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Thank You, Excited for The North Face 50 Mile Challenge and Why Not.
Hope all is well with you guys and that you had a terrific Thanksgiving. What a great holiday. It is always a nice chance to be with family and friends and enjoy good food and company without all the other READ MORE
50K Worlds-Bronze Medal-
11/8/09 Hello Everyone, Hope all is well and your lives are going well. I am just getting back into things after the 50K World Championships which were held on Halloween (10/31/09) in Gibraltar. I was able to to run pretty well, READ MORE
Ugali and other fun things the last few weeks.
Ugali and other fun things the last few weeks. Hope all is well on your ends. I have been unable to work on a proper blog for a few weeks so wanted to update you all on what I have been doing. I have been training and racing a lot. I READ MORE
Daddy Memory and Running in someone else's shoes
9/16/09 Daddy Memory and Running in someone else's shoes Everyone, Hope all is well and your running is going well. I have been doing well, really busy with work and the kids but still finding time to train and I am excited to READ MORE
Staying Local and Still Getting to Race with the best of the best
The last couple weeks I have been staying close to home and been having a great time enjoying the local racing scene. I ran the Bluemont 5K on a Tuesday night after work and Jennifer and the boys came to run too it was terrific. We all got to READ MORE
Doing what I love
Last Saturday-June 25, 2009, I was racing the White River 50 Miler which was serving as the USATF 50 Mile Trail Championships at Crystal Mountain, Washington about 1.5 hours outside of Seattle, Washington. [Click here for photo of Mike during the READ MORE
Mike: Where My Daddy Is?
10/11/08 Good Day Readers, Hope all is well on your ends and you are enjoying a long weekend. I have been doing well and got some good runs in leading up to last weekend�??s, 2008 USA Men�??s Marathon Championships at the Twin Cities Marathon READ MORE
A Proper Gentleman
I have become accustomed to encountering new rituals and cultural traditions over the past month. I attempt to take all things in stride, and not show any hint of surprise. Yesterday though I was caught off guard. I had decided to run a 20min tempo READ MORE
HMMGRRLUH
That is the best phonetic spelling I can make of the noise I emit as 7 lean Kenyans blast by me on #13 (or any other) out of 20 hill repeats. I am beyond tired after workouts, and often later into the day that I often forget where I am when READ MORE
No Comprendo?
Kiswahili is not that hard of a language to pull from, but Kenya is a tribal republic. There are 42 or 47 different tribes here, and they all have there own dialect. It is most common to find people speaking those dialects out in the rural areas. READ MORE
Part 2: Team Elite Olympic Hopefuls
Two PowerBar® Team Elite™ members took time out of their busy pre-Olympics schedules to share their competition nutrition plans.
By: Christopher D. Jensen, PhD, MPH, RDNutrition & Epidemiology Researcher
Supporting and Boosting Your Immune System
Rigorous endurance training and exhausting competitions can temporarily impair your immune system and wreak havoc on your training and competition schedule.
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Drink Up Early!
Drink up early! Before exercise, and when the timing is feasible, ACSM recommends that you consume fluids at least 4 hours before exercise. If you are well hydrated this should lead to urine production. If it doesn't, or the urine that is produced…
By Tricia L. GriffinRD, CSSD, POWERBAR Sports Nutritionist
Q: Do PowerBar® Gels need to be mixed with water?
A:PowerBar® Gels are not meant to be mixed with water.
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