Have you ever noticed that thin layer of felt on the bottom of a pair of Converse sneakers? It gets torn up almost immediately, of course, as you walk on the shoes. So, why is it there in the first ...

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It used to be common practice for a running shoe store salesperson to look at the bottom of the customer’s shoes before recommending what to buy next. They’d assess how worn out the tread pattern ...

“I have three pairs. Two I got at Ross Dress for Less that had felt, and one pair from a different shoe outlet that had some felt, but not as much,” Carroll wrote. “The picture in my video is from one ...

Look online for information on running shoes and you’ll soon see articles about wear patterns on the bottom of your shoes. Usually, these articles promise “secret knowledge” of what each wear pattern ...

A Harvard distance runner lost one of his shoes in the first lap of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships' 3,000-meter race Saturday, but ran the rest of it barefoot and won. Kieran Tuntivate's left ...

As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from ...