossly overused by every running brand and their mother…
