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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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘purchases’
March 17th, 2010
Latest purchase: Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS watch
After finally getting an Amazon.com gift certificate that I “bought” with credit card reward points a short while ago, I had my excuse to buy the Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS watch that I’ve been eyeing for some time now. Right now I’m using my iPhone with the RunKeeper application to track my runs and it [...]
March 1st, 2010
Free Barefoot Running Guide
In case you’re thinking about transitioning to barefoot running or maybe you’ve already started, Jason of Barefoot Chronicles is offering a chance for a free copy of his e-book, The Barefoot Running Guide. I’ve already received my free copy and just realized that it is very thorough (86 pages!) I’ll be giving it a good [...]
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Tags: Blogs I Follow, books, links, purchases, ultra-marathon, VFF KSO, video 
1 Comment »February 24th, 2010
Energy shots and goo packs
After buying the Nathan Speed 2 Waistpack for carrying fluids on longer runs, I happened to be at the mall and decided to pick up some goo/energy pack things to start testing out. I bought a couple different flavors to perform a taste test and see which of them helps (or hurts) the most. I’ll [...]
February 23rd, 2010
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 [...]
February 3rd, 2010
Please forgive me…
…but I bought a pair of running shoes. There was a combination of forces at play that caused me to get them, but I ended up buying a pair of Inov-8 F-Lite 230‘s. Here are a few of my reasons (excuses?) for buying them: 1. Other than my Vibram Five Finger KSO’s, I’ve never really [...]
