Apparently I have tiny ear canals.
Finding ear buds that stay in my ears while running has been next to impossible.
I’ve purchased pricey ear buds that come with various sized rings to place around the buds to no avail. They still bounce right out of my ears while I’m running. Or the sweat builds up and they slide out. That’s hot.
At the expo for the Peachtree Road Race this year I came across a booth selling the alleged fix to my problem.
Auria uses an XFit technology that claims to keep earphones in place, resist sweat, provide quality audio, and still allow for surrounding sounds to be heard (safety first, y’all).
The buds “rest on the cushy parts of ears called the tragus and the anti-tragus… ECO rings work to optimize the fit of our earphones to individual ear shapes.”
True story – my abnormally small ear canals are proof.
They don’t actually go IN your ear; the speakers reside at the opening of you ear canals. This allows external sounds to be heard (important if you run in a busy, traffic-filled city like I do!). Surprisingly, this doesn’t compromise one’s ability to hear the music – presumably since the speakers are still right at your ear canals.
I did run with these in the Peachtree. They worked like a charm – MUCH better than the others I was using. Lesson learned. Other lesson learned: chewing gum while I run makes me look challenged.
They also offer fancy models that have volume controls, microphones, and iPhone controls. I opted for the basic Provoke model, as I am ghetto and just run with my iPod Shuffle. I’m also cheap – these were only $23.99.
***Disclaimer: They didn’t give me anything to write this. Not even a damn discount. I just think it’s a great product. However, if they do want to send me free stuff, I’ll gladly accept. 🙂 ***
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Today I didn’t really cook anything – I blended protein shakes, washed veggies for salads, and paid restaurants (first slice of cake on birthday week – woo hoo!).
Other than this beautiful, delicious salad:
Spinach, tomatoes, carrots, celery, onion, chickpeas, mustard + red wine vingar
I don’t have anything earth-shattering to share food-wise.
Instead I’m sticking with the running theme and sharing the least embarrassing parts of my current workout playlist with you.
Yes, I have been known to listen to music with explicit lyrics. Followed by Sarah Bareilles.
Lately I get most inspired to crank out another mile by Sugarland. I love Wide Open, the song they wrote for the last Olympics.
“Every life has a moment where sweat meets fate / On your mark, get ready, get ready now…”
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Speaking of, I’m off for a morning run. Olympic sprinter-style in my head.
What gets you pumped to go another mile?
Have you found any running accessories you couldn’t live without?
Oooh those ear buds look great. Sorry to hear of your problems finding ones that fit! The ones that came with my iPod do me just fine 🙂
Lovin the play list. I have the Sugarland song stuck in my head now!
Those ear buds look awesome, i hate the ones i have for my iPhone, they hurt so much!
Great play list, love the proclaimers – i admit it 🙂
Great blog, can’t wait to read more!!!
HAHA! I saw that interesting event in your playlist too and smiled a little. I can’t talk though. I like to spin to metal. Gets me pumped! RAWR!
I am soo picky about my ear buds. I cannot use standard ones, like apple ones..I have never heard of these kind, I will deff check them out! Right now I have skull candy..pink of coarse 🙂
After using iPod ear phones for so long and then realizing that they don’t work for runners – I got new ones. I don’t know what brand they are but they work so much better. Love em!
Thanks so much for the earbud review. My iPhone buds slip out of my ears when I get sweaty, which is pretty much every time I run.
Hurray for birthday week!
I have yet to find a pair of earbuds that don’t slip out of my ears. I just use the old school type of headphones that are padded and go over my ears. They do get sweaty and nasty pretty easily though.
Yay you found ear buds for your little ears! I don’t run with music because my ears are so sensitive-my family HATES me haha I am always like turn the tv down or turn the radio down.
I like the picture from your race… you are so jacked wooo!!!!
I LOVE that M.I.A song – it’s SUCH a good one to run to 🙂 I think the only running accessory I can’t live without would be my sneakers! That’s what I love so much about running is that you really don’t need much to do it!
I have the. worst. time. with earbuds, too. I can’t wear them. They stay in okay in my right ear (but not very willingly) but fall out of my left ear. I don’t know why, but it’s how it is! haha. So I get the cheap-o Sony ones that still have an ear-bud like piece to go in the ear, but have plastic that go around the top and curve behind your ear to hold them in place, if that makes sense.
I’m glad you found buds that work for you, too!
I have wicked embarrassing music on my iTunes and iPod because I only use it for running! Eh, well – pop/rap music makes me want to go the extra mile, not the stuff I would listen to say, while driving 😛
Ooh my ipod earphones do that too! :/ Luckily I picked up a cheap pair of funny shaped rubbery (yes thats their technical name) ones and they seem to do the trick! 🙂
I listen to Pink too!
I can’t ever find earbuds that work for me. I need a new pair! I’m not gonna lie, listening to Glee’s version of Teenage Dream does the job of pumping me up pretty well!
Oh that’s great to know- that always happens to me!
Is it weird I run without music most of the time?
I have the same problem only the ones that come with the ipods make a sore spot in my ear – I found really cheap ones at best buy that I love – they are smaller scale than any I found – and since I am hard on these – I bought several sets –
Happy Birthday week — my should been the 14th sweetheart.
These seem really great. I think my main problem is that my ears get sweaty (gross sounding, I know)..so the buds with the cushions tend to slip out. Maybe since these don’t have any they’ll work better. Really great to know they’re not super expensive, either!