Kofuzi Run Club

four weeks until Valencia, but I've got four weekends where I'll have to travel somewhere. this will be interesting.packages unboxedcare package from my management, Coastline Creativesbook: 50 Ways to F___ Up a Marathonmegapackage from The Feed

I ran a cross country race, which really just felt like a painfully short trail race. But the race swag was nice. I tested the Coros Pace 4. Also, we discuss what's the difference between beet juice and hot dogs for endurance athletespackages unboxed:Swiss RX - Nitric Oxide and Nitric Oxide Pro

weather is starting to get real good here for runningtaste tested RNWY recovery protein + creatine. tastes so bad it's got to be good

I didn't go to New York. I had such fomo. I was obsessed with it and also trying to avoid it. The race was exciting though. packages unboxed today:TopoNaakI mentioned that I would share the allergen information for Naak, and then I think I forgot to. but here is what they sent me:"Boost Gel/Drink Mix, Ultra Energy Drink Mixes, and the purees are all free of peanuts and tree nuts or traces thereof."They also directed me to their product pages which would have more information regarding other allergens.

New York Marathon is this weekend, and while I'm excited for everyone racing and to watch the pros, I'm bummed that I won't be there myself. packages unboxed:Puma SayskyMizuno

I went to France to visit Salomon's Annecy HQ and then I took the train to Paris to see a Salomon showroom and Salomon exhibit at Art Baselpackages unboxed:Oakley Meta GlassesNew Balance More v6Adidas Boston 13Hoka Rocket X3

Chicago Marathon was last weekend. It was amazing. We talk all about it from the pros to the back of the pack

the weather is autumn crisp. weekend festivities are starting.

I make some predictions about Chicago Marathonpackages unboxed: ASICS dragonfly collection

For those of you getting ready for the Chicago Marathon, it's starting to turn into fall here. Kind of.boxes unboxed: GoPro Max 2 360 camera

I forgot to go live last Thursday. Everything is fine. I just lost track of days and time (I had two other interviews scheduled for Thursday and I was trying to also get a shoe review video up). During this live, I had some technical difficultes during this live. but I come back eventually. boxes unboxed: Adidas Boston 13Salomon ACS + OG and Salomon pants

No unboxings today, but we talked about Worlds, the heat of the Berlin Marathon, and some changes I'd like to make in terms of races I want to cover in the future. Also, we go over some Boston cutoff predictions

I went to Tokyo to watch the World Championships Marathons (and some track and field). AMA(yes, it was hot)

I ran the Sydney Marathon 2025. AMA. Also, I unbox a package to prepare for my next international trip.

checking out the new Vomero Plus. also, unboxing some new gels from The Feed

I tried to bring the new dog to the livestream. It went reasonably well for a dog that is very energetic and squirmy. We talk a lot about Megabalst and Sonicblast, and I tried on some new sunglasses

summer is wrapping up in the suburbs, but there's still so much summer heat left. also, we unbox some apparel from Korsa and shoes from On and Adidas.

so much track action to discuss, and I taste the Strawberry protein shake that we unboxed last week

it's a heat wave in the midwest. that can only mean one thing. corn sweat.plus, some unboxings

got some new shoes to unbox. One of them is still kind of under embargo I guess. But there was also a live-reaction to new doping control news!

Trying to get over my aversion to racing by racing

I need to take a new approach to this heat. What I've been doing isn't working. also, I got a lot of shoes to unbox. I think none of them are under embargo

I think I'm developing a phobia of 5ks, so I tried to hop in a local 5k when I was at my in-laws in Iowa. It didn't quite work out. also, apologies for the audio issues at the beginning. I fix it after a short while

got some new electrolyte produts to try. some are of the Eat Me variety. Others as Drink Me. but by the end, I get pretty wired

You've seen those cooling headbands at the Olympics and in Triathlon. Omius gave me a set of the cooling headband things, and it was very different than what I was expecting - on a lot of levels.

I'm struggling with the heat. Also, some unboxings today from Mizuno and Reebok

I visited Brooks HQ and held Des Linden's Boston Marathon winning shoe (I probably was not supposed to do that)Also, a rant about sport journalism and Grand Slam Track

ran the first to fast 5k, but the race seemed a bit short. we take to strava to look into it further

Skechers Performance is now Skechers Running, I guess?

getting ready to take my daughter to her first State track meet (it's my first time ever attending a State track meet, too!)

had a big weekend of running for each of my daughters

Got some surprise packages and added a lot of new shoes to the shoe weights sheet

getting back into a somewhat normal routine. tasting the last of my Japanese snacks. and unboxing something I don't normally review

I unbox a new Diadora shoe, which starts me on a meandering about running shoes, run inspired casual shoes, and luxury shoes that can actually be run in.

Just got from the launch event for the Metaspeed Edge and Sky Tokyo and Metaspeed Ray. AMA.

Just published the Boston Marathon 2025 Runner's Weekend, I unbox some new shoes, including the Adidas Evo Pro 2, and I talk about my upcoming trip to Japan.

Just got back from Boston. I didn't race, but I sure am exhausted. I'll talk about the Puma Fast R3, how my race predictions turned out, and how Deena Kastor challenged me to a race while we were picking up trash.

We had a chance to play our favorite livestream games, live, in Boston during Boston Marathon Weekend 2025. Adidas invited the Kofuzi Run Club to their popup space in an event called, The Fastest Game, powered by adidas. We had livestream regulars, later but lives, and friends in attendance. The audio isn't quite as good as I would have liked, and that is on me (not the audio team that was on site - they were excellent). But I hope you can enjoy playing along with these games. 0:00 intro2:57 Name That Shoe 11:08 Who's Time is It19:28 Triviadisclosures: thanks to Adidas for providing this space, the audio services, and the av support for Kofuzi Run Club to meet and have some laughs during Boston Marathon Weekend.

Going over my schedule of events and appearances over the Boston Marathon weekend. Plus, some unboxings

Went to Kenya with Kiprun. AMA

We're updating the Shoe Weights sheet with the shoes I unboxed last time. And we're unboxing more race shoes (this one reminds me of little rectangle desserts at the Asian Buffet)

unboxing Cumulus 25, Diadora Cellula, Diadora Gara Carbon 2, and Cure Hydration. Also, we update the Fastest Known Marathon Sheet

I went down to Atlanta to cover the USATF Half Marathon Championships. AMA

I'll read you the colorway of a shoe, you guess what shoe it is. This game seemed super hard to me, so I did narrow it down to a single brand (Adidas). I thought people would get zero of these correct, but someone was able to guess correctly for each one! you guys are amazing.

Just got back after a week, running in Morocco. Tested some snacks I brought home. And then opened some new shoes

Unboxing packages from Path Projects, Harrier, Atreyu (which led to a lengthy discussion of both Neverending Story and Atreyu the band), and Puma

Today, I'm trying plant based ramen, Immi. "Beef" flavor. Also, we talk about how I don't know what a super trainer is.

Today, I weigh the shoes we unboxed last time. Plus, I accidentally break embargo (it's ok, it was one of my own). Get your 2025 Running Bingo Card ready!

Made it back from Miami. I can talk about some stuff, but a lot is under embargo. But I do have a bunch of shoes to unbox.

In this final interview from Houston 2025, I spoke with Victoria Sekely, TrainSmartRunStrong, who I've been following on Instagram for what feels like years. I had the chance to bump into her while getting coffee, and I was excited to follow up here to talk about here Houston Half PB, her mantras, incorporating strength for runners, and her relationship with social media 0:00 intro 1:02 meeting in Houston 2:13 cucumber 7:26 race day shoe 8:00 mileage 11:38 not discussing paces 15:07 higher mileage and strength training 17:28 strategies for the most strength-reluctant runners 20:33 squat rack 22:44 relationship with social media 26:40 being anti-algorithm 28:33 growth is painful sometoimes Follow Victoria IG TrainSmart Run Strong https://www.instagram.com/trainsmartrunstrong/?hl=en Work with Victoria https://www.trainsmartrunstrong.com

We didn't get to add the new shoes we unboxed last time into the Shoe Weights sheet, so we'll do that today. Plus, we have a new entry to the Fastest Known Marathon sheet. And there's also some new unboxings to cover. Also, we won't have a livestream on Thursday beacuse I'll be on location, covering a new shoe.