Product: New Balance MR790
Price: $80.00
Shoe Type: Lightweight Trail / Racing
Fit: Half a size small
Weight: 7.9 oz
Pronation Factor: Neutral
Best for: Lighter runners with access to softer surfaces
Many trails near my home in northern Utah are steep, rocky, and foreboding, requiring heavy tank-like trail running shoes that can withstand the punishment of the terrain — and protect my feet as well. Many of these dedicated trail running shoes weigh up to a pound apiece in order to offer high levels of support and protection.
However, there are times in my trail running when I don’t quite need that level of stability and “armor”, but rather, I want speed and agility. In other words, I want a lightweight trail shoe, the trail equivalent to a road racing flat.
Fortunately, New Balance has come through with this wish, with their MR790 model trail shoe. At a feather-light 7.9 ounces, this trail shoe is lighter than my road-racing flats! But how will they perform on a trail?
From trendy sushi restaurants to Nokia cell phones or even Pokemon cartoons, Japanese culture and design has, and continues to, infiltrate many aspects of American society. Adidas is continuing this trend in its creation of adiZero, their newest line of running shoes. The adizero lines spiced up the average running shoe by combining Adidas’s comfort and durability with a unique Japanese flavor.
AdiZero is largely targeting competitive distance runners with a neutral or minimal over-pronation and currently features three models. Although each model is geared towards a different running regimen and goal, the line promotes an overall theme of comfort and speed. AdiZero LT2 is a minimalist trainer sneaker, adizero CS2 is a racing sneaker and adizero RC2 racing flat is specifically geared towards very competitive runners. Read the rest of this entry »
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