Empire Runner's Blog - by Doug Murdoch

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by David Deioma May 05, 2016

Doug Murdoch is a USATF member and World Master's Track Competition participant. He is also a former A16er (www.adventure16.com). He did a product review for the Quartible 18L

The perennial problem for runners and athletes is simply the question, “What do I do with my shoes?”

You know the problem…you tie them together and sling them on your backpack and they are dangling around, or they are dirty so you don’t want to put them inside of anything…let’s face it, shoes are a pain in the ass to travel with sometimes.

Local Sonoma County entrepreneur and designer David Deioma has recognized this significant problem and created a new company called Mudroom. The backpack I tested is called the Small Quartible 18L.

Read the entire review here:

https://empirerunnersblog.org/2016/05/01/mudroom-backpacks-by-doug-murdoch/

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