Hoka OneOne Tarmac, prime time Australian TV!!
October 25, 2012 Leave a comment
Check it out!! Hoka OneOne Tarmacs in prime time, on The Project. Great work, Dominic Patrick Seamus Cooley.
Clearly one of Hoka’s Frequent Flyers. 75s in – very classy.
Journey of a million steps
September 27, 2012 Leave a comment
That’s right, this pair of Bondi B that I cut in two the other day each must have landed close to a million times with the distance that they covered. And, frankly, they were still feeling good when they were retired. Tears in the long-suffering uppers and grip that had finally ripped off just meant it was time for the next pair.
Will you get the same mileage from your Hoka? Probably not. I wanted to really beat these up and see how long they would keep feeling good, however ragged they got along the way. So don’t start writing in to say your shoes got ratty after just a couple of hundred miles. Where are you running? In a supermarket? Your shoes should be dirty after the first 5 hours my friend! Everybody runs different, which is just one of the many things we should all love about running.
If you run like a drunken monkey and put 500km on a normal pair of trainers before they’re ready for the furnace, I’d still expect you to have more fun for longer in a pair of Bondi B, Tarmac or Evo. And if you think that’s just crazy, check out our friend Jane Trumper – she got over 2,000km out of her shoes, and she’s vertically challenged. That means she must have got, like, I dunno – a billion strides out of hers. Right Jane? : )
One more vid to come before we take these to New Zealand for the Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final in October, so tune in for a closer look at the main features of Hoka design when we post that for you next week.
Now go run!
I just cut my Hoka OneOne Bondi B in half.
September 24, 2012 1 Comment
Thinking outside the shoebox…
Fresh video! Jane Trumper hits her 100th, at Sydney Marathon.
September 17, 2012 Leave a comment
Onya Small!! We’re proud to be the shoes that keep you achieving injury-free endurance goals that boggle the mind : ) Here’s one of the many stories from yesterday’s Sydney Marathon.
Good on all of you who ran yesterday, it was refreshing to feel the first time nerves that were happening all about the place at the starting line.
And if you think Jane’s an inspiration, please give a little to the cause that she gives a lot to.
Congratulations Jane Trumper – 100 Marathons this Sunday!!
September 14, 2012 Leave a comment
If you run in Sydney, you have probably met Jane Trumper. In fact, if you’ve run anywhere, there’s a good chance you’ve met Jane Trumper.
She’ll be completing her 100th marathon this Sunday at the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, pacing a number of first-timers, no doubt, in the 4:30 group. Should be a memorable and emotional finish outside the Opera House we expect.
In this interview recorded just the other day, Jane talks about her favourite marathons, her greatest running challenges, the balancing act of running compulsively with a growing family, and her favourite charity, Bear Cottage.
Share and enjoy :)
Good luck to everyone else out there this weekend too!
One Year of Running in Hoka OneOne
May 29, 2012 Leave a comment
While it would be nice to have a big ad budget, it’s even nicer to see runners feeling such affection for their Hoka OneOne running shoes that they make mixed media tributes like this one from Marathon Maniac, Valerie Hower.
She thanks her Hoka OneOne for a year of such injury-free running she would have never thought it possible.
Hoka OneOne podium at Miwok 100km
May 10, 2012 Leave a comment
Dave Mackey, Chris Price and Jesse Haynes after Miwok 2012. Pic by Keira Henninger
Appropriate that runners wearing Hoka OneOne dominated the podium at this year’s Miwok 100km in California, considering the course does take in Stinson Beach.
For Australian readers, the course has roughly the same elevation gain as The North Face 100. With roughly 4,000m of vertical, Miwok’s course records are held by legendary female ultrarunner Ann Trason and 2011 Montrail Ultra Cup Winner and Hoka OneOne athlete Dave Mackey. Trason’s 8:55:49 record set in 2001 continues to obliterate all challengers, with this year’s female winner coming in at 10:35:14.
This video of the race from the Endurables should get you lacing up and running out the door in about 10 minutes flat – great clip.
Mackey won again this year, in a time of 9:14:06, 15 minutes ahead of Price on 9:28:30. Price no doubt appreciated the Hoka freshness in his legs, holding 3rd placegetter Jesse Haynes out by just 25 seconds. Race results also available at RealEndurance.com.
Team Born to Run in Blister, Sydney Strider
April 5, 2012 Leave a comment
Just received my copy of The Blister. Great Pic of Andrew Vize and some of his crew having a look at just how severely cancelled the Six Foot Track run was going to be this year. Such a shame too, always a great day out.
Did a write-up of our time in Chile’s Atacama Desert with Team Born to Run and the editors over there have treated it generously – thanks very much all!
Hopefully you’ll enjoy the read!
