Tess Fabian has been Hoka-enthused for over a year now. As a manager at InTraining Running Shoe Clinic, Brisbane, she was one of the first retailers to get on board with the new brand. Let’s face it, Tess should be appreciated! Back then, our shoes worked much, much better than they looked!
Since then, the brand and design have evolved. And Tess though it was time to write about her favourite running shoe for 20,000 of her favourite customers.
If you’re a manny man man looking for your next hardass running shoe, don’t take our advice or listen to the hundreds of endurance athletes and longtime runners singing the praises of our genius design team. Take the advice of your favourite manny magazine, it’s right there in this month’s issue of Men’s Fitness.
We all wore Hoka OneOne trail shoes which have thick padded soles. They cushioned your feet and prevented blisters. Runners in cushioned shoes fared better.
Here you can see the spunky new Cyan, White, and Citrus Tarmac in all its sky blue fresh glory, alongside the hot new Black and Fuchsia Tarmac, in all its seductive hotness.
Lizzy Hawker, The North Face athlete and genuinely one of the strongest long distance runners of all time, talks ultra running and summer training with brandmate Seb Chaigneau.
Whatever level you run at, there is interesting, frank, and educational content here. Arnstein is a fruitarian who ran 7:27:48 for the US national 100km titles in 2010. Just 2 weeks ago, he ran 12:57 for 100 miles. As much as we like cheese and honey, we’re impressed by the runner that this guy is carving out of himself.
Pull up a leather chair and a tub of full cream yoghurt, and enjoy.
PS We don’t actually agree that low body fat = lowered probability of injury. Any skinny runner with stress fractures may have something to add on this topic.
Sharon is one of the better known characters and strongest performers in Australian ultra running. She holds national records over a number of distances and timed races and has a swag of podiums, not surprisingly. In 2013, along with her husband Justin – also an accomplished runner – Sharon will be putting on the First National Wangaratta Marathon. It’s a dual loop of a 21km course that sounds fast, scenic, and will be supporting Little Athletics Australia in an area that has copped it hard over the past few years – country Australia.
Check it out – great people, a great sounding event with a variety of distances, and a good excuse to get out of the city.
That’s just part of a bigger story though. Having previously run Australia’s peak ultra for the year, Coast2Kosci, Sharon had won the event and placed third last year, when running machine Julia Fatton decimated the course record. This year, barely a few months ago, Sharon was running for Australia in the 24 Hour World Championships. Things didn’t work out and she withdrew early.
It probably doesn’t occur to most people that it is much harder to know what it’s like to run like a champion, but have a tough day out, than to have never tasted success, or felt the weight of those expectations – both from others and oneself. But Sharon wanted to finish the year on top of Australia. So, knowing that it wasn’t going to be her fastest time or her easiest run ever, she toed the line on December 7, setting out at 5:30am with nearly 3 dozen other hopefuls, uncertain how the next 30+ hours and 240km would unfold.
Just like Jo Blake, who holds the course record but still kept going even when his began to unravel with nearly 100km to go, Sharon ran with the heart of a champion, finishing what she started. Her race writeup pulls no punches and this video collage of race photos with a bit of personal storytelling gives a great glimpse into what the run meant for her. Thanks Shaz!!
Andrew’s just returned from Turkey where he ran top 10 in the Lycian Way ultra as a way to kick over his legs after running 1,000km from Brisbane to Sydney. Here he is in New Zealand Fitness Magazine. Remember, Kiwis, we’ll be at Queens Wharf next week, and I’m pretty sure we’re the only running shoe in the world with a Maori name. See you there!
@Viper2dot0 Bondi 2 size normally. When was your last pair of Bondi? 2011 versions sized a bit snug. 10 hours ago
@Viper2dot0 Stinson fits snugger. I size up from Bondi to Stinson but only because forefoot is spectacularly flipperlike. Tried lock loops? 10 hours ago
@Tom__One @hokaoneone If not especially wide in the forefoot, stick with UK9. 1/2-size issue sorted out 18months ago. Should be archived :) 10 hours ago
