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Strip down, lace up and go. Recreational running is just about you and your shoes. The simplistic beauty of running is about you and your shoes. Strip down, lace up and go is what allows you to sneak in a...

How do you know when it's time to retire your running shoes? When is it time to say, enough, I need some new shoes (or I want some new shoes)? Let's take a look at the three basic attributes of a shoe and see how they change over the course of the life of the shoe.

The Atlantic recently published an article entitled Why Aren't Running Shoes Preventing Running Injuries? The article looked at the sport of running, running injuries and describes how shoes just simply haven't benefited runners in the way that we might think. Although we're lead to believe that the science behind shoe manufacturing and testing has evolved to make a better shoe, it seems that the rate of injuries in runners has stayed at a consistent level in spite of these advances. If that's the case, then what's all the buzz about with a Hoka One One or a Nike Air?