Brooks Cascadia 11 Price: €140 Brooks Cascadia are well known as an all-round, comfortable trail shoe that is slowly but surely improved year on year. In fact I’ve been a big fan of them ever since I got into trail running and bought my first pair of Cascadia 7s. This reputation for reliability took a battering last year – the…
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Problems with Brooks Cascadia 10s?
I’ve been a big fan of Brooks Cascadia trail shoes ever since I got into the sport. I’ve owned a pair of 7s, 8s and 9s and done 1000 miles of rough trails in each pair before retiring them, and even then they still had life left in them. Needless to say I was pleased, so when 10s were released…
Qumox Fetch Dog Harness with GoPro Mount
It seems that nobody can make a cup of tea these days without filming it on a GoPro so the whole internet can re-live in first-person POV perspective. Recently though, both GoPro and a few other manufacturers have started to release harnesses so that the cameras can capture a dog’s perspective when mounted onto man’s best friend. I do so…
YakTrax Run – Winter Traction Device
It’s deep winter in the northern hemisphere again and for many runners that means snow and ice. There are many options, ranging from taking an off-season and not running at all, sticking to indoor treadmills, or just braving the elements and hoping for the best. A number of manufacturers have started to develop traction devices for this last group and this…
Product Review: YakTrax Pro
Product: Yak Trax Pro Price: €29,90 Pros: Light, fit most shoes (including hiking boots), no spikes but good grip so work across patches of tarmac/rocks. Cons: A little pricey for what they are, can be a bit awkward to fit The end of November saw the first heavy snowfall of the winter, with around 70cm of snow falling in 24…