Search for the Perfect Running Shoe: A Cautionary Tale
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Like the famed ivory-billed woodpecker, my perfect running shoe is hiding. I have been as methodical and patient as those champion bird-watchers in my search. All I have to show for it is the orthopedic version of a fuzzy photograph. Flashes of greatness have flown from my feet in some shoes. But only for brief moments, and maybe they weren't even real....
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The evolution of a physique for long-distance running is what made humans look the way we do now. The crucial role of running in human evolution, overlooked in previous research, is being proposed in an article
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Through genetic engineering, scientists have bred a mouse capable of running twice as far as other mice before exhaustion. Medical researchers believe some of their findings could apply to humans. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Customers buying Timberland shoes now have something to think about other than style, comfort, and price - global warming.
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Last summer, Crocs wearers ranged from children to senior citizens, from the image-indifferent to the celebrity chef Mario Batali. The suggestion of ubiquity was probably magnified by the fact that seeing one pair of the oversized and often brightly colored footwear felt like seeing five. The Washington Post noted the "goofy" shoes were spreading "like vermin," and Radar Magazine anointed ...
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Millions of years before headphone-wearing joggers clotted the streets of America, the development of the ability to run played a crucial role in the evolution of early humans, according to new research.
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The US$100-plus sneaker is back with a vengeance touting a range of bells and whistles that will have you walking in air with no need for laces ever again.
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Timing is the bane of those who would be innovators. Get it right and youâll be toasted. Get it wrong and youâre just plain toast.
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Summer Test: Comfy Climbing Shoes Replace Heavy Hiking Boots
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When it comes to choosing fall-proof footwear, elderly people should wear athletic shoes whenever possible, and avoid going barefoot, new research suggests.
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Mr. Mallon voiced the longing of all in politics with his suggestion that criticism of public servants is best delivered after walking a mile (or perhaps even just a couple hundred yards) in a public manâs (and presumably womanâs) shoes. The formula is even more problematic applied to a former public manâs efforts to walk [...].
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It would be nice to see this week&#39;s 100-meter sprint as simply the best footrace of all time. We could witness four sub-10-second sprints for the first time ever. It would be nice to watch with raised eyebrows instead of furrowed ones. It ...
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I put on a pair of sneakers and walk around the room in the division of biomechanical engineering at Stanford University. The sneakers are a cool go-go white with the Nike logo. They look like the real Nike; they feel like the real Nike. But they are actually experimental shoes in disguise --...
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Payless ShoeSource beats analyst estimates, but is its stock too expensive?
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These sneakers are going for more than $5,000 on charity auction site Blue Sole. Check out CNET's new gadgets blog, Crave, which covers the hottest and coolest gizmos around.
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Breast cancer research is being supported this month by a company usually associated with foot support. Payless shoes announced this week that they are offering customers a chance to purchase a Limited-Edition
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The company's new shoe might not have wheels, but it probably doesn't have legs, either.