Posts Tagged ‘clothing’

Recent purchases and reads: Vita Coco, Honey Stinger, Why We Run and more…

Just felt like posting some of my recent purchases from Amazon, along with the most recent books I’ve read. Conveniently, through Amazon Associates, I can show you all of these great things in their snazzy carousel widget…with the possibility that I could make a buck or two! In case you were wondering, I feel no [...]

Race Report: 2010 Bimbler’s Bash 10k trail race

Sunday morning my buddy (@aarondavidson) and I ran Bimbler’s Bash, a 10k (yeah right!) trail run in Guilford, CT…and what a race it was! When we first got there, we tried to get a feel for the course by talking with some other runners who had participated in previous years, but to be honest, nothing [...]

Race report: 2010 Mystic River Moon Run

Yesterday my fiancee, my brother, two of my sisters and I took part in the previously mentioned Mystic River Moon 3 mile run and it was a great time. When I first found out about this race, the original plan was for it to be my first barefoot race ever, but my PT tendon injury [...]

Question and answer with Scott Jurek and Christopher McDougall

Yesterday I came across an interesting tweet from @brooksrunning, linking to a question and answer session that champion ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek and best-selling author Christopher McDougall did with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. They cover a wide array of topics in the session, including nutrition and eating habits, whether distance running is fundamentally bad [...]

First time for everything

With my recent purchase of the Inov-8 F-Lite 230′s and a big snow storm today (all following a cruise to the Bahamas,) my running routine has been thrown a bit out of whack. Yesterday I was able to get in a barefoot run on my way to the gym, as I still try to get [...]

Sweatpants vs Spandex

I got a pair of Spandex pants (or Nike’s equivalent) for Christmas and have given them a few trial runs, but it seems that my knee(s) end up a little sore after running with them on. I’ve switched to my sweatpants for the past couple of runs and haven’t experienced the same pain. I was [...]