I talked to Gord about Icebugs last night. He carries them at his store and they cost about $165ish Cdn. They’re still a pretty new thing to Calgarians, so he didn’t have a lot to tell me about what local runners think of them yet. I’ll keep you posted if I hear of any personal experiences with them.
I posted a general question to one of our local Calgary Roadrunners member’s lists. One of our members tried the Icebugs out on a trail race recently and lost quite a few of the studs in one run. I still think they have a lot of potential for a winter training shoe for me, as I don’t think I would be as hard on the shoe as that runner was. I got to hold a women’s Ice Bug, which is also a motion control shoe, and it looked like it had a lot of support. Don’t even think of wearing these things indoors, though. They could do serious damage to your floor.
I could definitely save up for a pair and try them out next winter.
All Downhill From Here 
COOL! I WANT SOME! Doubly cool that they come in motion control.
By: Pamalamadingdong on December 8, 2004
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I’d definately want to try a pair. It would be a shame if the studs only lasted for 100 miles or so. I’ll be waiting for your official report. 🙂
By: Jon in Michigan on December 9, 2004
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the icebug DMG with studs in my new favorite winter running shoe.
I can’t believe how well they dig into ice but still allow you to run on hard surfaces like asphalt!
By: Justin Ryea on January 2, 2005
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By: texas hold em on January 2, 2005
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I am looking for a distributor in Van BC for Ice Bugs. My friends have been using them for all their winter trail runs as well as on our icy Cariboo roads for a couple years and wouldn’t use any other foot wear in the winter. Our local sports shop will be getting them in but not until Nov. and I have a race I wanted to go to in Kamloops the first w/eof Nov and they will probably be the footwear of choice for the day. If anyone knows who sells them in Vancouver I woulld be happy to know as I have to make a trip to the city before race day .Thanks Kathy
PS I climbed Kilimanjaro this summer and used body glide on my feet every morning. I did not have a red spot and definitely NO blisters. It’s great.
By: Kathy MacNeil on October 12, 2005
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hmm, ive only just found out about icebugs, in desperation this winter which has been icier than any ive experienced before, at the moment i fall over everytime i run (6 days a week, which is really giving my body something to think about..!) and am DESPERATE to have a proper run out there, i have to slow down so much to be careful to the point where my run is basically ineffectual, im also trying to train for a marathon in april and feel like im losing soooo much valuable time,
Icebugs are quite expensive though arent they? and is there a pretty good range, ie sizes types and the like? i wonder if its worth my buying a pair just for this one winter.
but then again maybe next year will be similar, who knows.
By: chloe on February 1, 2006
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