Unlike most everyone else in the world, Burkard Polster gave this question a lot of thought, often at night. "Instead of counting sheep, I might count lacings," said Polster, a mathematician at Monash ...

When I lived in Boston, there was one memorable 5K where I remember needing to stop because my shoe became untied. Worse—the temperature was below freezing and my ungloved fingers were uncooperative ...

Instead of the usual metal eyelets most shoes are equipped with, speed hooks are metal hooks which make lacing, as the name implies, speedy. Rather than having to fuss about, threading each lace ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Puma and K-Swiss are tied up in a growing dispute over shoelace-holding ...