(For part 1 of the Runner's World Half weekend, please click HERE. Forewarning: there will be a disgusting amount of photos in this post. A 4 day field trip with 20+ social media gurus results in a lot of picture taking...especially with smart phones. Plus, I'm still so flabbergasted and honored over this amazing opportunity, that I want to share ALL of it.) Friday morning we all piled back Continue reading →
Runner’s World Half Festival – Blogger Event Part 1
I'm sitting at my desk trying to form the opening sentence to what will be the first of many blog posts about this past weekend. I'm coming down from a huge runner's (and all things running) high, and I don't even know where to start. Exhausted, sore, honored to have been a part of this weekend, and overwhelmed with gratitude that I was granted such an amazing opportunity: I have so very much to Continue reading →
Reebok HQ Spartan Race Course
Yesterday I had the opportunity to head over to the Reebok Headquarters in Canton, Massachusetts, to participate in a small focus group. I have been to the HQ before, and was looking forward to a return trip, especially since I had heard a rumor that there was now a permanent, mini Spartan course on premises. The last time I visited HQ, it was with a large group of women in social media Continue reading →
Runner’s World Festival Goals
This weekend I'm headed down to Bethlehem Pennsylvania for the 2nd annual Runner's World Half & Festival. A few months back I was sent an invitation from Runner's World to be a part of the blogging team attending the race. I knew that I'd be fresh off of the obstacle course racing season and not necessarily trained for road races, but who turns down an invite from Runner's World? NO ONE, that's Continue reading →
How to Love Running (and Reasons why you Currently Don’t…)
I love running. It's true. Even when my feet feel like cement blocks, my lungs are screaming, and my brain is scoffing at me in that huffy voice ("Ugh, this truly sucks. Honestly Heather? You are barreling down this trail like you are being chased by a bear. There is no bear back there. This isn't what normal people do. Just stop....just stop and sit down.")...even then, I love running. And Continue reading →
Forty by Forty
On my parents refrigerator, between the random coupons, grandchildren sketched kindergarten masterpieces, and about a dozen random novelty magnets (some of which are almost as old as me), hangs a "bucket list". Scrawled in my mothers's handwriting on a plain sheet of ruled paper, the list contains events my parents hope to attend, things they want to do, and places they dream of visiting, before Continue reading →
Skora Base Review
The review I bring you today is one of mixed opinion. Have you ever bought something that you really, really wanted to love, but it just wasn't quite right? Where there are many great features of said item, but just one or two flaws that couldn't be ignored? That's how I feel about the SKORA Base. A little user error (i.e. my feet), combined with a few design flaws resulted in a shoe that just Continue reading →
Running Roots
My last non OCR half marathon - March 2012(and currently still my 1/2 PR of 1:40:15)16 months. That is how long it has been since I've participated in a road race. Almost a year and a half since I lined up for a race where the only "obstacles" between the start and the finish line would be mileage, possibly a few hills, and likely the incessant argument between my gastrointestinal system and Continue reading →
The Principle of Specificity: Why Your Workout *isn’t* the Best for Everyone
One of my favorite bits of exercise science knowledge that I commonly refer to are the seven principles of exercise. (One of the others is the fact that 24 hours after a hard workout, you are not sore due to lactic acid buildup. In fact, lactic acid is removed from the muscles within hours of the completion of a workout, if not sooner. The myth that you are going to go "run off some lactic acid" Continue reading →
Acronyms and Identification.
(source)People love challenges, or so the wonderful world of the fitness/social media/interwebs would lead me to believe. A hundred burpees a day challenge, yoga pose a day challenge, eat a different color vegetable every day of the month challenge. Well I've presented myself with a challenge: the "blog every single day of the month of October no matter how much nonsense content you produce" Continue reading →
Reebok Outdoor Wild Running Shoe Review
(pre apology for the horrible formatting of this post. It didn't make the transition from blogger to wordpress as well as others did, and I'm having a hard time fixing it) One of the recent, and somewhat frequent, queries that brings people to this site as of late has been the hunt for a review of the Reebok Outdoor Wild trail running shoe. As luck would have it, we have just acquired two new Continue reading →
