Its called ZipFizz and its great for promoting hydration on the every day. I would not recommend it for race day as it has fizz in it! :)
http://zipfizz.com/ml/http://zipfizz.com/ml/
Yes and you will totally look like the guy on the webpage if you drink it. lol! It's tasty, I have had the orange and grape and mixed them with 32 oz of water for day to day hydration.
enjoy!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
So its not long until I embark...
on my next running adventure. The drive will not be bad. Just about 7 hours or so, two hours past OK city. I'm excited about it. I'm taking a mini vacation to run a 50K.
I will be sure and post along the way and hopefully keep my blog updated. Since it wont be a long trip I don't know how much posting I'll do. Right now I'm in preparation, mental that is. Making shopping lists and deciding what I'm going to wear. What food I'm going to take for pre race. Looking for good places to eat post race.
I'm not getting into specifics because it's too close to the event and I don't want to jinx myself! :)
Loves!
I will be sure and post along the way and hopefully keep my blog updated. Since it wont be a long trip I don't know how much posting I'll do. Right now I'm in preparation, mental that is. Making shopping lists and deciding what I'm going to wear. What food I'm going to take for pre race. Looking for good places to eat post race.
I'm not getting into specifics because it's too close to the event and I don't want to jinx myself! :)
Loves!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Running in Wichita Falls
So I traveled to Wichita Falls TX to hang out with my brother while he rides in the Hotter n Hell bike race. I'm not a bike rider so I initially registered for the half marathon on Sunday. After reconsidering the steep drops and climbs on the bicycle course we were going to be running on I decided to not run it and focus on getting back to Little Rock in time to pick up Frisco.
So I did however manage to get in two really decent runs in Wichita Falls while I was there. The first day, Friday morning I went out and found a really quaint subdivision behind the hotel. I ran down the main frontage road to 82 until I met with a road that took me back into the neighborhoods. The homes were newish, about late 90's all brick with enough variation in the architecture to not make them look cookie cutter. There were sculptured bushes and manicured lawns, the streets were wide and flat which made for good running. I worked myself into the south eastern corner of the neighborhood and I noticed one house had a two foot white cross made out of wood stuck in the ground in the mulch. I was like "hmmm, that's strange..." . I continued running and saw another white cross in another lawn. My though was..." Well at least they are not on fire"...I continued to run and noticed that EVERY house on this street had white crosses stuck in the ground in front of the homes.
Now I don't know about you, but when I see this I think of 1) The KKK - cross burning, segregation, white hooded figures terrorizing their neighbors who happen to be a different color or religion from them. and 2) Nazi Germany. Christian/white dominance and discrimination. When I saw streets lined with white crosses a streak of fear ran through me as if they were trying to intimidate. It felt freak'n scary! I felt like I was being told that only Christians live here and every body else better get the hell out or at least pretend to be Christian by sticking a cross outside your home, cause if you ain't got a cross in front of your home folks are gonna talk.
Discrimination comes in many forms. While these folks with the crosses never probably out-right though of their crosses as coming across as hateful or discriminatory, to a Hindu or Muslim family perhaps looking to purchase a home in that area, it is a clear and loud statement. Christians Live Here...be warned...
I am not of any faith and I felt threatened, imagine how somebody feels who is of a different faith, one that is not of the cross bearers...
Perhaps they did know it was scary to outsiders, maybe there was a reason for the crosses and they wanted to make a subtle....ha...not so subtle statement.
From my limited knowledge of history, the Nazi movement began very subtly also.
What do you think? I certainly did not run that way again I got the heck out and did not go back.
So I did however manage to get in two really decent runs in Wichita Falls while I was there. The first day, Friday morning I went out and found a really quaint subdivision behind the hotel. I ran down the main frontage road to 82 until I met with a road that took me back into the neighborhoods. The homes were newish, about late 90's all brick with enough variation in the architecture to not make them look cookie cutter. There were sculptured bushes and manicured lawns, the streets were wide and flat which made for good running. I worked myself into the south eastern corner of the neighborhood and I noticed one house had a two foot white cross made out of wood stuck in the ground in the mulch. I was like "hmmm, that's strange..." . I continued running and saw another white cross in another lawn. My though was..." Well at least they are not on fire"...I continued to run and noticed that EVERY house on this street had white crosses stuck in the ground in front of the homes.
Now I don't know about you, but when I see this I think of 1) The KKK - cross burning, segregation, white hooded figures terrorizing their neighbors who happen to be a different color or religion from them. and 2) Nazi Germany. Christian/white dominance and discrimination. When I saw streets lined with white crosses a streak of fear ran through me as if they were trying to intimidate. It felt freak'n scary! I felt like I was being told that only Christians live here and every body else better get the hell out or at least pretend to be Christian by sticking a cross outside your home, cause if you ain't got a cross in front of your home folks are gonna talk.
Discrimination comes in many forms. While these folks with the crosses never probably out-right though of their crosses as coming across as hateful or discriminatory, to a Hindu or Muslim family perhaps looking to purchase a home in that area, it is a clear and loud statement. Christians Live Here...be warned...
I am not of any faith and I felt threatened, imagine how somebody feels who is of a different faith, one that is not of the cross bearers...
Perhaps they did know it was scary to outsiders, maybe there was a reason for the crosses and they wanted to make a subtle....ha...not so subtle statement.
From my limited knowledge of history, the Nazi movement began very subtly also.
What do you think? I certainly did not run that way again I got the heck out and did not go back.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Ugh! Earbud Hell!!!
Ok, The Yur buds failed me this morning.
One issue right now is that the R and L have worn off them and It's hard to tell which goes in which ear. And ever since the left yur bud blue thingie fell off, I cant get it back on properly to stay in my ear. So this morning I went out for my normal two rivers run and it started to rain on me. The left yurbud, not having a good seal immediately separated from my ear and began to loosen. By the time I was three miles in, it was falling completely out of my ear. I got so annoyed by it I finally had to take it out and tuck it into my shirt and go single eared.
I was so angry, I mean for what I payed for them they should perform better. So I'm on the hunt for something new...
One issue right now is that the R and L have worn off them and It's hard to tell which goes in which ear. And ever since the left yur bud blue thingie fell off, I cant get it back on properly to stay in my ear. So this morning I went out for my normal two rivers run and it started to rain on me. The left yurbud, not having a good seal immediately separated from my ear and began to loosen. By the time I was three miles in, it was falling completely out of my ear. I got so annoyed by it I finally had to take it out and tuck it into my shirt and go single eared.
I was so angry, I mean for what I payed for them they should perform better. So I'm on the hunt for something new...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Back to Earbuds...Repost
Update! Re posted this because you may not see it if I update on the old post...
Still using the Yurbuds. It appears that if the blue cover comes off and you have to put it back on, you have to pay attention to the rotation of the blue thing on the bud. If the blue thing is not lined up properly, the stem of the earbud will not be positioned correctly on the outside of your ear and that little thing at the base of your ear can push the earbud out. So ...if your having this problem experiment with the rotation of the blue thing on the bud....it helped me....
Still using the Yurbuds. It appears that if the blue cover comes off and you have to put it back on, you have to pay attention to the rotation of the blue thing on the bud. If the blue thing is not lined up properly, the stem of the earbud will not be positioned correctly on the outside of your ear and that little thing at the base of your ear can push the earbud out. So ...if your having this problem experiment with the rotation of the blue thing on the bud....it helped me....
Where were the deer?
Ok, so I went out on my usual early morning run at Two Rivers Park this morning and there was not a deer to be found. WTF? Don't they know that their job at 6am is to provide ambiance for my morning run? I feel so let down by the wildlife community today....
Oh well. One white tailed bunny did show up for the party and bounced around on the west loop.
I felt good this morning, my 6 miles went really easily, although I did not experience the 7:40 phenomenon.
I ran into Karen Hayes! She was banged up from a fall she took on a recent 50 mile training run. It happened at mile 44 of her run so she was almost finished. Otherwise she said the run went great. I knew it would.... :)
I have no new music to report. I'll look at more on Friday.
Oh well. One white tailed bunny did show up for the party and bounced around on the west loop.
I felt good this morning, my 6 miles went really easily, although I did not experience the 7:40 phenomenon.
I ran into Karen Hayes! She was banged up from a fall she took on a recent 50 mile training run. It happened at mile 44 of her run so she was almost finished. Otherwise she said the run went great. I knew it would.... :)
I have no new music to report. I'll look at more on Friday.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Well, nothing to worry about
This mornings run turned out to be better than expected. The twinges in my knee did not come back. I started with some friends and we ran 2.25 miles then did quarters for 2.25 miles. Then we ran until we hit 6 miles. I felt great, enjoyed the run and had no issues.
Things are looking good for fall races... still not talking much about it though. Don't want to jinx myself....
Things are looking good for fall races... still not talking much about it though. Don't want to jinx myself....
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