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The ALLSWIFIT ActiveRise+ caught my attention for a big reason: it is a $119.99 carbon-plated running shoe.That price puts it well below most carbon-plated running shoes in 2026. We are used to seeing race shoes push past $200, with plenty now approaching $250 or even $300. ALLSWIFIT went in a different direction with
The Boston Marathon charity program is getting even bigger for 2027. The Boston Athletic Association announced that 215 organizations will participate in the 2027 Boston Marathon Official Charity Program, the largest number in race history and the first time Boston has had more than 200 official charity partners. For r
The Nike Alphafly 4 is here, and somehow we have reached the era of the $280 running shoe. Nike announced the Alphafly 4 on September 17, 2026. I knew a new Alphafly was coming eventually, but I wasn’t expecting Nike to change quite as much as it did. The Alphafly 4 is lighter than the Continue reading "Nike Alphafly 4
Welcome, I have run races in some pretty terrible weather, and like most runners, my threshold for deciding conditions are bad is higher than it should be once I have paid for the race and traveled the start line. Am I always making the smartest decision on whether or not to race? Definitely not, which Continue reading
I was excited to try the Raide Women’s TrailTech Cargo Tank. Living in the Mojave Desert, it’s been hot and I’ve needed running gear with the extra room to carry the essentials like my phone, hydration, and fuel. One pocket is no longer enough when I am heading onto trails with water, gels, my phone, and Continue readi
Can You Take Gels Through TSA? A Runner’s Guide to Flying With Energy Gels If you are flying to a marathon, half marathon, or another race, you might end up staring at a pile of energy gels and wondering whether TSA is going to confiscate your race fuel. Can You Take Gels Through TSA? The Continue reading "Can You Take
2027 Boston Marathon registration opens Monday, September 14, 2026, beginning a five-day registration window for runners who have earned a qualifying time. Qualifier registration runs from September 14 through September 18, 2026, through the Boston Athletic Association’s Athletes’ Village. Applications close at 5 p.m.
The first World Athletics Ultimate Championship is happening September 11-13, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary, bringing Olympic champions, world champions, Diamond League winners, and many of the fastest runners in the world together for three nights of racing. If you turned on Peacock this weekend and wondered what the Worl
The Paris Marathon is switching to a lottery for 2027, changing how runners register for one of the largest marathons in Europe. Just this week, I wrote about why is getting so hard to enter marathons and changes in many big city races. Instead of the previous first-come, first-served Paris Marathon registration system
RYZE Mushroom Coffee is one of those products that seems to appear everywhere once you search for it once. Whatever they are doing, they are putting a lot of money into their social media adds…LOL have you been sucked into their AI video advertising? It’s super catchy and maybe one of the few ads I Continue reading "RY
I was excited to try the Topo Traverse 2. Topo has enough trail shoes now that there is some overlap between models, although the Topo Athletic Traverse 2 is easier to separate once you look at what it was actually built for. This is much closer to a lightweight hiking shoe than a trail racing Continue reading "Topo Tr
I was curious about the HydraPak FuelKit. Most running nutrition gear focuses on what you carry after you leave the house. The FuelKit starts earlier, when you are standing at the kitchen counter trying to get drink mix into a narrow flask without dumping expensive powder everywhere. I purchased a cheap funnel, but som
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