Author Archive | Phil Kochik

Top Trail Shoes August 2014

Here are the best selling trail running shoes for August, 2014: Women’s Altra Lone Peak 2.0 (one color shown below) Scott Kinabalu Altra Olympus Brooks Cascadia Brooks Pure Grit 3 New Balance 980 Trail Hoka Mafate Speed It’s important to note that the #1 shoe had only 3 more pairs sold than the #7 shoe…in […]

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Labor Day Weekend Sale

Forget the REI madness and check out our Labor Day weekend Sale. A lot less stressful; A lot better deals! 50% off select New Balance and Merrell. 25% off Select Pearl Izumi Trail N2 and Trail M2 Shoes as low as $30, 40, 45, 50!!! 50% off Montrail Flip-Flops!! 50% off Most Nathan and Gregory […]

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Unsupported Washington Traverse

Team Seven Hills member Ras Vaughan recently accomplished an amazing feat. We are continually inspired by our community of athletes and hope we can get him in for a presentation about it later this fall. Here’s his press release about his adventure:     At 8:31pm on Tuesday, August 19th, Ras Jason Vaughan reached the […]

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First 7 to Stampede!

We liked the First 7 to Glenn contest we’re doing it again; but since Glenn is on vacation right now and won’t be at Cascade Crest this weekend, it will be the first and last person to our shop aid station, Stampede Pass (mile 33). We’ll give $100 shop certificates to the first and last […]

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Screening Time

It’s time to screen shirts again; bring any of your own shirts (or onsies) to the shop between now and August 18th to get the Seven Hills logo on the front, back or both sides. The size is about three inches square and will be all black. It’s free, and a great way to show […]

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Top 7 Trail Running Shoes July 2014

Here’s our list for July! Can you believe it’s August already?!? (men’s and women’s combined sales) Pearl Izumi M2 Trail Altra Olympus Brooks Cascadia 9 Brooks Pure Grit 3 Hoka Mafate Speed New Balance 980 Fresh Foam Trail Salomon Sense Pro The Mafate Speed came in the middle of the month, so expect those to […]

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Angel’s Staircase Back-up Contest

  We were as bummed as all of you when we heard James had to cancel Rainshadow Running’s Angel’s Staircase 35/60k. Of course we are glad he made the tough call and our thoughts go out to everyone in the surrounding area affected by the devastating fires. * You’ve done the training, so now what? […]

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#EmbraceTheDelay

  Altra has a hash-tag for their wide toe-boxed shoes: #EmbraceTheSpace Altra’s lack of shipping dependability has given us many reasons to come up with this hash-tag for the brand: #EmbraceTheDelay Our Lone Peak 2.0s were somehow “mis-entered” in Altra’s system, leaving us empty handed–or rather with one size 10, one size 11.5, one size […]

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Matt’s White River Report

Team Seven Hills member Matt Urbanski ran a super smart race to 4th place last weekend at White River. Here’s his recap of the day. You can follow Matt on his blog as well as here. Look for him at his next race, the Fat Dog 60 in a few short weeks. Great job, and […]

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WR50 Prediction Contest Winners

Our prediction contest results are in: Brian Nelson (14pts) predicted 7:58 and 6:39 Ross Comer (17pts) predicted 8:03 and 6:39 Each will receive a $50 certificate to the shop! Washingtonian race winners Jodee (7:59) and Justin (6:26) set the standards yesterday at White River 50. Also finishing with 17 points was Martha Grant…but Ross won […]

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Photos by Glenn Tachiyama