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Archive for January, 2010

Easy Vegetarian Recipe: Quinoa Chowder

Being a fan of Quinoa for the last year or so, my family has continued to expand our list of recipes that use this hearty, high protein, edible seed. We recently enjoyed some big bowls of Quinoa Chowder to warm us up during some of these cool winter days. Ingredients List 2 cups uncooked Quinoa, [...]

It’s All Relative

After Bandera 100 km a couple weeks ago, I asked a good trail running friend about the Jemez 50 in New Mexico. “How do you compare Jemez to Bandera?” His ego crushing response. “Jemez is Bandera multiplied by 10.” My good friend did revise his response a bit and said Jemez is at least 2-3 times [...]

Hammer Nutrition Giveaway Drawing Results

For those that entered the Hammer Nutrition Giveaway, the drawing is complete! Here is the video capturing all the suspense and drama. (If you can’t see the video, click here.) Thanks again to everyone that participated in the various giveaway questions throughout the week. Your thoughts and ideas on the various posts helped take them [...]

Do You Run When You Are Sick?

You are in the final weeks of a solid build before a big trail running race and you get a head cold. Do you still run? This happened to me over the holidays as I was preparing for the Bandera 100 km trail run. My head became tight, gunk oozing out of my nose, and [...]

The Ghost Town 38.5 Ultramarathon 2010 Race Results

Both male and female course records fall at Ghost Town 38.5! I am noticing a trend in this sport… Over the weekend, 88 athletes enjoyed the 5th Anniversary of The Ghost Town 38.5 ultramarathon headquartered at Hillsboro, New Mexico, next to the ruggedly beautiful Gila National Forest in the south west portion of the state. [...]

Trail Running Gear: injinji Performance Sock Review

Blisters on the inside of both big toes after a 20 mile trail. What to do? I ended up trying out some injinji performance tetratsoks (Mini-Crew version). Who is injinji (pronounced in-gin-ji)? Injinji is a company that has taken a unique approach versus your typical running sock as expressed by their vision statement. Injinji has embraced [...]

Ultrarunning: Embrace the Nectar

“Finally after descending Boyle’s Bump, I was back on the fire road and on my way to my first 100 km and FINISH with a time of 14:40:00. I was 45th/111 that finished (147 started the day).” – Excerpt from my Bandera 100 km Race Report Why do these words within my race report feel [...]