HOKA ... won them in a raffle

I have liked them for running on dirt roads. However, because of the huge amount of cushioning, they don't really give you any feel for more technical terrain. Nevertheless there was an interesting story in the New York Times yesterday about the pendulum swinging towards "maximal" running shoes.


http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/sports/forget-barefoot-many-seek-cushioning-in-running-shoes.html?referrer=