On this week’s episode:
- Nutrition - Weight Loss
- Health - Injuries: “What’s an average daily trainer weight and when does a shoe seem heavy?”
- Missed last week’s episode? We spoke with RW+ member Dean Lao about the Saucony Tempus 2
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The Hoka Skyward X has a 48mm stack height, making it an illegal shoe to race in according to World Athletics guidelines (shoes can’t be thicker than 40mm). It has PEBA foam with a carbon-fiber plate sandwiched in the middle. Find out if the max-cushioned Skyward X changed Maze’s mind about Hoka’s shoes.
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Amanda Furrer, Editor, Running Reviews, studied journalism at NYU and writing at Emerson College. She has reviewed gear and covered other topics in the running space for almost 10 years. Since 2013, she has consecutively run the Boston Marathon. She also has a master’s degree in gastronomy from Boston University and was formerly a professional baker for two years before hanging up her apron.
