{"id":4468,"date":"2012-09-03T21:54:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T03:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2012-09-03T21:54:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T03:54:09","slug":"gear-review-saucony-kinvara-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/gear-review-saucony-kinvara-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear Review: Saucony Kinvara 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" id=\"smartresize\" class=\"smartresize\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px;\" src=\"images\/stories\/saucony_kinvara3.jpg\" alt=\"Saucony Kinvara 3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This shoe has been awesome. When I first tried this shoe on it had the feel of a nice sock. The way it hugged my foot was very comfortable. One reason this shoe has such a great fit and feel is thanks to Saucony&#8217;s FlexFilm technology. FlexFilm is a lightweight yet strong material which allows for fewer layers of material in the upper which in turn gives the shoe a seamless, \ufb02exible feel.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The FlexFlim upper really does adapt to my foot and provides a seamless feel as Saucony claims. By reducing material and adding FlexFilm Saucony can save weight with this shoe. Weighing only 7.7 oz you might think it would be more of a racing flat but I\u2019ve found that you can use this shoe as an everyday trainer.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that Saucony has updated on the Kinvara 3 is the outsole. They have added XT-900 rubber to enhance durability in high wear areas. This is a premium carbon rubber outsole\u00a0material that offers exceptional\u00a0traction and high-wear properties. Also updated is a\u00a0beveled heel and fully decoupled crashpad which reduce lever arm for a better\u00a0transition to midfoot.\u00a0If you wear a Neutral shoe this shoe could be for you. It has great padding and has held up well on 5-8 mile runs. I weigh 175 pound and found this shoe to perform great. This shoe provides a minimalist design yet awesome support.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the specs and features off Saucony&#8217;s site.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0FlexFilm<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Memory Foam Heel Pods<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 HydraMAX Collar Lining<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 EVA Sockliner<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Heel ProGrid<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 High Abrasion EVA (EVA+)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 XT-900<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Triangular Lug Design<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0MSRP: $100.00<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saucony.com\/store\/SiteController\/saucony\/productdetails?stockNumber=20157-2&amp;showDefaultOption=true&amp;skuId=***4********20157-2*M080&amp;productId=4-109350&amp;searched=true\">http:\/\/www.saucony.com\/store\/SiteController\/saucony\/productdetails?stockNumber=20157-2&amp;showDefaultOption=true&amp;skuId=***4********20157-2*M080&amp;productId=4-109350&amp;searched=true<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Product provided for free by the manufacturer for review purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This shoe has been awesome. When I first tried this shoe on it had the feel of a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9034],"tags":[9621,9622,9623,9620],"class_list":["post-4468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-running1","tag-kinvara","tag-kinvara-3","tag-running-shoe","tag-saucony"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}