Six-Minute Mile

May 3, 2024 | sixminutemile.com | Brian Metzler

1. Make sure the shoe fits your footHow a shoe fits your foot is still the most important element of choosing what to put on your feet. The key is finding a shoe that fits the shape of your foot – the length, the shape and the volume – and the best way to do that is to try on several pairs at a specialty running store before you buy. “If you don’t have a good fit, you don’t have anything,” says Kris Hartner, owner of Naperville Running Company in suburban Chicago.

Apr 26, 2024 | sixminutemile.com | Brian Metzler

As a running shoe brand, Altra has long been a dominant player in the trail running world. But, even though it’s been making road running shoes from the start, it’s just now tapping into the growing population of road runners and the new marathon boom. Following the release of its first shoe with a 4mm heel-toe offset last fall – the AltraFwd Experience everyday trainer – it sparked new growth for Altra in the road running space.

Apr 19, 2024 | sixminutemile.com | Brian Metzler

Monday, April 22 is Earth Day, that annual day we like to celebrate all things green and sustainable as runners, even though the shoes on our feet are typically a very noxious problem. How so? The manufacturing of running shoes is a dirty business that uses virgin materials and ships products all over the world.