Running Shoes

from dehardloopkrant.com

Evaro- Bob Hayes is about to become a Montana legend. This Saturday,
Hayes will lace up his running shoes as he does nearly every day and
take to the trail to run his 10th Le Grizz ultramarathon - a 50-mile
journey through the timber along the Hungry Horse Reservoir.When he
crosses the finish line, Hayes will rank among the rugged few who have
completed the race. Hell be inaugurated into the 󈫺 Bears Den,” which
honors the commitment, perseverance, injury management and mental
tenacity of runners who have finished the race 10 times.

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And hell be the first to reach the milestones at the age of 80.This
years goal is to match or improve last years race time of 10 hours, 13
minutes, Hayes said.“Every year you get slower,” he said. “I hope to
run it in 10 hours, but you never know, it could be 11.”Lean and
wind-whipped like a greyhound, Hayes runs with the rolling steady gate
of a man half his age.
The joke is, he said, hes but a newcomer to the sport.“I started
running when I was 60 and I was so slow I couldnt injure myself,” he
said, “so I just kept going.”A life of timber cruising and ranching
kept him healthy, he said, but running has made him fit and the
training for ultramarathons has made him think more purposefully about
nutrition and calorie intake.
Now, at the age of 80, on the brink of making running history in the
states oldest ultramarathon, Hayes said hes in the best shape of his
life.

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from guelphmercury.com

It’s a bit of a fluke that Kelly Rupoli runs marathons. Until nine years ago, she hadn’t slipped on a pair of running shoes since high school.

Now the 42-year-old competitive racer goes through four pairs a year. She’ll be wearing her favourites in Monday’s Thanksgiving Day Races, when she runs five kilometres with some of the city’s best distance runners.

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from HawaiBusiness
The Nike +
iPod Sport Kit transforms the ubiquitous MP3 player into a running
coach. The Sport Kit features two sensors, one that is inserted into a
specially designed Nike running shoe and another that clicks onto the
bottom of your iPod Nano. Your coach’s voice can either be that of a
man or a woman, neither use profanity. iPod and shoes not included, $29;

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from fredericksburg.com

At some point in their lives, 75 percent of Americans suffer foot pain, according to the American Podiatric Medical Association. A recent study found that 12 percent of Americans experience pain from their shoes.

Feet, and the shoes we put them into, may be more important than people think.

Wearing shoes that don’t fit can wreak havoc on feet. An ill-fitting pair of shoes can give a person heel pain, arch pain and pain in the balls of their feet. And when the feet hurt, other areas of the body can hurt as well.

The two feet contain a quarter of all the bones in the human body.
If these bones are misaligned, they can cause pain in a person’s knees,
hips and back.

Other painful results of poorly fitting shoes include blisters,
ingrown toenails and bunions, which can lead to infection or even
surgery.

“I don’t think a lot of people are used to what you feel when you
put on comfortable shoes,” said Leroy Bailey, who works at Comfort One
Shoes on Caroline Street in Fredericksburg.

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from venturacountystar.com

Greg Woodburn, a junior at Ventura High School,
has created a charity campaign called Share Our Soles to collect, clean
up and donate running shoes to underprivileged youths.

His immediate goal is to collect 100 pairs by December to donate
over the holiday season to youths in Africa through a San Diego-based
nonprofit organization called Sports Gift. If he exceeds that goal, he
would also like to send some refurbished running shoes to Louisiana
youths displaced by Hurricane Katrina

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from The Star Phoenix

Wearing shoes that fi t properly is critical for running, which is a
major component of many workouts. We asked Nike’s Scott Myers for fi
tting tips.

- First, consider trying running shoes on at the end
of the day, when your feet are more swollen than early on. Up to 90 per
cent of runners are in shoes that are too small for them because feet
begin to swell after only 30 or 40 minutes of running. Modern shoes do
not stretch so you need some additional room to accommodate swelling
feet. In general, most people need a running shoe that’s a half or even
a full size bigger than their normal shoe size.

- When shopping,
bring the socks you plan to run in or be prepared to purchase a pair of
socks at the store. Socks are the foundation of the fi t of the shoe.
Technical socks such as Dri-FIT will work best with mesh uppers to keep
your feet dry, comfortable and blister-free.

- Check for heel
slip. Make sure that there is little or no slip as you walk around. If
there is, see if an extra lace hole can be added to prevent slip.

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from TwinCities.com

Since 1984, when a Grand Canyon river guide invented a unique
sport-oriented sandal with over-the-foot nylon straps, the Teva brand
has been synonymous with open-toe footwear of all kinds.

But the company, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., dabbles in shoes as well.

Indeed, Teva’s line of shoes for hiking, trail running and water
sports — which includes more than two dozen models — is a spread of
gutsy innovation that can occasionally suffer from the overshadowing of
the company’s eponymous sandal.

Standouts in the Teva (www.teva.com)
shoe line include footwear that employs felt padding and linen
materials; insoles made of cork and poured latex; meshy, drainable
running shoes; water shoes with articulated toes; and sprint-minded
trail runners.

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from npr

If you are a runner who wants to push yourself harder, there’s a new high-tech running aid on the market that’s built in to your shoe.

It’s a small device that signals to your iPod, which interrupts your favorite iTune, and your run, to tell you how you are doing.

The Nike and iPod sports kit consists of a pair of running shoes with a built-in pocket under the insole (about $100 for shoes and $29 for the sensor kit). A sensor that you insert inside the pocket measures your running pace and wirelessly transmits the data to your iPod nano (pricing for the nano starts at $149.)

When you start your run, you select your music and a pleasant voice — you choose the gender — tells you to hop to it. At the press of a button, the voice will return to tell you how many miles you have run and how fast you are running.

For Portland, Ore., runner and businessman David Howitt, it’s like running with your own personal trainer.

“I feel like I have a coach with me, telling me I’m on pace or off pace,” Howitt says. “It definitely pushes you.”

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from Honolulu Advertiser

By Oscar A. Hernandez
Special to The Advertiser


Carolyn Ching may be walking the Honolulu Marathon this December, but she still wants to make sure she has the right shoe.
“My podiatrist diagnosed me with overpronation of both feet, and Morton’s neuroma (an enlarged nerve that usually occurs between the third and fourth toe),” Ching said. “He recommended orthotics to be worn inside my shoe.”
Ching, who is training with the Honolulu Marathon Clinic and works out at a health club, has been going to The Running Room on Kapahulu Avenue for the past two years for her shoes.

On a recent visit, Ching was being helped by Gaston Ly.”
Gaston was very knowledgeable about my condition,” Ching said.
Ly is the assistant manager, having worked at the store for nearly eight years. A former runner for Roosevelt High’s track and cross country teams, Ly has taken classes in kinesiology, sports medicine and weight training.
“This ‘academic’ knowledge helps most when assisting customers who come from their doctor’s office with foot/leg related problems, which allows me to understand (our) customers’ needs in order to help their doctor with their prescribed recovery process,” Ly said.

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from Plain Dealer

Dr. Jerry Lamendola of Total Foot Care in Lakewood and Dr. James Sferra, orthopedic surgeon and sector head of the foot and ankle department at the Cleveland Clinic, share some footwear tips:

- Make sure your shoes are securely tied. If you wear a shoe that’s hanging loose, there’s more stress on the foot, ankle and lower leg than with a shoe that’s properly fitted and tied correctly. Loose shoes can lead to tendonitis and muscle fatigue.

- No shoe is designed for everyone or every sport. Buy your shoes from a reputable shoe or sporting goods store with a trained staff that can help you select the proper shoes and make sure they fit correctly.

- To help ensure proper fitting, always shop for shoes in the late afternoon because your feet naturally swell during the day.

- Draw an outline of your feet on a piece of paper. Before you buy a pair of shoes, place them on the outline. The shoes should entirely cover the outline of your feet. People have a tendency to buy shoes that are too small, and often continue to buy the size they wore in high school, even though their feet continue to get larger as they age.

- Even the best running shoes only last about 200 miles. Don’t try to push a shoe beyond its life span. One way to increase a shoe’s life is to have two pairs of shoes and alternate every other day. This allows perspiration to dry. Perspiration breaks down shoe leather and can allow fungus and bacteria to grow.

Listen to the foot doctors online Go to www.cleveland.com/tlr for audio interviews with Dr. Jerry Lamendola of Total Foot Care and Dr. James Sferra, orthopedic surgeon and sector head of the Cleveland Clinic’s foot and ankle department.

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