Shokz Announce UTMB Partnership

From the official UTMB press email:

Shokz and UTMB World Series collaborate to allow runners to connect to the outdoors and enjoy an open-ear listening experience when exploring the trails.

The pioneers in open-ear headphones have recently made headlines by signing a whole slew of top ultra runners including Marianne Hogan, Adam Peterman, Tom Evans, Mathieu Blanchard and others.

I’ve been using a pair over the last six months and like them quite a bit. If there’s lots of outside noise, like when running along a freeway, they are useless and you can’t hear anything, but they fit and work well and aren’t in my ear, which is nice when it’s really hot outside.

Interesting side note: Just last year GPS watchmaker Suunto, another recent UTMB sponsor released headphones strikingly similar to the Shokz design and technology.