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What the Hoka? (Read 1334 times)

andyman68


    posted: 5/23/2011 at 10:35 AM

    I started this thread and said I wouldn't be buying these shoes anytime soon due to the cost.  However, I contacted the company about being a shoe tester and was informed there is no testing program, but they would give me a $50 discount since I am a blogger. I ordered a pair of the Mafate Trail version and I expect they will arrive in the next week.  Looking forward to testing them out on the trail.

    "Any idiot can run a marathon. It takes a special kind of idiot to run
    an ultramarathon."
    - Alan Cabelly
    Purdey


      posted: 6/20/2011 at 7:10 AM
      Andy - how were they?

      What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials

      andyman68


        posted: 6/20/2011 at 9:06 AM

        They were very cushy. I prefer my shoes to let me feel the ground more.  I think they might be useful for a really long run or maybe on tired legs or maybe if one changed shoes in the latter part of an ultramarathon.. 

        "Any idiot can run a marathon. It takes a special kind of idiot to run
        an ultramarathon."
        - Alan Cabelly
        Purdey


          posted: 6/20/2011 at 9:12 AM
          Quote from andyman68 on 6/20/2011 at 9:06 AM:

          They were very cushy. I prefer my shoes to let me feel the ground more.  I think they might be useful for a really long run or maybe on tired legs or maybe if one changed shoes in the latter part of an ultramarathon.. 

           

          This is exactly what I was expecting, and hoping, to hear. Many thanks - very useful.

          What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials

          beef


          Ostrich runner

            posted: 8/25/2011 at 12:45 PM

            theclymb.com has hokas for 70-80 bucks right now in a few sizes...including, of course, not mine.

            http://www.runningahead.com/groups/Indy/forum

            Ileneforward


            Imaginary Space Filler

              posted: 8/25/2011 at 1:33 PM
              Quote from Purdey on 6/20/2011 at 9:12 AM:
              This is exactly what I was expecting, and hoping, to hear. Many thanks - very useful.

               Purdey, you just successfully ran the Leadville 100.  Did you wear your Hoka one ones?  How did it go?  Smile

              Ileneforward


              Imaginary Space Filler

                posted: 8/26/2011 at 11:55 AM

                Joe.


                  posted: 8/26/2011 at 12:26 PM

                  Are those Capri's he's wearing?

                   

                   quitters never win

                  Hoppity


                    posted: 8/26/2011 at 2:20 PM
                    Quote from Joe. on 8/26/2011 at 12:26 PM:

                    Are those Capri's he's wearing?

                     

                    He's only 4ft.  They'd be shorts on most people.

                     

                    I thought he was allowed to wear Capri's 'cos he's badass?

                    "Six farm eggs, a cake for tea, a pound of pears and don't forget the bacon."

                     

                    "Six fat legs...a cape for me...a flight of stairs...and don't forget the bacon."

                    Ileneforward


                    Imaginary Space Filler

                      posted: 8/26/2011 at 8:33 PM

                      Naw, its 'cause he's Euro..........Big grin

                      beef


                      Ostrich runner

                        posted: 9/4/2011 at 6:34 PM

                        I'm about to buy some. Any comments on sizing? Anyone tried the waterproof ones...are they too hot?

                        http://www.runningahead.com/groups/Indy/forum

                        Rick_Stone


                          posted: 9/4/2011 at 10:54 PM
                          Not capris, but manpris

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