One of the featured “characters” in my book is physical therapist Jay Dicharry. I first met Jay about a year-and-a-half ago at a running injury workshop, and we’ve since become friends and have done some mutual consulting for shoe companies. When it comes to understanding shoe function and the causes of running injuries, Jay is […]
an athlete’s body: Introducing Physical Therapist Jay Dicharry’s New Blog
September 19, 2012 By 8 Comments
Toe Salad: New Website For Minimalist Running Shoe Fanatics
January 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Friend and fellow minimalist runner Damien Tougas of the Adventure in Progress blog has just put up an interesting new site/social network for shoe fanatics. Called Toe Salad (named by his daughter), the site features reviews and information centered around every manner of minimalist running shoe. Here’s how Damien describes the site: “After writing about […]
Running Blog Recommendation: Peak Performance by Amby Burfoot
June 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve just spent some time reading through some posts on Amby Burfoot’s Peak Performance blog on Runner’s World – if you haven’t read his blog, it’s definitely worth a look. His posts are well researched, even-handed, and very science-oriented. It also doesn’t hurt that he’s a Boston Marathon winner and one of the most experienced […]
Garmin Sync on Dailymile: Upload/Import Data from Your Forerunner
March 24, 2010 By 15 Comments
I am both a longtime user of a Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS watch (2+ years) as well as an active member of the social training community on dailymile. Together, I’d count my Garmin and the dailymile community as two of the most essential parts of my running toolkit, and when I first joined dailymile about […]
Introducing the dailymile Team – Myself Included!
March 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
I’ve talked quite a bit on this blog about a website that I belong to called dailymile. In a nutshell, dailymile is a social training site for posting workout data, and has an interface that is similar to Facebook, with the major exception being that it is geared directly toward active people who value exercise […]
Long Term Sitting and Weight Loss
March 1, 2010 By 2 Comments
Image via CrunchBase Quick post here to alert you to a great article recently posted on the New York Times website. The article, written by Olivia Judson, and titled “Stand Up While You Read This!,”discusses the negative health impacts of sitting for long periods of time during the day, even if you are a regular […]
The Cylmb – Great Deals on Outdoor Gear
January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Quick post here – I recently joined a site called The Clymb, which is a member-only site that offers some pretty great deals on outdoor/active gear. I haven’t purchased anything from them yet, but they have several day sales focused on only a single brand/product. For example, they are currently selling Camelbak hydration products at […]
