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Hoka One One Stinson Evo Review

If you eat, sleep, and drink running shoes, get ready, this review of the Hoka One One Stinson Evo trail running shoe will be wildly disappointing. To paint a clear picture of how little I know about running shoes, I’ll tell you that I know two parts of a running shoe’s anatomy by the correct name; the laces, and the rest of the shoe (sometimes I call the latter “the shoe part“). So, if you want a quick novice review of the Stinsons, by all means read on. I am loaded with honesty and excitement, so that is what you will mostly get.

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I’ve recently noticed that many of the people I see out running look so distressed that I can only assume they are being chased by deranged wild animals. The real truth is that four out of five runners are running too fast for their fitness level and will soon quit; the remaining runner really is being chased by a wild animal. No joke, check it out on YouTube.

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East of home and visible from my office window, Logan Peak looms proudly in the background. Even more looming (in my mind at least) has been the Logan Peak Trail Run, a 28 mile, 7261 foot elevation, ultra-marathon. By ‘ultra’ standards this is about as short as they get, but still, for a non-runner, I have considered this endeavor untouchable since learning about it a few years ago. In late May of this year a friend texted me around midnight to let me know that he had signed up for the race and that a single spot remained. Continue Reading…