Earlier today I read a great Copyblogger interview with Matt Frazier of the No Meat Athlete blog.Since I’ve written a bunch lately about my decision to pursue blogging as a bigger part of my own future, I thought I’d share the link to Matt’s interview here since so much of what he has to say matches my own experience. For example, we both started blogging in 2009, we both write about running, we both obsessively researched the art of blogging when we started, and it seems reading Seth Godin’s book “Tribes” influenced both of us to veer off our more traditional career paths into a
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www.neonray.co.uk grip, soft ride, 0-4mm heel/forefoot differential, and enough cushioning to run 100 miles.Two years ago that shoe seemed impossible to find. Luckily, it seems like I’m not the only person who is after this style of shoe as more and more shoe companies seem to be coming out with what I call “middle-imal” trail shoe options.One such company is Montrail, and the introduction of the new Fluid Flex seems to meet every single one of my desires (well, in a shoe at least). I’ve been super excited to try it ever since I first caught wind of it.Montrail describes the Fluid Flex on their website as follows: “A 4mm offset, articulated midsole and toothy microlug outsole, the FluidFlex? guarantees a close-to-ground feel that both flexes with the natural movement of your foot, and protects it at the same
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