Thursday, December 09, 2010
Still Rollin'...
Wow. I haven’t posted on here in a while so it seems. I may have been neglecting my blog, but I have not been neglecting my workouts or other things that interest me (my wife, my job, my books, etc…) I’m not going to post a workouts update this time around as that list would be way too much scrolling to get through but suffice it to say I’ve been getting in my swimming, my cycling and my running on a very regular basis and I’m feeling good and the holiday pounds have stayed off so far.
I was recently contact by a representative at Saucony who asked
if I’d be interested in trying out a new minimalist shoe of theirs. I told her I’ve been an Asics guy for years but would be willing to give the ProGrid Kinvara a run (pun intended!) so she sent me a pair. I love them. They are the lightest weight shoe I’ve ever run in and they are very flexible and surprisingly cushy given the light weight. They are also very cool looking and the tread pattern is aggressive and helps in the wet weather I tend to run in here. A bit later she also sent my some Protection Gloves and an Epic Run Vest with their new ViziPro technology. 
They ROCK! Not only are they an amazingly bright shade of orange that can be seen for a long ways but they have built in rechargeable LED lights that can either light the way or blink to alert drives. I use the one attached to the gloves to light the way for me and the one on the back of my vest to alert drives when I am out on a 4:30am run in the dark. They are wonderful and I highly recommend them.
if I’d be interested in trying out a new minimalist shoe of theirs. I told her I’ve been an Asics guy for years but would be willing to give the ProGrid Kinvara a run (pun intended!) so she sent me a pair. I love them. They are the lightest weight shoe I’ve ever run in and they are very flexible and surprisingly cushy given the light weight. They are also very cool looking and the tread pattern is aggressive and helps in the wet weather I tend to run in here. A bit later she also sent my some Protection Gloves and an Epic Run Vest with their new ViziPro technology. 
They ROCK! Not only are they an amazingly bright shade of orange that can be seen for a long ways but they have built in rechargeable LED lights that can either light the way or blink to alert drives. I use the one attached to the gloves to light the way for me and the one on the back of my vest to alert drives when I am out on a 4:30am run in the dark. They are wonderful and I highly recommend them.In amongst getting all of my training sessions completed I’ve also gotten some more reading done. I recently finished reading Obama’s Wars and it really made me question how anything gets done in this country from a political standpoint. It seems that everyone within reach of the President is more worried about their title or position or office size or getting face time with him then they are with actually doing the job of running this country. The book was all about the wars that Obama inherited from Bush when he took office and how he is driven to get us out of Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan. We have been at war since September of 2001 and there is no end in sight. I bet we are still fighting these wars 10 years from now. And I also
bet Osama bin Laden is still at large since he is no longer the focus of any of the wars and he was the reason we went to war in the first place. It is astounding the mess we are in and yet we keep sending 1,000’s more troops into the fray and they have no chance at success. I also think this whole mess could keep Obama from securing a 2nd term which is also a focus for him. Even as frustrated as this book made me it was a very good read and I’d recommend it.
bet Osama bin Laden is still at large since he is no longer the focus of any of the wars and he was the reason we went to war in the first place. It is astounding the mess we are in and yet we keep sending 1,000’s more troops into the fray and they have no chance at success. I also think this whole mess could keep Obama from securing a 2nd term which is also a focus for him. Even as frustrated as this book made me it was a very good read and I’d recommend it.Now I’m reading The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World and loving it so far. I’ll let you know what I think upon completion.
Next week I get to make my first trip to Madison, Wisconsin…and it’s not even for Ironman Wisconsin!
Next week I get to make my first trip to Madison, Wisconsin…and it’s not even for Ironman Wisconsin!
I’ll be getting trained (assimilated?) at the Epic Intergalactic World Headquarters so that should be fun. But it will be cold, cold, cold.
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Can't wait to hear about the facebook effect when you are done reading it. I have scored a few free things to try out over the years as well, it is always fun. Now I have someone that does the PR for Mix1 drinks in Atlanta... I see many cheap/free workout drinks coming my way :)
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