Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Can Rice Lead to Gold? Marathon Will Offer Test


Later this month, Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor of the United States plan to begin testing the latest design from the distance-running equivalent of Manolo Blahnik. Their shoemaker is a Japanese master craftsman whose soles are renowned not for space-age gels or air bladders but for the gripping properties of rice husks.

Click here to read about marathoners running in shoes with soles made out of rice husks!


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