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Believe it or not, we are still without snow here in Wisconsin, mid December. Desperate times call for desperate measures. I trail run once in a while for training, but prefer to snowshoe or mountain bike. That wasn’t happening today, so I thought I’d trail run with a few Icespikes installed to see how they [...]
Yeah, it’s winter … yeah, it’s cold … yeah, it’s windy and icy and snowy and just terrible outside … yeah, I’m going for a run. Growing up and learning to train through Wisconsin winters was just what myself and my teammates did. I’ve been known to step on a treadmill but only if it’s [...]
There are lots of challenges living in Canada in winter. One of which is running in January when it’s icy, cold and very windy. Mega sub zero temperatures mean you have to dress for the extreme cold. I like to use Bodyglide® for my face since the wind can really make things uncomfortable. I also [...]
Thanks to trail running coach David Manthey for his product review of ICESPIKE, which follows: Put them into a pair of Mizuno Wave Ascend trail shoes with about 600 miles on them, from last year. (They are now my designated IceSpike shoes.) I ran a pretty technical run on the Chimney Gulch/Beaver Brook trail in [...]
Testing Dates: Feb 24th, 25th and 26th 2011 Location: Squamish, BC, Canada Temperatures: -2 to -9 C Usage: Off road, trail running, trail walking, hiking Terrain Types: 1) Vertical, steep hiking trail covered with 1 inch thick ice on top of rocks 2) Flat to rolling trails with no technical sections, double track covered in [...]
I’ve just arrived home from Tasmania. I used the Icespikes while hiking the world famous Overland track. This hike takes between 5-8 days depending on how many side trips you decide to take. The Icespikes where absolutely wonderful. The conditions of the track can be quite challenging. Snow, ice, lots of mud, rocky shale, slippery [...]
