I recently realized that I desperately needed an update in my running gear. So I tried out some gear from Craft, known for making high-quality, long-lasting gear with style that’s classier that what you’ll find in non-specialty stores. This Swedish company makes running gear that’s ready for the elements, with a subdued yet sophisticated style that looks good whether you’re going to dinner or for a long run. See all our posts on Craft here!…
Run Oregon receives and tests running shoes from time to time. This initial post about the CTM Ultra Carbon from Craft. Company: Craft Shoe: CTM Ultra Carbon Price: ~$250 Specs (from Craft Website): Stack Height: 40mm/30MM Weight: 9.17oz (8.5 mens) Upper: 100% polyester Jacquard+TPU no-sew Midsole: 100% EVA Foam Midsole insert: 100% carbon Outsole: 100% Rubber “Having spent the last years in the lab, obsessing over beyond-maximum energy return and the fastest and most aggressive…
As the summers get hotter and the miles get longer, I’m finding myself getting braver than I used to be about wearing less clothes. It’s not that my body is getting better, because it’s certainly not in the post-COVID world. It’s that I care less and less as I get older about how I look and more and more about staying comfortable and cool. With heat advisories sweeping through Portland in the summer months, the…
A fellow Sunstone Running Club member, Lynette, posted this super-cute way to both track her miles and set aside a little extra money in 2016. It’s simply a homemade piggy bank where she adds coins for every mile, half marathon, and marathon she runs in 2016. You can read on the top of the jar that she is banking 10¢ for every mile, 25¢ for every half marathon, and $1 for every marathon. She happens…
This post was submitted by Run Oregon guest blogger Robin York. Feel free to Submit a Guest Post in the “Contact Us” tab if you want to get involved. Okay, granted I’m fairly new to running consistently (since Jan 2013) and don’t have THAT many bibs…. my pile was starting to get hefty since I’m keeping the ones earned by my two kiddos at various kids’ dashes and toddler trots. Yeah. I’m a pack rat.My bib and medal display was…
