FBG 5-Year Birthday Thursday Giveaway: A Pair of Brooks Running Shoes!

Remember those cool Choose Your Own Adventure books? We do, and we were obsessed with them. Which is why we’re so excited about today’s Five-Year Birthday Week giveaway courtesy of the amazing Brooks Running—it’s kind of like those books! We give you a few parameters, you make a decision and then the fitness adventure begins! Here’s how [...]

Reader Finds Pain-Free Running Success By Changing Her Approach

We get so many inspiring emails from readers, and today we’re sharing another reader success story with you! Read on for Shannon’s super-cool experience from injured to running rockstar. Loving your healthy lifestyle, too? Feel free to share your story here! I am Shannon, the girl who wrote in last year about the compartment syndrome issue. I no longer have ANY [...]

Merrell, Welcome to the Running and Working Out Scene

We’ve long loved the company Merrell. But, it’s been more for casual footwear or outdoorsy type apparel. Not really running or gym-type stuff. But, oh, how that has changed. Merrell recently sent us a pair of its new barefoot running shoes along with some new apparel. And da-hang. Merrell, you got it going on. Here are [...]

We Go “Natural” Running in Three Pairs of Adidas…

What does “natural” running mean? Well, best as we can tell, it’s running as close to barefoot as possible without actually going barefoot. And if you’ve ever been on FBG before, you know it’s a big ol’ trend. There are so, so, so many minimalist shoes coming out. Scratch that. Most major brands are coming [...]

Pure and True: Our Review of Brooks Running’s Pure Project Line

After meeting with the Brooks Running people in New York, one of the things I was most excited to try (which is, like, a lot because I left there uber pumped) was their Pure Project line of shoes. From what I learned, although the company isn’t ready to buy totally into the barefoot running trend [...]

Checking out a Rykä Event and the New ‘Desire’ Running Shoe

This post is written by our NYC contributing writer Margo Donohue, who’s a fitness professional and blogger at Brooklyn Fit Chick. Since Margo lives in the Big Apple, she’ll be helping us cover events every now and again—just like this recent Rykä event! If you have ever wondered what it would be like to attend a sneaker-filled press [...]