I heard a top songs of the decade playlist on one of the a Sirius channels and knew we had to do one for shoes! For trail running shoes, this past decade saw an explosion of new models and concepts. This decade will be remembered by shoe nerds for generations to come—like Lithium enshrines 90s […]
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7atStates
(7inSquaw will be retired; read here) Back in 2014 we printed some 7inSquaw stickers when Adam Hewey was running the race and I committed to pacing and crewing duties. I figured I’d get into the race the next year… Five years later, I made it in! Burning River 100, Pine to Palm 100, Gorge Waterfalls […]
Prediction 7 2019
The Prediciton Lists for our would-be best-sellers is always my favoirte post to do of the year. We try to guess (very educatedly) which shoes will be our best selling Trail Shoes of the upcoming year. So here goes for 2019: Prediction7 2019 Men’s Trail Running Hoka Speedgoat 3 – One of our best-selling shoes […]
2018 Staff Favorite Shoes
Another year almost in the books! Here’s our favorite shoes of the year, and what we are excited about for 2019. Phil’s Favorites Altra Lone Peak 3.5 – sorry LP4! I miss my 3.5 Altra Duo (road) even though the upper rips easy, these shoes are just so amazingly light but protective. Topo Ultraventure…but really […]
October Top7Trail Shoes
Here are the spookiest trail running shoes at the shop this month!! (Spooky good at getting folks to buy them that is 🎃) Women’s Top7Trail Altra Lone Peak 4.0 Hoka Speedgoat 2 New Balance Summit QOM – Queen of the Mountain Brooks Caldera 2 Brooks Cascadia 13 Hoka Torrent – Suprising that this shoe slipped […]
Top 7 Trail Shoes September
Here are our September #Top7Trail lists. We saw another PNW shop list their Top Shoes yesterday, and thought: Dang, it’s October already!?! Check out what the Footzone Bend has been selling well lately here. September is definitely a strange month for sales with the mixture of Summer and Fall; and Back to School. Nowadays we […]
Top7Trail August
Last day of August and everyone is heading out of town for the holiday weekend. We’ll be at the shop all weekend selling these Hot Shoes!! Here are our best-selling shoes for the month of August: Men’s Top7Trail Altra Lone Peak 4 – The LP franchise goes in a new direction with version 4–and folks […]
Top7 Trail July 2018
It’s been awhile, but we’re baaaack! It’s been a hot summer; these shoes have been on fire at the shop: Women’s Top7Trail Hoka Torrent – Far outsold every other shoe on the list! Altra Lone Peak 3.5 – Folks were snatching up their last 3.5s before the 4.0 takes over in August! Altra Timp – […]
Spring7 Best Selling Trail Shoes
Here are the best-selling Trail Running Shoes at the shop as we roll into spring: #Top7Trail Men’s Altra Lone Peak 3.5 Hoka Speedgoat 2 Saucony Peregrine 8 Altra Superior 3.5 Salomon Sense Ride Topo Terraventure Hoka EVO Jawz #Top7Trail Women’s Hoka Speedgoat 2 Atlra Timp Altra Lone Peak 3.5 Topo Terraventure Brooks Caldera 2 Saucony […]
7questions with Kim Carmel
Kim is not only one of our Group Run regulars, she is also our neighbor (living right around the corner!) and the graphic designer who engineered our Run Magnolia logos. Anyone who has been on a run with her knows she’s a strong runner! She recently completed her first ultramarathon at the Chuckanut 50k on […]