I got my Altra Superiors this afternoon after ordering them from Optimal Run on Wednesday – I don’t know why it took so long (yes that is sarcasm, this was faster than I thought it would be). Honestly, I am super impressed with the way Patton and the staff do things and recommend them …
Category Archive: Review
Feb 27
Hanson Marathon Method – Book Review
I bought the Hanson’s Marathon Method book by Luke Humphrey with Keith & Kevin Hanson, from Amazon a few weeks ago and have been reading it and re-reading it. Have you ever read a book and all of a sudden, something that you didn’t quite “get”, suddenly became crystal clear. This is something I wrote …
Feb 05
How Did My 5 Running Shoes Choices Do?
Last year about this time, it is hard to believe I had only one pair of running shoes, that I was actually running in – Saucony Peregrines. They were wearing out and I was in the final stages of researching what would be my next pair of running shoes. Narrowed the Choices Down to 5 …
Jan 26
Adidas Marathon Trainer (Reproduction) Initial Review
If you have been running for a while you probably have a love/hate relationship with your running shoes. Some shoes you have run in, back in the long distant past take on an almost mythological belief in how GREAT they were and we look back on them with fond memories, that may not always be …
Jan 20
Swiftwick Pursuit Socks Review
I am a Swiftwick Blogging Ambassador and proudly have been since December 2012. As part of being a Swiftwick Blogger I got to try their Pursuit socks to review at no cost. However, just because I got the product free or because I do have a relationship with a brand, doesn’t mean I am going …
Jan 15
Original Brooks Pure Flow – 50 Mile Review
While I don’t have quite 50 miles on my Brooks Pure Flows – I think 43.18 miles is close enough for my purposes. Back on February 5, 2012, I put together a list of 5 Shoes (Narrowed the Choices Down to 5 Running Shoes) that I wanted to learn more about, and the Brooks PureFlow were …
Dec 21
Swiftwick Sustain Sock Review
After finding out that I had been selected as a Swiftwick Blog Ambassador last week, I got a package from Swiftwick this week, which was amazing! Especially since it had some surprises for other members of my household (so they would stop looking so enviously at my Swiftwick socks) and different sock models for me …
Dec 11
Starting the Reflection Process – My Running in 2012
Amanda over at Mizz Zippy asked the following questions about her reader’s running this year and it seemed like a good way to start my reflections on 2012: Best race experience? Without a doubt it was the Runner’s World Half Festival. I got to meet so many GREAT people, including Amanda, other FitFluential Ambassadors, Runner’s World …








