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Archive | January, 2010

31 January 2010 ~ 11 Comments

Running through the Brain Fog

This has been a rough week for me, again I’ve just felt crummy. Physically I’ve felt like my brain is in a fog, like my head is locked in a vice, my breathing has felt labored and my heart a little fluttery. And at one point I wasn’t even sure if I dared to venture [...]

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29 January 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Just Plain Fun Tunes: DJ Earworm

This is just a super quick post to encourage you to check out DJ Earworm. I actually learned about this site from another blog (Kath Eats) and I’ve really been enjoying the site. DJ Earworm makes mash-ups of popular songs, the “United States of Pop 200X” series gets most of the attention, but there are [...]

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28 January 2010 ~ 20 Comments

Latest in Barefoot Running

I already mentioned that I’m kind of fascinated by the whole barefoot running phenomenon… and I’ve mentioned it several times on here. Recently I switched back to running in Brooks Adrenalines, after the whole shin splint issue I decided to try going back to the support shoe. But I’m not in love with the shoes… [...]

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27 January 2010 ~ 8 Comments

Help Pick the London Marathon Soundtrack

I was recently contacted by an online marketing company out of the UK that is working with the company AudioFuel to build a “running soundtrack” for the Virgin London Marathon. Basically, they know that us runners are often pretty passionate about what tunes get us moving on a run, so they are reaching out to [...]

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24 January 2010 ~ 13 Comments

Beautiful Blogger & 7 Random Things

I was tagged in the “Beautiful Blogger Award” meme by Jillian, over at Finishing is Winning recently. Part of the game is to post 7 random facts about yourself in a post on your site. I am slightly obsessed with the idea of barefoot running. I really want to try a pair of Vibram Five [...]

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23 January 2010 ~ 10 Comments

Throwing in the Towel

Alright, first I need to thank everyone for contributing their tips for running in the rain. So much great insight that I will apply to my running at some point! Sadly, I did not actually use those this week… I couldn’t get up the proper mindset to go run in the rain, so I did [...]

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