As runners find their safety becoming more compromised with increasingly distracted drivers, Saucony’s ViZiPRO Collection provides enhanced visibility with its trademark neon orange color

Brand’s relentless pursuit of innovation once again results in coveted award for the company; big win for runners everywhere

You wanted to try a pair for yourself. So you went online or you visited your local running store and found out there’s more than one Lunar Nike shoe out there.

Now you can get a powerful new app to help you defeat your ghosts. This concept in the past has been reserved for high priced GPS watches that cost hundreds of dollars. Now for $.99 you can set your stride, choose your distance, choose your goal time and race against that goal time. This app will also provide you with feedback to help you keep up with those goal times.

Straight from the Brooks Running Blog, 2010 roster of running shoes that are lighter, flexible and with a lower offset

VITAband is a medical identification bracelet that gives first responders access to critical contact and medical information in the event of an emergency AND gives access to “touch-and-go” payment at the same time- all right on your wrist. With contactless payment technology built right in, you can literally buy what you need while working out and never worry about carrying cash.

“Barefoot Running” and “Forefoot Strike” seem to be the key words for runners in 2009. In the last months an increasing number of articles has appeared on newspapers, blogs, forums with a common central theme: traditional running shoes promote a non-ideal running form and running barefoot is what we were created for. At the same time we are seeing more and more Brands launching and promoting shoes that promise to improve your running style, either by creating a barefoot feeling or by promoting midfoot and forefoot strike.

RunKeeper is an iPhone application that enables you to use the built-in GPS in your iPhone 3G to track all of your outdoor fitness activities, including duration, distance, pace, speed, elevation, calories burned, and path traveled on a map. You can store all of your historical activities on the RunKeeper website and share them with your friends!

The better news? It is available in two versions: a free version (fully functional) and a pro version with advanced functionality

Brooks announced the upcoming launch of the Green Silence racing flat shoe, constructed with less than half (48 percent) as many parts as comparable shoes. More than 75 percent of the 26 components have been recycled by consumers

Outdoor aficionados are familiar with GORE and its technologies: Gore-Tex, Gore-Tex XCR, Wind Stopper… In the next future, we will start seeing even more Gore, as the Newark (Delaware) based company has announced its intention to make footwear a key focus.

The Garmin Forerunner 305 is likely to be the best wrist-mounted GPS tracking device for runners and bikers, and – according to many – even better than its successor, the

New Balance is the only athletic shoe company still producing in the US and has created an online documentary film and marketing campaign to celebrate

If you are interested in training with the aid of a Heart Rate Monitor, from today till the 8th of May, Amazon.com is offering up to 20% discount on Polar and Mio Heart Rate Monitors

Asics Gel Nimbus 11 Preview. The Nimbus 11 is 2009′s update for Asics’ top cushioning shoe. It comes with a 5$ retail price increase vs. the Nimbus 10 and with a slight weight reduction

BEAVERTON, Ore. (April 19, 2009) – Nike today introduced the Nike LunarGlide+, a new lightweight running shoe with an innovative mid-sole design architecture called Dynamic Support, a patent-pending system which adapts to a runner’s gait with each step, providing superior cushioning and as-needed stability