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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 [...]

The “truth” about running shoes

The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?
Solid read, for the most part I have felt the same opinion over the last few years and now do all of my running in “performance trainers” for that reason.
I got a laugh when it mentioned the Asics Kinsei. I bought that shoe [...]

Rocky Mountain Virtual 1/2 Marathon

The Rocky Mountain Half Marathon is teaming up with MapMyRun to introduce the Rocky Mountain Virtual 1/2 Marathon.
It’s an interesting idea and honestly I am not sure what to think. To register you have to pay full registration price, which is $65/$75, thus it’s not cheap. Runners participating in the Virtual 1/2 Marathon [...]

Gu Roctane

Hurry, rush out right now and buy Gu Roctane! You need this product, it will do amazing things.
Roctane contains the original GU formula of simple and complex carbohydrates with antioxidants; plus, it enhances performance with histidine, citrates and branched amino acids
How were you ever able to do your long runs without histidine, citrates and [...]

Newton Running Shoes

I’m a skeptical person by nature, I question everything. I think the old adage of “If it’s sounds too good to be true…it probably is” holds true 99% of the time. If you understand capitalism and marketing, you know that a company tries to “kill” the consumer with options and that they will [...]

Skirt Chaser 5k Denver 2008

I am locked and loaded to participate in the Skirt Chaser 5k, which will be held on September 6, 2008, in Denver (Fillmore Plaza). It’s a unique concept, the women are given a three minute head start on the men and the men then “chase”, thus the reason they call it the Skirt Chaser. [...]