Unlike most everyone else in the world, Burkard Polster gave this question a lot of thought, often at night. "Instead of counting sheep, I might count lacings," said Polster, a mathematician at Monash ...

When I lived in Boston, there was one memorable 5K where I remember needing to stop because my shoe became untied. Worse—the temperature was below freezing and my ungloved fingers were uncooperative ...

You can turn your favorite shoes into a solid pair of slip-ons with the best no-tie shoelaces. Though they aren't all created equal, you'll primarily see two types: a bungee-cord style and a lace ...

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The Saucony Ride 17, released in late 2023, is a versatile, well balanced road shoe that's well suited to everyday training over a wide range of distances, from 5k up. I've been using it for marathon ...

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