Amphipod has recently delivered a stainless steel handheld water bottle ready for the trails, called their PURErun series. Being a stainless steel bottle fan, I purchased the Amphipod PURErun Handheld. As exciting as water bottles can ever be, I was quite curious in hydra-testing it. Glamour Shot She might have a little dust on her but [...]

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Over the last few months I have included a pair of Inov-8 Roclite 315′s to my trail running shoe rotation. My initial impression was, wow, I love they way these feel on my feet. But more importantly, how would they feel on the dirt? I was curious to find out. Now that I have gotten [...]

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With over 50+ miles on my Montrail Masochist and Montrail Rockridge, I thought I would provide a share and compare between the two trail shoes. Instead of talking about the various product buzz words that may not mean a whole heck of lot, I am going to try and provide some useful insight from my [...]

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The more you get involved in trail running, whether that is an early morning run, club event, or a race, you will probably need a means to light your way on the trail. Right before my Bandera 100 km adventure , I knew I wanted a more powerful light source as compared to my older [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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