{"id":28,"date":"2013-08-15T22:26:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/?p=28"},"modified":"2013-08-15T22:28:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:28:47","slug":"so-whats-with-the-shoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/2013\/08\/15\/so-whats-with-the-shoe\/","title":{"rendered":"So What&#8217;s With The Shoe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shoe shown in the header image is the new Saucony Virrata.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runnersworld.com\/shoe\/saucony-virrata-mens\">Runner&#8217;s World<\/a> gave it a Best Debut award when Saucony introduced it in early 2013.\u00a0 Designed to be a &#8220;zero drop&#8221; shoe (no offset from heel to midfoot), the Virrata goes the minimalist shoes one better by retaining some foam beneath the foot.<\/p>\n<p>Runner&#8217;s World claims their tests show it to actually have a 4mm drop, but I&#8217;ve run in the Kinvara (Saucony&#8217;s other minimalist trainer), which I absolutely loved, and it has a drop I don&#8217;t feel in the Kinvara.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, at 6.7oz (men&#8217;s) this is a lightweight, minimalist running shoe that still provides a measure of cushioning.\u00a0 Since I am blessed to work at a running store part time, I am able to purchase shoes at a discount.\u00a0 The Virrata isn&#8217;t my daily runner, but it&#8217;s a sweet option when I&#8217;m choosing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shoe shown in the header image is the new Saucony Virrata.\u00a0 Runner&#8217;s World gave it a Best Debut award when Saucony introduced it in early 2013.\u00a0 Designed to be a &#8220;zero drop&#8221; shoe (no offset from heel to midfoot), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/2013\/08\/15\/so-whats-with-the-shoe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}