Hands-free running, extra storage, and comfort. These were three aspects I desired for my trail running hydration system at the Bandera 100 km trail run. Six or so weeks out from the race I purchased the Nathan Elite 2V Plus Water Bottle Carrier which I hoped would fill this need.

The Basic Specs:

Manufacturer: Nathan
Twin angled insulated [...]

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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 the changing world, specifically [...]

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Montana based, Hammer Nutrition, continues to evolve and grow as we move into 2010.
Hammer products have been one of my favorite sports nutrition companies for nearly 10 years because their goal is to create solid products that support your athletic goals while not negatively affecting your overall health. So you won’t see artificial flavors, colors, or [...]

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The hybrid SUV of handheld water bottles. – David Hanenburg on the Nathan Quickdraw Plus
A couple months  back when I purchased the efficient and minimalistic Amphipod Hydraform handheld water bottle, I also picked up a Nathan Quickdraw Plus to test drive as well. After a month of using the Nathan water bottle on many 10+ [...]

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About a month ago I purchased a Amphipod Hydraform handheld water bottle and have been using it as my primary portable hydration source for some of my shorter runs and I also used it during the Rockledge Rumble 50 km trail run.
My thoughts…
Out of the Box
The first thing I noticed about the Amphipod is the [...]

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Travis over at Run the Ultras put together a good video review/summary of the fairly new lightweight trail running shoe, the New Balance MT100.
Travis and co-host Jason cover the features of the shoe from top-to-bottom, inside-and-out. These trail shoes weigh in at a feathery 7.3 oz (size 9) and may be worth investigating if you [...]

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Trees…Hills…Mountains
How does the Garmin Forerunner 305 respond to these potential trail running GPS signal obstructions?
First – What Could Be Affected
Without GPS communication between the watch and satellites, most of the data besides Time and Heart Rate will probably be worthless since the watch uses GPS for determining most of the personal feedback data available. Parameters [...]

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