Author: Phil Kochik

  • Top7Road March 2020

    We don’t normally do road shoe lists–but as the trails are closed down and lots of our regulars are putting more miles in on the road, here goes! Special note: I use my Hoka Speedgoat 4 everywhere, road and trail. I ran around Lake Washington (50ish miles) in the Speedgoats last year (mostly pavement) and…

  • Western Dreams

    I’ve mentioned having dreams about Western States in some other posts. A lot of my night dreams feature me getting into the race at the very last minute. I’m in Squaw, the race is starting in minutes; I go to a registration table and shyly ask, “Does there happen to be an open spot?” Answer:…

  • Covid 20 WS100

    No this isn’t a new strain…just my Covid-19 post regarding the 2020 running of The Western States 100 Endurance Run. I heard this week that the Journey Films movie Unbreakable, telling the tale of the 2010 Western States run from the front of the men’s pack, was recently released to YouTube. Go watch the movie…

  • As time goes by

    It’s already March; I haven’t been good at 7atStates updates! Training is going good so far as now I begin to prepare for The Canyons 100k. This Corona thing has got me worried about flying out of SeaTac so I guess there’s the possiblity I don’t go. Scary stuff. Regardless, I know I’ll be ready…

  • Top7Trail January

    We let our Top7Trail lists go a bit in 2019, but we’ll try to post them each month in 2020! So many cool new trail shoes coming out this year!! Every month could see a different mix of shoes. Men’s Top 7 Trail Jan ’20 Altra Timp 2.0 – coming out mid month, this shoe…

  • Tiger Fat Ass 2005

    The Tiger Fat Ass was today at Tiger Mountain in Issaquah. I didn’t do it this year–but fifteen years ago I did. I ran the first 25k loop with Scott McCoubrey and his dog Jack. I was working at Sound Sports at the time, another shoe shop in downtown Seattle, and wouldn’t start working for…