Health & Hygiene

CLIF is bringing new products and flavors to the healthy snacking market

August 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

At this point, CLIF Bar is pretty much a staple (or close to it) in the running and fitness community. Their bakery is only a state away (Idaho) and I feel they continually put out some of the best snack bars out there. Their bars are filling, yet [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Trying: AltRed Phytonutrient Supplement

August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Have you ever heard about endurance athletes drinking beet juice to help with their stamina before a long run? Well there’s a new product on the market called AltRed and it’s marketed as “Betalains Unleashed.” This simply means that [read more...]

Run Oregon Test Kitchen: The newest flavor from GU Energy Labs – Toasted Marshmallow

July 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

My guess is that most runners have experienence with GU Energy Labs or oher energy gels. I would also guess that you have a certain opinion on them too. I personally have no issues with energy gel – the texture is agreeable with my palate [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Trying: Beyond Coastal active sunscreen

July 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

After never wearing much sunscreen in my “invincible” teenager and young adult years, that all changed when my dad was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2011. Many things changed when that news came about, but a renewed focus on skin safety was [read more...]

Run Oregon Test Kitchen: HANAH ONE Daily Superfood

June 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Superfood. This word has always been a bit daunting to me. It’s always sounded like a cross between a hunk of tree bark and a scoop of tofu. Not that there’s anything wrong with tree bark. Or tofu. I know some people LOVE tofu. I’m just not [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Trying: Schmidt’s Naturals Deodorant

May 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

Over the past few years, I’ve been slowly switching my body care products to ones with less manufactured chemicals and more naturally occurring and organic ingredients. As a society, we have learned that what we put on our body’s [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Drinking: New Nuun Performance

May 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

As science and nutritional needs for performance are better understood, Nuun will also evolve and develop even better products to help those active to keep doing what they love to do. Relatively new to the market, I had the chance to try: Nuun [read more...]

Clean Like a Man with Every Man Jack

May 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

The term “every man jack” is an old-fashioned idiom that essentially means “every last man”, “each and every person”, or “everyone without exception”. I think that all these descriptors [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Trying: FootGloss (RUN OREGON DISCOUNT CODE!)

May 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

You know those annoying third-party Facebook ads that pop up in your feed based on your web browser history? I’m sure you do, because if you are like me, you immediately click the little arrow to close them. If you are not lazy like me and [read more...]

Clean Like a Man: Olivina Men

May 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Maybe it’s the fact that I am a father or perhaps it’s finally realizing that I should start becoming an “adult”, but over the past few years, I have finally started to care about my grooming products. I don’t, and [read more...]