Mizuno launched a very interesting tool: Mizuno Fit Precision, a website that lets you analyze your biomechanics and running style and helps you selecting the right shoe.

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.

6 Years after launching the first Nike Free, Nike’s Innovation Director Tobie Hatfield and Senior Designer Kasey Jarvis open the doors of the Innovation Kitchen and explain the design process behind this shoe.

“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.

Until relatively recently, the common approach from sportswear companies towards women’s running shoes was the now sarcastic motto “shrink ‘em and pink ‘em”, as womens running shoes were no more than a mens shoe in feminine colours.

The Best Running Shoes for Flat Feet – Summer 2009. An overview of the special needs of runners with flat feet and a selection of the best running shoes to address flat feet running.