This week, Mark’s time has been consumed dealing with a controversy he started by posting a link to an essay some nut-job submitted to Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail. The essay itself wasn’t anything special — just the usual “all you slow people are ruining running for those of us in the front of the pack who can’t see you anyway” — but it apparently caught Mark’s attention by claiming that magazines like RW are “afraid to be controversial”.
Cosmo Dude did make one good point, though, and he did so in passing. In his list of Cosmo-esque article titles, he included, The Best Motion Control Shoe Under $100.
This immediately set off my own ranting urges. Runner’s World, my absolute favorite magazine ever (but I love you too, Oprah!), publishes a shoe review every other freaking month!!! And I don’t mean a review of one shoe, I mean ten pages of GIGANTIC pictures of shoes, accompanied by 3 lines of teeny-tiny 5-point text.
Let’s be honest, Runner’s World. You’re lazy.
And ANOTHER thing (because this is a rant after all). Why, why, WHY must they always present the “Motion Control” category–the shoes meant to stabilize flat-footed soles like my own (pun intended)–as “ideal for heavy runners who over-pronate.” Just because I over-pronate doesn’t mean I’m a 200-pound man! I just have flat feet, dangit!!!
Whew, that felt pretty good.
Anyway, if you’d like to see a not-so-intentionally funny video of what I’m talking about with this motion control thing, check out this one that accompanies the Fall 2010 Running Shoe Guide. Kind of makes me want to pelt the guy with memory foam.
That’s all I have for criticism of RW. Because honestly, I’m a running geek, and I’ll happily read the same inspirational running-themed sap over and over again. Heck, I’ll happily write the same inspirational running-themed sap over and over again.
I think Mark Remy has my dream job.
Yes, I drool over bike gear (mainly clothing) and would trade in my firstborn children for a new tri bike (but not new forks). However, I think I am a rare breed of cyclist/runner – maybe the "not so awesome at sports, but still love them" cyclist/runner as I fall into a loophole – I don't read product reviews. I just stick with what works for any sport I am doing. Although, I will read reviews on clothes and food for cycling and running and drool over those options. Lame. What was my point? I don't know. But alas, now I am hooked on yet another blog. So many blogs!
This entry was posted on August 10, 2010 by RunFiestaGal in gear, rants, shoes.