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Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category


Announcing the 2012 Runner’s Almanac

The 2012 Runner’s Almanac has officially become available as of this afternoon. On November 29, I tried to go to bed early, but I had an idea. So I got up to write down some notes and went back to bed. Then I got up to take more notes. This went on until instead of [...]

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Winners and the 3rd (and Final) IceSpike Contest

Thanks to everybody who took part in the IceSpike contest last week! We had 54 entries this time, and our winner was AMJW from Running Overdose (Alicia, I’m guessing?) I’ll be emailing you for where to send your free set of IceSpikes. I’d like to apologize for waiting a week before choosing a winner. I’ve [...]

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IceSpike Winner – And Another Free Set!

Yesterday, I held a short contest which ended about a half of an hour ago for a free set of IceSpikes. I’ll be announcing the winner below. I’d also like to announce another contest for another free set! This one will run a little longer. You have from now until Friday, December 9th at noon [...]

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Ice Spikes Make Winter Running Safer – Win a Free Set!

A couple of years ago, I compared Ice Spikes to sheet metal screws to try to figure out which was more effective for traction when you are running in the Winter. Living in a cold climate, being able to run confidently in icy conditions is an important part of not just staying safe and injury [...]

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Relentless Forward Progress – Book Review

Relentless Forward Progress is a great introduction to ultramarathons for the average marathoner. Bryon Powell does a good job of covering a lot of different topics that the curious marathoner would want to know about taking the next step. Where he falls short, however, is in the format that that information is presented in, at [...]

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Meet the Moment – What’s Your Adventure?

What happens when you combine great athletic adventures, organizations whose mission is to preserve the outdoors that we love to play in so our kids can go out and play too, and thousands of sports fans that like to share those adventures with their friends? CLIF Bar has created the Meet the Moment website, where [...]

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Choosing the Best Running GPS Watch

GPS watches are a great toy for runners. They allow us to track how far we are running, we can get real time feedback about how fast we are going, and they can help us find our way out of the woods when we get lost. They are one of the best training tools to [...]

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What is PacePal And Why Should You Join?

PacePal is a service that lets you find others that run at or near the same pace as you during training and racing, so that you can find training partners both close to home and while you are traveling. In this 5 minute discussion, we talk about the history of PacePal and some of the cool new features that are coming out in early 2011 that you are going to want to keep your eye on

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