Running with Coach Tori and Jeff · Victoria Harvey

The shoe Episode

·54 min·2 clips

Hosts Tori and Jeff take a deep dive into 100 years of running shoe innovation, from 1920s canvas sneakers to today's carbon-plated super shoes, debating what recreational runners actually need. They also expose the murky world of athlete shoe endorsements, including a striking gender pay gap between Galen Rupp (~$758K) and Kara Goucher (tens of thousands), and discuss Allyson Felix's shoe brand Saysh and its mixed real-world reviews.

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A practical shoe conversation that keeps the focus on comfort, stack height, and drop.

This conversation stays grounded in the basics of a daily training shoe. Coach Tori and Jeff keep returning to comfort, stack height, and drop, and that focus gives the piece a practical, lived-in feel.

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Why you'd press play

Pick a daily trainer without overthinking the whole shoe wall.

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