Archive for July, 2009

Week in Review – 7/20 to 7/26

7/20 – 7.5 Miles
7/21 – Off
7/22 – 8 Miles in Lincoln City, Oregon on the Beach, wearing the Vibram Five Fingers
7/23 – 6.6 Miles in Eugene am & 8 Miles on Pre’s Trail in the pm
7/24 – 10.1 Miles in Portland, running downtown along the Willamette River
7/25 – 9 Miles running Salmon Butte Trail
7/26 [...]

Interview with HydraPouch Inventor Craig McSavaney

Craig McSavaney – CEO HydraPouch
Craig, thank you for participating in the RunColo Interview Series. First, tell us about yourself as a runner/triathlete and your background as engineer?
It’s really my pleasure – thanks for the opportunity to tell you about our company and products. I’ve been running and racing pretty consistently since high school, [...]

Week in Review – 7/13 to 7/19

7/13 – 4 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
7/14 – 15 Miles on The High Line Canal, hot!
7/15 – 2 Miles in VFF
7/16 – 3 Miles in VFF
7/17 – 4 Miles in VFF
7/18 – Off
7/19 – 7.1 Miles

Total 35.1 Miles Total
I now have a Vibram Five Fingers tan line.
Poor week of training. The heat kills [...]

Winners of Free Race Entries!

Big turnout out for the free entry giveaway, we had 171 responses for the free race entries, here are the winners:
Kristi Covalciuc – Loveland 5k
David Heller – Singles Mingle 5k
Tania Myers – Run the Rock 5k
Becky Gerze – Ault Rat Race 5k/10k
April Mackey – Singles Mingle 5k
Thanks for participating and make sure your friends sign [...]

Interview with Coach Mark Wetmore

Interview with Coach Mark Wetmore
Head Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at University of Colorado
Coach Wetmore, thank you for joining the RunColo Interview Series. Can you please tell us about yourself, your life as a runner and your success as Coach of Track and Field and Cross Country at the University of Colorado?
I [...]

Week in Review – 7/06 to 7/12

7/06 – 4 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
7/07 – 7 Miles in Virbam Five Fingers
7/08 – 15 Miles on High Line Canal Trail
7/09 – 4 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
7/10 – 4 Miles in Vibram Five Finers
7/11 – 8 Miles
7/12 – 8 Miles + 2 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
Total 52 Miles
All easy runs, I [...]

A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York – Liz Robbins

A Race Like No Other chronicles the 2007 NYC Marathon. The book is a series of human interest stories as well as a play by play of the men’s and women’s race, divided up into 26.2 chapters. The stories revolve around a cancer survivor running his first marathon, a Mother who had battled [...]

Week in Review – 6/29 to 7/05

6/29 – 7 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
6/30 – Intervals 4*1200m, 400m recovery, 5k race pace, 90+ degree weather, 6.6 Miles Total
7/01 -5.5 Miles
7/02 – 2 Miles Vibram Five Fingers
7/03 – 15 Miles at High Line Canal, 7:10 pace
7/05 – 8 Miles
7/06 – 8 Miles

Total 52.1 Miles
Wow, my biggest mileage week of the year! [...]

HydraPouch

Spectated the Liberty Run 4 Mile race this morning at Washington Park. The race featured the HydraPouch and the Liberty Run was advertised as one of the first cupless races in America.
The video on the website is a laugh riot. I love how the runners are managing to spill 90%+ of their [...]

Born to Run: Christopher McDougall – Book Review

Born to Run is essentially three stories in one book, intertwined. The stories revolve around the Tarahumara tribe and the “greatest race you’ve never heard of.” The book also hits upon an evolutionary discussion that humans evolved to run. The third story is on the shoe industry, which McDougall asserts is a [...]