Zan Gallant
Fit First Run Clinic From The Eyes of a New ...
Fit First Run Clinic From The Eyes of a New Leader
Guest User
Brooks Glycerin 20- cushion meets versatility

A running shoe built for the roads, the newly transformed Brooks Glycerin 20 combines comfort, style, function, and technology. Brooks truly outdid themselves with this model of their signature premium-cushioned road shoe; with neutral and stability options, regular and wide widths available, along with two upper styles, there’s a Glycerin 20 for you!

Brooks Glycerin 20- cushion meets versatility
Evan Moore
COVID-19 Information: Store Operations and ...

Our in-store services are re-opening on Tuesday, May 19th! We take this next step to normalcy very seriously and have modified practices, procedures and interactions to ensure a safe shopping and working environment for our community.

Here are some details on what we’re doing to ensure the health and safety of our guests and team members:

COVID-19 Information: Store Operations and Protocols
opinion/motivation, Shoes
Evan Moore
Running & Walking Shoe Types: Neutral vs ...

In today’s rapidly changing running shoe market, brands are constantly finding ways to market themselves as having the latest and greatest shoes for your feet. While major running shoe brands like New Balance, Nike, Brooks, Hoka One One, Saucony, ON Running, Mizuno and Asics (among others) do all produce some excellent shoes, we really encourage potential buyers to ignore the marketing hype and let the fit and performance of the shoe be the deciding factor. In the end, each brand is producing a set of very similar products for different user and foot-types, it’s up to the buyer to find the shoe that most suits their unique shape, support and performance needs!

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to be releasing a guide on each of the major running shoe categories. This will include what to look for, which specific models compete with each other, why they’re different and what you should consider before pulling the trigger on a new pair!

Running & Walking Shoe Types: Neutral vs Stability
opinion/motivation
Evan Moore
Brooks is showing love to our planet, so ...

We need not waste time on explaining the importance of supporting and selling brands that are actively implementing measures to lower their impact on the global environment. It's 2020 and it's time for companies, running brands included, to step up to the plate and find solutions to lower emissions, waste and animal-harming practices. We constantly see brands who are making promises, announcing plans, and promoting a small portion of their line as "sustainable". All the while, at their headquarters (the second most sustainable head quarters in North America for anycompany) in Seattle, Brooks as acted fast and effectively.

running race

"Race" week

Friday is half day and my taper tantrum is in full effect, despite the fact that I haven’t really tapered: I’ve got aches and pains I can’t entirely put a cause to (although my fall down a hill into a stream last week might explain most of it), I’m grumpy and I just want to eat everything in sight.

Being heavy and slow isn’t exactly giving me the motivation to really go for it on Friday. I actually decided to tone my training down a bit several weeks ago to take a more enjoyable approach to it all, if that’s even a thing. The winter blues hit me hard this year and, frankly, de-stressing with my cat on the couch became a priority over running more times than I care to admit.

The good news is I felt great on a 12mi long run a couple weeks ago that I definitely could have extended to 13.1 (part of me wishes I had) and recovered really well from so I know that the distance is very doable without wrecking myself.

Now that I’ve settled with myself that this is just a glorified long run, the internal debate is what course should I run? I have my usual loop de loops around New West, but an old friend gave me the map and details for The Fierce Half Marathon she ran in November. It’s two loops of an out and back course that’s flat, fast and certified. New West is none of those things. Not to mention, my Garmin has shown itself to be anything but accurate. Nothing really beats the ease of walking out the door to start a run and finishing back at my door, though, so I’m heavily leaning to that plan.

All of this being said, if it’s monsooning on Friday, I can pretty much guarantee that the run distance will be significantly reduced. I have a 90min hike to do in the morning and I know how I feel about long(er) runs after I’ve already been in the cold rain for an extended period of time earlier in the day.

So cheers to Friday’s Half and starting the new year on a long run note! (hopefully)

Wisdom I Gained From (Not) Running an Ultramarathon

Wisdom I Gained From (Not) Running an Ultramarathon

COVID-19 has derailed many of our plans. Things that you were looking forward to may not come to fruition. That is ok. We are all in this ship together. While we may not have control over what happens to us, especially not right now, we all still have enough agency to learn. Chances are that if you were working up to something before the world shut down, your daily efforts already made you a better person.