Kan en sko ge ett effektivare löpsteg - och på det sättet sänka pulsen? Svenska Airia running öppnar nu en kampanjsajt där man söker testlöpare. Gratis skor utlovas till de hundra testlöparna för en enkle test på löpband. Vad företaget vill kolla är om deras sko Airia 1.5 ger en sänkt puls. På sajten http://saveheartbeats.run finns mer information och anmälningsformulär.

– Det här projektet kan på ett öppet sätt visa hur vår sko fungerar och att det inte handlar om marknadsföringsnonsens, säger  Mattias Geisler, vd för Airia Running. 

När Marathon.se i Sveriges största skotest prövade skon, var både testlöpare och testledare skeptiska. Till slut fick skon betyget 3 av 10.  Se testresultatet här.

Bottenbetyget fick Airia running att skriva ett öppet brev till Marathon.se på Facebook:

Öppet brev på Facebook efter bottenbetyget

Dear marathon.se (Swedish online running magazine)

Thanks for reviewing our shoes in your "2016 Shoe test". And the headline "Most peculiar of this year" is of course kind of true.

However we feel that we have to point out to you that there are big differences between spacesuits and your cosy Friday night sweatpants.
The sweatpants would probably be your clothing choice for a cosy movie night. But we would seriously advice you to bring on your spacesuits when leaving the spacecraft.

We think we´re more like the spacesuits. Not comfy like the sweatpants, nor as beautiful as a gala dress. But great at blocking cosmic radiation and avoiding a zero pressure blow out.

In our case, a couple of shoe properties have had to stand down for designing something powerful, efficient and fast. They don´t feel as good as your sweatpants, but could come out really well when trying to run fast (as in racing or doing speedwork).

We will gladly join your next shoe review if you try give more room for performance evaluation. But if you stick to the Friday night sofa, we´ll stay put in orbit.

Kindest regards
Airia Running

Marahon.se:s Torbjörn Sköldefors svarade:
Hi Airia running, pleased to see that you follow our shoereview. And, as I understand, you agree that your shoes are not for everyone. We honestly gave the shoe a try. We have had a runner who have been to the olympics to test Airia 1.5, experienced high level-runners as well as ordinary people. But unfortunately no astronaut.

Spännande nu att se fortsättningen på Airia running - och att följa resultatet på den öppna testsajten.