Profile of Team Mizuno's Josh Moen

by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on April 28, 2011

Typically with national-class road runners, the accepted pathway to marathon success is through the half marathon. But Josh Moen of Team Mizuno/Minnesota is not your typical marathoner.   Although he trains upward of 110 miles a week and has outstanding credentials at the sub-marathon distances with personal bests of 13:35 and 28:26 (5-K/10-K), 62:50 for the half and owns the fourth fastest 10-mile time in the US (46:38), Moen is by his own admission, “Not very good in the marathon.” That's a huge problem in the upcoming Olympic year when the US Olympic Marath...

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The Planet Wave -- A Monthly Running Blog from the Mizuno Shoe Guy

by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on April 27, 2011

After getting back home last week from the Boston Marathon, the first thing I did was look at my old school, but still trusty New Universal World Atlas. Much to my surprise, Boston and the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts was still smack dab right there on the map.

But, not if you pay any attention to the roomful of International Association of Athletics Federation stats geeks who have ruled that the world’s greatest marathon—Boston—might as well not even exist. As you probably know by now, the pencil pushing stat guys who run these things have decided that the w...

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Q&A with Mizuno Shoe Guy

by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on April 13, 2011

Do you have a shoe-related question? Or a running shoe question, specific to Mizuno for the Mizuno Shoe Guy? If you have a question you’d like him to answer, send it to Shoeguy@Mizunousa.com. Q:  I have worn the Wave Inspire for the past year and have loved its ride, cushioning and support. Recently, I went to my local running store and said I had a neutral gait and put me in the Wave Rider. To be honest, I didn’t like the Wave Rider as much as the Wave Inspire. I understand th...

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Profile on Tyler McCandless: Mizuno Race Team

by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on April 13, 2011

Tyler McCandless is one of the new breed of exciting, young American distance runners who are just emerging as a force on the roads. Without the academic and competitive restraints of college, McCandless, just a year removed from Penn State, is devoting all his energies into road running, mainly the marathon. “I’ve always thought that eventually the marathon was going to be my best event,” says the 24-year-old who now lives in Boulder, Colorado. “I feel I have what it takes to be a successful marathoner. Right now, I’m trying to get a feel for the d...

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Team Mizuno's Antonio Vega Has His Sights Set On 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials

by Bob "Wish" Wischnia on November 30, 2010

Fresh off his first national championship at the 2010 Aramco Houston Half Marathon in January, Antonio Vega's running life changed. All it took was that single race to catapult him into prominence. In the course of one year, Vega went from an anonymous road runner to national champion to overall men's champ on the 2010 USA Running Circuit. The 27-year-old Team Mizuno star also firmly placed himself in the conversation for a 2012 US Olympic Marathon team berth. One might think that Vega, who lives and trains year-round in Minne...

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