{"id":91893,"date":"2021-08-11T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=91893"},"modified":"2021-08-11T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:52:55","slug":"alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American runners can now access comfortable, lightweight and responsive footwear that will give them a feeling of empowerment. That\u2019s the way University of Mary Washington alum Mike Ambrose \u201911 describes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salomon.com\/en-us\/shop\/product\/ultra-glide-lg6156.html\">Salomon Ultra Glide<\/a>. The technologically advanced shoe he conceived and helped design hit the market this month.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91894\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/img_5190\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1623922356&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.111111111111&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;After earning a psychology degree at UMW, Mike Ambrose &amp;#8217;11 found himself on a new trail, turning his passion for ultrarunning into a career with French footwear manufacturer Salomon. Photo courtesy of Mike Ambrose. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-91894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"After earning a psychology degree at UMW, Mike Ambrose '11 turned his passion for ultrarunning into a career with French footwear manufacturer Salomon. Photo courtesy of Mike Ambrose.\" width=\"244\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-225x300.jpg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-768x1024.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-855x1140.jpg 855w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-450x600.jpg 450w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/IMG_5190-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After earning a psychology degree at UMW, Mike Ambrose &#8217;11 turned his passion for ultrarunning into a career with French footwear manufacturer Salomon. Photo courtesy of Mike Ambrose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want people to feel like they can fly,\u201d said Ambrose, who started trail running for fun at Mary Washington. Now, as Salomon\u2019s lead product line manager for trail running, his life revolves around it. An ultra-race runner who lives in France, Ambrose used a degree in psychology to build a pioneering career, designing footwear that crosses continents and climbs into your mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>I wanted runners to feel like they could run forever,\u00a0whatever the distance,\u201d Ambrose said. \u201cRationally, I wanted the shoe to feel soft, but not lose stability, precision and grip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after graduating from Mary Washington, Ambrose \u2013 who grew up in suburban New Jersey \u2013 found himself on a new trail, one that led westward, for a job selling running shoes in Colorado. In his free time, he ran 50- and 100-mile more-than-marathon races, known as \u201cultrarunning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fan of Salomon, Ambrose loved talking about the footwear to his fellow trail runners. His in-depth knowledge of the product and insight into the running industry led to jobs with the company\u2019s offices in Massachusetts and Utah.<\/p>\n<p>When Salomon\u2019s global headquarters in Europe decided to focus on appealing specifically to North American customers, they sought Ambrose\u2019s unique perspective to develop shoes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know that feeling when you feel like you can go anywhere, you feel like you can do anything?\u201d Ambrose told trail-running resource <em>IRunFar.com <\/em>this summer. \u201cThat\u2019s the best feeling in the world. I think that\u2019s what I aspire for all trail runners to do and feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to conceptualizing state-of-the-art shoes, he said, his life revolves around running. And what a Iife! He lives with his wife, Stephanie Lefferts \u201911, in Annecy, France, a charming alpine village with cobbled streets, winding canals and pastel-colored houses \u2026 and spends his spare time scaling the French Alps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/11\\\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 513px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"513\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 417px; height: 513px;\" data-original-width=\"417\" data-original-height=\"513\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/mike-run-the-alps\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"413\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"509\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"91895\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1156,1424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps-244x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps-831x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps.jpeg?w=413&#038;h=509&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps.jpeg 1156w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps-244x300.jpeg 244w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps-831x1024.jpeg 831w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps-768x946.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps-925x1140.jpeg 925w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-run-the-alps-487x600.jpeg 487w\" width=\"413\" height=\"509\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"413\" data-original-height=\"509\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Ambrose and wife Stephanie moved to Annecy, France, for his job with Salomon. Now, he spends his free time trail running through the French Alps. Photo courtesy of Mike Ambrose.\" style=\"width: 413px; height: 509px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Ambrose and wife Stephanie moved to Annecy, France, for his job with Salomon. Now, he spends his free time trail running through the French Alps. Photo courtesy of Mike Ambrose. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 683px; height: 513px;\" data-original-width=\"683\" data-original-height=\"513\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/mike-steph-umw\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"679\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"509\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"91896\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564925964&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000354987575435&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-scaled.jpg?w=679&#038;h=509&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-1140x855.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/mike-steph-umw-600x450.jpg 600w\" width=\"679\" height=\"509\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"679\" data-original-height=\"509\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Ambrose and wife Stephanie Lefferts &#039;11 take a break mid-run in Europe. Photo by Giles Ruck.\" style=\"width: 679px; height: 509px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Ambrose and wife Stephanie Lefferts &#8217;11 take a break mid-run in Europe. Photo by Giles Ruck. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>His college years, Ambrose said, were \u201cstimulating and engaging,\u201d and helped him move mountains. \u201cEveryone made me think and challenged me to be the best I could be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His advice? Follow your heart and never stop dreaming. \u201cThere will be setbacks and frustrations, but just keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American runners can now access comfortable, lightweight and responsive footwear that will give them a feeling of empowerment. That\u2019s the way University of Mary Washington alum Mike Ambrose \u201911 describes the Salomon Ultra Glide. The technologically advanced shoe he conceived and helped design hit the market this month. \u201cI want people to feel like they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":91897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[8244],"topics":[5144],"class_list":{"0":"post-91893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-department-of-psychological-sciences","9":"topic-news","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"American runners can now access comfortable, lightweight and responsive footwear that will give them a feeling of empowerment. That\u2019s the way University of Mary Washington alum Mike Ambrose \u201911 describes the Salomon Ultra Glide. The technologically advanced shoe he conceived and helped design hit the market this month. \u201cI want people to feel like they [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityofMaryWashington\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T14:52:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anna Billingsley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UMaryWash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UMaryWash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anna Billingsley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anna Billingsley\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/45256c5c5ea20f5ab98e7e4b4f497ba2\"},\"headline\":\"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T14:52:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/\"},\"wordCount\":446,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Department of Psychological Sciences\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/\",\"name\":\"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole - News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T14:52:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg\",\"width\":1140,\"height\":460},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News\",\"description\":\"University of Mary Washington\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Mary Washington\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/10\/2colorUMWprimarywordmark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/10\/2colorUMWprimarywordmark.png\",\"width\":2255,\"height\":580,\"caption\":\"University of Mary Washington\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityofMaryWashington\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UMaryWash\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/45256c5c5ea20f5ab98e7e4b4f497ba2\",\"name\":\"Anna Billingsley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfbe30b59e24318bd9e4dca7300628b2d106e983075a7b547ad2d7c893eee973?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfbe30b59e24318bd9e4dca7300628b2d106e983075a7b547ad2d7c893eee973?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anna Billingsley\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole - News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole","og_description":"American runners can now access comfortable, lightweight and responsive footwear that will give them a feeling of empowerment. That\u2019s the way University of Mary Washington alum Mike Ambrose \u201911 describes the Salomon Ultra Glide. The technologically advanced shoe he conceived and helped design hit the market this month. \u201cI want people to feel like they [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/","og_site_name":"News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityofMaryWashington\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-11T14:52:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1140,"height":460,"url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anna Billingsley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UMaryWash","twitter_site":"@UMaryWash","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anna Billingsley","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/"},"author":{"name":"Anna Billingsley","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/45256c5c5ea20f5ab98e7e4b4f497ba2"},"headline":"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole","datePublished":"2021-08-11T14:52:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/"},"wordCount":446,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg","keywords":["Department of Psychological Sciences"],"articleSection":["Top Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/","url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/","name":"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole - News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-11T14:52:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg","width":1140,"height":460},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/alums-running-shoe-targets-body-and-sole\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alum\u2019s Running Shoe Targets Body and Sole"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/","name":"News","description":"University of Mary Washington","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"University of Mary Washington","url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/10\/2colorUMWprimarywordmark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/10\/2colorUMWprimarywordmark.png","width":2255,"height":580,"caption":"University of Mary Washington"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityofMaryWashington\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UMaryWash"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/45256c5c5ea20f5ab98e7e4b4f497ba2","name":"Anna Billingsley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfbe30b59e24318bd9e4dca7300628b2d106e983075a7b547ad2d7c893eee973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfbe30b59e24318bd9e4dca7300628b2d106e983075a7b547ad2d7c893eee973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anna Billingsley"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/08\/NewRelease_Ambrose.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 16:37:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91893"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=91893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}