Isn’t it just amazing the people you meet in the running community? I remember, with what seems like forever ago, meeting a guy named Scott Wolfe. He sold my husband and I some awesome bicycles. I was in the process of training for an Iron Man Triathlon … Fast forward a couple years. I had decided triathlons were not my cuppa-Joe, and I was adamant that running was it for me. I just wanted to be…
Book: Marathon Journey, An Achilles Story Author: Stephen F. Balsamo Release Date: July 2013 Purchase: Amazon ($7.99) “Perseverance in times of weakness can lead to strength.” Generally, when you think about running books, your mind goes to self-help titles on improving your speed, how to run appropriately on different terrains, or different ways to train. There are so many titles out there that are great and extremely helpful. While I have gone through a couple…
I’m not even waiting until I’m done with Two Hours by Ed Caesar to do a quick post about this book because I am loving it. I had to wait until my husband finished reading it, but I finally got my turn and am about half way through. I’ll post a more thorough review when I’m finished, too, but had to tell you about this book. Part history of the marathon distance and runners that helped…
When Run Oregon is relaxing after a day of running, we sometimes like curling up in front of a fire with a good book. Below are a few that have been passed along to us. Book: How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle by Matt Fitzgerald Cost: Approximately $14 on Amazon ($10 on Kindle); $18.95 (list) Review by: Tung Yin “Why can’t I run faster?” Most of us have…
When Run Oregon is relaxing after a day of running, we sometimes like curling up in front of the fire with a good book. Below area few that have been passed along to us. Book: Core Envy by Allison Westfahl Cost: $16.79 on Amazon (can also be purchased at Target and various local bookstores, as well as at Allison Westfahl’s website. Review by: Annette Vaughan
Company: Wipebook Product: Mini Wipebook Notebook Price: $29.99 Wipebook came to Kickstarter in 2015 and KILLED IT. Sales exceeded $420,000 within 30 days, which far surpassed their $4000 goal! Run Oregon was asked to sample a book and here are our impressions: Description: “The Wipebook Mini lets users note-take and create, all on the go. In its A5 format (5.8 x 8.25 inches), the Wipebook Mini contains 25 lined (ruled) sheets, or 50 writeable pages, and weighs about half-a-pound. Now…
As a guy that discovered running about five years ago and discovered trails about six months after that, I will tell you that not everyone is an expert when it comes to running trails. Certainly there are those who know a little about their favorite trail or a destination that is had by taking a trail, but to find someone who is sincerely a trail running expert? To be fair, here where I live, I…
I’m not the biggest comic book reader in the world, but I completely appreciate the medium. There is just something amazing about being able to convey a full story within a storyboard and have to get through the plot without having the luxury of hundreds of pages of text at your disposal. And, on top of that, it is something that needs to be aesthetically pleasing as well. Matt Crehan Comics will be releasing The Art…
Five years ago, before the start of my second half marathon, I was browsing the vendors and came across two tall women selling their book “Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving–and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity” (by Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea). I was intrigued, found their website, podcast, and Facebook page, and started following them in any way I could. The “Mother Runner Tribe,” as they call it, is a great…
I have a handful of running idols that I look up to. Not many, but a few. One of them is Hal Koerner. For those of you not familiar with the name, Hal owns a running shop in Ashland, Oregon called Rogue Valley Runners. But owning a running store isn’t the only thing that is super cool about Hal. He has won Western States twice, has participated in 122 (+) ultra-marathons since 1999, and was…
