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Marion McClellan
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Screw Shoe for Snow and Ice running
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November 07, 2008, 04:05:46 pm »
It was recommended to me to try Yaktraks for snow running and also this technique of screwing sheet metal screws into the bottom of my running shoes. Here is the link. It sounds great, I was just wondering if any of ya'll have tried it and what you think about it
http://www.skyrunner.com/screwshoe.htm
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Dale
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Re: Screw Shoe for Snow and Ice running
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November 07, 2008, 04:17:28 pm »
I'd asked a similar question in this thread back in February:
http://fastrunningblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,201.0.html
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Since then, I've seen a bunch of reviews saying that the Yaktraks will only last about 1 season before they fall apart. I asked for a pair of StabilIcers Sport
http://www.32north.com/prod_sport.htm
for my birthday, so I hope to try them out this year.
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Paul Petersen
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Re: Screw Shoe for Snow and Ice running
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November 07, 2008, 04:39:56 pm »
I misread the tone of the thread title. I thought this would be a discussion about barefoot running.
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Marion McClellan
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Re: Screw Shoe for Snow and Ice running
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November 07, 2008, 05:10:42 pm »
Bahahahahahaha!!!
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dave rockness
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November 07, 2008, 07:14:37 pm »
With the "hot foot" syndrome last week, I was ready to "screw" the socks as well.
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Sasha Pachev
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Re: Screw Shoe for Snow and Ice running
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November 10, 2008, 03:06:54 pm »
Yaktraks are no good at 5:30 pace at least on my feet. I tried a couple of years ago - they came off after two miles. They were fine at 7:00 pace. I imagine a heavier person would have problems with them at slower speeds, and a lighter one might be OK at faster speeds.
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Marion McClellan
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Re: Screw Shoe for Snow and Ice running
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November 10, 2008, 04:24:29 pm »
So nobody has tried the screw in the shoe thing, eh? I am going to try it on a pair of old running shoes and see what happens! I'll return and report!
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jtshad
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Re: Screw Shoe for Snow and Ice running
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November 12, 2008, 02:55:40 pm »
Dan S. on the blog used the screw approach last year and had some good success. Picking the right length (I believe he used 0.25 inch)was the issue, too long and your feet don't like you, too short and the screws come out too easily. I have used some Icejoggers (from RoadRunner sports) and they worked ok for training runs in packed snow and ice (no good in loose snow).
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