How many pairs of shoes do you need to be a runner?

by Blaine Moore | Equipment, Shoes

One thing that I have been asked a few times is how many pairs of shoes somebody needs to consider themselves a runner. A more frequent question is how many pairs of running shoes do I own. There is no one easy answer to this, and the answer depends slightly on how...

RIT loses, Jan Ullrich retires, and football players weigh in

by Blaine Moore | News

Rather than writing on different news notes that I have noticed from over the weekend, I thought (for the sake of brevity) that I’d just link to the interesting articles. Saturday evening, I went to the RIT at Bentley hockey game. RIT lost by one point, 7-6....

A book on Bending

by Blaine Moore | Books

In a collaborative effort with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we wrote about books throughout the month of February. This week Scott takes a look at the Diesel Crew electronic book on how to get started in the wonderful world of Bending. Bending is taking pieces...

This Week Last Year: Polar Bear Wrestling and Banditing Deer

by Blaine Moore | Last Year

This week last year was pretty light article wise, but what was there was mostly worth reading. There were some amazing stories about people and animals, and I offer some great workout tips with a book review. Meaty stuff! In a counterpoint to the week before’s...

The doping case against Floyd Landis just got weaker…

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

It seems that as far as doping labs go, they can never seem to get anything right. It was not too long ago that an 7 year old anonymous blood sample that had no control samples (since the control samples had been previously tested came back negative) seemingly proved...

Why is there always a headwind when running or biking?

by Blaine Moore | Workout Tips

Photo by penmachineOne thing that most runners or cyclists will notice at some point in their career is that there is always a headwind. No matter which direction you are running or biking in, North, South, East or West, you can never avoid a headwind. You may be...

Sleep is important, especially for children

by Blaine Moore | Sleep

A study has found that kids who do not get enough sleep are more likely to be overweight than their peers who do get enough sleep. The researchers found that children who got less sleep were more likely to be overweight and have higher body mass index measures than...

When was the last time you ran 4000 miles across the Sahara Desert?

by Blaine Moore | Sports

This afternoon, three runners finished running across the Sahara Desert. The entire Sahara Desert. They ran from Senegal to Egypt, 44 to 50 miles per day, for 111 days. Did I mention that they did that in the Sahara Desert? American Charlie Engle, Canadian Ray Zahab,...

Our brains ignore calories from beverages

by Blaine Moore | Food & Beverage

I wrote a couple years ago about how drinking sugar water can lead to weight gain, because your body does not feel as full when you consume the calories in a liquid form. The Kansas City infoZine News has an article this week that covers some research into why we do...

Nutrition Books

by Blaine Moore | Books, Food & Beverage, Reviews

In a collaborative effort with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about books throughout the month of February. This week I would like to talk about the diet and (mostly) nutrition books that line my shelves. For athletes, the best book that I have...