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Archive | February, 2012

28 February 2012 ~ 6 Comments

NOW Energy Bars

The 20th season of CBS’ show The Amazing Race kicked off on February 19.  In the opening sequence, the show’s host Phil Keoghan was riding on a bike, in a full cycling kit, with a large crowd of riders behind him.  He said something to the effect of, “Behind me in the peloton are the [...]

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27 February 2012 ~ 3 Comments

NEDAwareness Week 2012

This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.  The theme for the year is “Everybody Knows Somebody.” The peak onset of eating disorders occurs during puberty and the late teen/early adult years, but symptoms can occur as young as kindergarten. As many as 10 million females and 1 million males in the U.S. are battling eating [...]

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25 February 2012 ~ 24 Comments

Race Report: The Color Run

Let’s just preface this by saying: I don’t like being dirty. Yard work sucks because you have to dig in the dirt. Getting sweaty and smelly is probably my least favorite part of running. The idea of doing a mud run kind of freaks me out because I’d be so filthy. So the mere fact [...]

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24 February 2012 ~ 5 Comments

The JOW! My New Metric for Measuring… stuff

Have you seen the Nike+ FuelBand? If you haven’t, here’s a video that kind of explains what it is: If you don’t want to watch the 30 second video, the basic gist is that it’s a wristband you wear that records your activity so that you earn “Nike Fuel.” If you wave at your neighbor, [...]

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22 February 2012 ~ 8 Comments

Book Review: The Gluten-Free Good Health Cookbook

Now, this isn’t my normal subject to review/discuss on this site.  But when I was contacted and asked if I was interested, part of the pitch was how a gluten-free diet can help athletics.  They said the book had a section about that specifically, so I decided to take a look. I have heard stories [...]

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20 February 2012 ~ 14 Comments

Week in Re/Preview (NOT!)

I seriously contemplated posting a week-in-preview, trying to plot out a course of exercise for the week… but then I got smart and decided against it. There were wonderful comments on my post about running during the first trimester and the general consensus was to do what feels right for me.  So if I make myself some [...]

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