10 Tips for Buying Running Sneakers
For those of us who like to keep in shape, running for a few miles every other day is part of the ordinary. Unfortunately, not all of us use the most adequate gear and pretty often, the sneakers we pick tend to do more harm than good. A good pair can make you feel like flying, but a bad one will feel like running o sand. Read more
Walking In Comfort – A Brief History Of Your Sole
During the 1800`s the Industrial Revolution touched almost every facet of American life, including shoe manufacturing, when the discovery of vulcanized rubber coupled with the use of assembly lines, first made sneakers possible. Goodyear gave birth to keds brand tennis shoes in 1892 thanks to these two advances in manufacturing.
Sneakers, properly defined as having canvas tops and rubber soles, were so named because of the noiseless footsteps it allotted to `sneak` thieves. Early on, the only people wearing sneakers (aside from these cunning thieves, obviously) were athletes. Read more
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