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Nike latest grand design… the Olympic Nike Lunar shoes

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Well we all know that every year Nike likes to come up with something fresh and new and, unsurprisingly, this year it’s all centered around the Olympics. Their latest grand design is the Lunar shoes. With their distictive designs this is a shoe you will be seeing a lot of on the TV during the olympics - especially when it comes to the athletics.

Nike lunar trainer

Nike Lunar Trainer
 

  • Introduces the Lunar lite foam - mega springy and lightweight
  • Has an anatomical last - based on nike free technology
  • Has pillow waffle outsole - lighweight with cushioning value

WHAT WE THINK…

The hype is good - it always is with Nike. This shoe is ‘out there’ - the colours are bold and the outsole has a futuristic shape - but it works. The fit is fantastic, the feel plush and it is very light. Time will tell if stands up to serious road training but so far it feels fantastic.

Watch the lunar trainer designer video

Nike lunaracer

Nike Lunar Racer

  • Nikes lightest shoe other than the Mayfly (which is limited to 100K)
  • Flywire upper adds structure without weight
  • Pillow waffles - add cushioning without weight

WHAT WE THINK…

Nike promise ‘a super lightweight experience that makes me wanna run’ - well that is a little over the top from our amigos in the US of A - but the truth is that there’s some excellent technological thought gone into this shoe… and ultimately the scales don’t lie - it’s progressive and incredibly light (oh and it looks the business too doesn’t it?!)

Watch the lunar race designer video

Nike Air Zoom Trail Running shoes

Monday, August 11th, 2008
Nike Air Zoom Trail Running shoe

Wow - I’ve spotted these little corkers on the website and they look great - can’t wait to see them in the flesh and maybe give them a try.

Only reason I’m excited by them is that I used to use Nike’s Tupu trail shoes which I thought were brilliant and could never understand why they dropped them. These look like a new version of the Tupu but even lower and leaner.

If they work like they look I reckon they’ll sell very well…..

warehouse clearance announcement - mizuno running shoes

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

As fresh as fresh can be - just through the door we have some new mizuno running shoe deals.

Mizuno are a technical sports company. Known within the trade as being incredibly product focused. They tend to invest in imporoving the product rather than in marketing - which I guess ultimately benefits us runners.

Their major running technology is the mizuno wave plate. This sits alone in the market place as the only technology that deals with the twin issues of cushioning and stability at the same time.

Read about mizuno’s history

The shoes we have on clearance are their most popular ’runners’ and we’ve got them in mens and womens:

mizuno wave rider 11 - a favourite high mileage shoe of neutral runners - £50

mizuno wave inspire 4 - popular high mileage support shoe -£55

mizuno wave elixir 3  - £45 - lighter weight performance running trainer

Interested in more mizuno technology?

Take a look at this wave rider japanese ad we’ve found

Visit our mizuno technology glossary

Take a look at our mizuno specialist store