The Hello Bar is a simple web toolbar that engages users and communicates a call to action.

29 June 2011 ~ 9 Comments

Review: Gatorade G Series Fit

For some odd reason, my slightly sarcastic review of the Gatorade G Series is one of the more popular posts on this site. It brings in A LOT of search engine traffic. It’s also brought in some snide, rude and flat-out mean comments. The ones that are completely off-base have been deleted, this is my [...]

Continue Reading

20 February 2011 ~ 6 Comments

NEDAwareness 2011: February 20-26

I went public about my eating disorder on this site (and to many friends/family) during NEDAwareness week a year ago. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. It was a hard decision, I often feel that it would be better received if I said that I was addicted to prescription pain killers or if I said I [...]

Continue Reading

11 November 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Break Needed

After this most recent race, I need a break… both physically and mentally.  I’ve been stressed to the max lately, and while running should be an escape from that stress, in some ways it has added to the stress.  The pressure I’ve placed on myself to try to run certain amounts per week/month/year all being [...]

Continue Reading

Tags: ,

20 May 2010 ~ 40 Comments

Fuel Review: Gatorade G Series

I received an email from a local grocery store about the weekly e-coupons available. As usual, I took a glance at them although I rarely choose to apply any of the “deals” to my shoppers card. (Usually the coupons are for twinkies and extreme nacho cheese tortilla chips and baby wipes… things I don’t buy. [...]

Continue Reading

06 April 2010 ~ 4 Comments

Stretching: Do It Right!

Stretching can be an important part of your fitness arsenal. It can help relieve muscle tension, keep muscles flexible, improve posture/balance, flush lactic acid from muscles and help prevent injury by relaxing and lengthening muscles. But that’s only if you do it right! If you’ve ever been to a race, odds are good that you’ve [...]

Continue Reading

11 February 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Fuel Review: Fluid Recovery Drink

Recently I had the opportunity to try Fluid Recovery, a fruity-flavored recovery drink for post-exercise consumption. I have a friend who is a rep for the company, he gave me some sample packets of their Tropical Escape flavor. We’ve also had some of our Tuesday Night Fun Runs at Fleet Feet sponsored by Fluid, which [...]

Continue Reading