Reviews

Review: Safeway’s New SimpleNutrition Program

March 27, 2011 Reviews 3 comments

Recently I was contacted by a representative from Safeway, asking if I’d like to check out their new SimpleNutrition program and do a review. The basic idea behind the program is that they’ve started placing special tags identifying their healthier products. They’ve got a pretty wide range of tags to call out different healthy choices, [...]

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Review: Running on Ice with STABILicers

March 16, 2011 Export 3 comments

Shortly after I posted my review of running on ice and snow in Yaktrax, I was contacted by a company name 32North, asking if I’d be interested in trying their STABILicers Sport ice cleats. Being a runner in Alaska, I’m always on the lookout for whatever will make running in the winter as easy (and [...]

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Review: Running on the Snow and Ice Wearing Yak Trax

November 8, 2010 Reviews 9 comments
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As winter has been fast approaching here in Alaska, I’ve been getting worried about how I was going to handle running on the ice and snow. I put the question out on Twitter last week how other people handle running in the winter, and I was surprised when several people recommended Yak Trax. I’ve actually [...]

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My 2 Week Review of Vibram Five Fingers KSO

September 14, 2010 Export 15 comments

Ever since Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run came out in 2009, barefoot and minimal running have become quite the topic of conversation in the running community. I have been interested for a while in trying the Vibram Five Fingers (VFF), a minimal running shoe that is little more than a glove for your feet. [...]

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Running Fuel: Clif Shot Bloks Review

August 30, 2010 Export 15 comments
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In the recap of my first 1/2 marathon, I mentioned that by the end, I could definitely feel myself running out of fuel in the tank. I decided that I needed to start experimenting with different ways of fueling my long runs, so that something like that doesn’t happen again, and I’m able to keep [...]

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