My Sweet New Kicks

March 18, 2020 by Stephen Hallgren in Life

This is a tale of running shoes, Girl Scout Cookies, deception and friendship. It all began one fine day when a friend (who shall not be named) and I started talking about running gear. The conversation went to the hypothetical and went down the path what gear we’d buy if we were going to splurge on something. I told them I’d probably buy a nice pair of shoes…

Gear: Saucony Perigrine 8

April 10, 2019 by Stephen Hallgren in Reviews, Gear

The Saucony Perigrine 8 was my first trail running shoe ever and I wore them for my first 50 mile ultramarathon, which happened to be my first ultramarathon ever.

My choice to purchase the Perigrine 8 wasn’t very scientific. I started trail running this year and was mainly motivated by finding a cheap, but quality shoe, just in case this was a passing fad for me…