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Anyone buy the polytope jacket? I'm now wishing I'd got one from Haven before they sold out in my size (S).

Those boots are so sick. I can't believe they haven't sold at that price.

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Foam rolling is good pre-stretching for breaking up 'knots' (collagen) in the muscle fibers. Stretching afterwards helps realign everything after the knots have been rolled out. Stretching a muscle before working out can slightly effect performance, as you are basically sending the muscle the message to relax right before you need it to work for you, which is why some people take issue with it. However, the prevailing sentiment seems to be that it's better to take the risk of reduced performance than the risk of injury.

If you have any muscle imbalances (tight hip flexors for instance) rolling and stretching these can relax them enough so that the other muscles are able to work as they should.

The ripstop ones were great, just don't know where you'd be able to find them. Maybe ebay?

^^ Good advice overall, but you need to foam roll before you do your dynamic stretches instead of after.

I'd buy them to wear for yoga/gym/bumming around. Think you should get them and tell us how you like them.

Well it may just be a matter of preference then. If all else fails go by measurements I guess?

i'd say that veilance runs tts albeit slightly boxy in some garments. keep in mind that many of their outerwear pieces are cut to accomodate layering underneath.

I've seen others say this, but I completely disagree, and I can still layer underneath after sizing down one. I'm a size 48 and all six of my veilance outerwear pieces have been s or xs, and I've returned two for being too large.

I size down one in all my Veilance outerwear. If I am a medium in Stone Island Shadow Project, I go for small or xs in Veilance.

Hey guys any tips for sore neck and shoulders when running? I stretch pre and post run and have been trying to relax my shoulders during but can't help but feel tight and sore at times. Any specific or deeper stretches I can try? Thought the yoga would help but no such luck.

I have this exact same issue, my cervical spine and traps get really sore. I also generally practice yoga after my runs and it doesn't do much for me either.

Vancouver is a good place to run, even in the rains.

I'm going to be spending time up there this summer. If any of you have suggestions on great trails I'd appreciate it.

nice. if you saw a guy in leaf-print gyak saluting a dead duck outside the kayak rental station then that was me

I was in full gyak camo too that day, would've been weird to see someone else wearing the same thing.

have any of you guys tried the nike flyknit racers?

I have the flyknit trainers. I don't like running long distances in them due to the sole, prefer my lunarspiders or frees.

^I ran town lake too this morning, then headed up through 6th street and watched people setting up for the day.

The problem with dry-fit is if you don't wash it every time you sweat on it, it starts to stink pretty quick. That's really my only gripe with the nike uc stuff. I run with a veilance windshell sometimes and it never gets 'sweat smelly'.

The swift leggings stretch nicely. I got large but I probably could have gotten away with medium.

I've been wearing them every day this week. Almost bought some of the shorts too, but couldn't get past that massive logo.

I ran Shoal Creek Trail in Austin this morning.

It had rained the night before so the trail was submerged in some places.

Not many people out today.

Ended up managing a pretty slow 4+ miles. Trying to recover from a torn muscle so taking it kind of easy.

I prefer to size down one from my 'normal' size in veilance as I think the jackets can fit somewhat boxy. Measurements are really the only way to figure sizing out though. Pick something you own that fits really well, measure it and use those guidelines when you buy something new. It will save you money on the long run.

I'll buy the 32 voronois if they're still around. Are the module pants the same color of grey as the voronois? or is it different material?

Just tried on the new Lunarspiders, sized up from my US10 on teh Zoom Elite 5s to a 10.5 to get the right fit.

^So the "go true to nike size" advice is a bit off?

The other gyakusou shoes I have feel a little tight in my normal size, so I went up a half for the lunarspiders.

Thinking of copping warm up pants but the squiggly pattern is a little 'ladies REI' to my eyes.

Bought the new tights/lunarspiders. Hope sizing up works on the shoes.

Stag is good if you like RRL, Plaid and workwear-ish stuff (^^Jcrew). By George has much better brands going for it - Margiela, Guidi, Common Projects... it's the only place I buy clothes locally.

Any Voronoi pants in 32 left anywhere?