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Finding Your Balance during the Holidays

“How do you find balance during the holidays?” I was recently asked. My first response was a deep belly laugh. Is “balance” such a thing – I thought to myself? The next words to roll off my tongue were: “Maintaining my fitness.” Like most runners, lacing up my Mizuno’s for a long winter run is therapy. For mind, body and soul. Although…

Transitioning from the Wave Rider 17 to the 18

At Mizuno, we tend to make small changes to our existing models, but occasionally those small changes give our runners big surprises. If there is one thing we’ve learned is that runners don’t like big surprises. That has never been more true than with our lightweight, neutral franchise shoe: The Wave Rider. To be perfectly candid, the Wave Rider 17…

December Mizuno Nakama

At Mizuno, we believe in the “Transformative Power of Running”. Every runner has a story of where they started and where running took them. We would like to give our runners a chance to share their story, recognize their hard work, and maybe, just maybe, inspire someone else. In Japanese, “Nakama” means friend. We are asking runners from all over…

How To Survive Running Through a Polar Vortex

By Elise Yanover: Winter is a mere 2 weeks away as I write this and like many people, memories of last winter’s Polar Vortex are still fresh in the mind. I know of a few people who were quite traumatized by it, dreading the impending season even as the days were light for 12+ hours in the summer. Running outdoors last…