Elevation Profiles at the GMap Pedometer

The GMap Pedometer (website review) has a new feature: elevation profiles. It is only for the United States as it uses the geologic survey to create the graph. It is a great feature to see your elevation changes throughout the course of your run. If you map your runs...

Review: PowerBar ProteinPlus Bars

I have been eating the PowerBar ProteinPlus High Protein Bars after my workouts for the three weeks to a month or so, and have decided that I like them. I did not like them very much at all, at first, because their consistency is not that much different than a normal...

The Tom Bowl

The Tom Bowl is the only bowl game not recognized by the NCAA. It has been in existance since 1989. You’ve never heard of it? That might be because no team has ever shown up. The site is fairly humorous. It is run by Tom Cantrell, formerly of Michigan State. The...

The Quotable Runner: A Book Review

The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Running Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness, and Humor. I first bought this book in 1998, and it was written/compiled by Mark Will-Weber. He was one of of the few coaches to actively try to recruit me when I was interviewing at...

The McMillan Running Calculator

The McMillan Running Calculator is a very nifty little tool that will let you know your equivalent (estimated) race time for different distances based upon a recent race you ran at a different distance. It is surprisingly accurate, as well. Since the mid-1990’s,...