Blog entries - February 2010

LIFESTYLE - Pain

Joe Nuss — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

I spent a weekend in Colorado Springs this month with our event director, Thys (pronounced like “rice”—only faster). We were attending a USAT Race Director Symposium, and after a few too many hours in conference rooms we headed out for an afternoon run. We made our way over to an unofficial trail that runs up the Mt. Manitou Springs Incline—an old incline railway that has been turned into a trail that climbs 2,100 vRead More...

GEAR REVIEW - Trail Shoes

Joe Nuss — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Trail Shoes: Would You Bring a Knife to a Gunfight?

By D.C. Lucchesi

One of the looming worries most new trail runners have Read More...

RUNNING - One Less Excuse to NOT Run

Joe Nuss — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

If you’ve been putting off running because you think it’s hard on your joints, you’ve got one less excuse. According to the September 2009 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch, the famed Framingham study conducted between 1993 and 2005 found no link between exercise and arthritis of the knee. In fact, the most active people in this study were shown to have the same risk of arthritis as the least active. A separate Read More...

LIFESTYLE - Tell Me Again, Why Am I Doing This?

Joe Nuss — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

By Joe Nuss

Chances are that you really do have gooRead More...

SHOE REVIEW - K-Swiss miSOUL Tech Run One

Joe Nuss — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Each month, Endurance Magazine Online will feature a review of new shoes, currently available at many specialty retailers throughout the U.S. Nearly every model can be found at these specialty running stores, but more importantly, you'll find the people that know running and can help you find the shoe that will best meet your individual needs based on foot type, running style, mileage andRead More...

EVENTS - Endurance Magazine’s 2010 Event Guide

Joe Nuss — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Our 2010 Event Guide is your road map for the upcoming season. From walks to ultramarathons to iron-distance triathlons and open water swims, we have packed more than 800 events into the current 2010 Endurance Magazine event guide. We thank all of those race directors who were able to submit their events to SPORToften.com to be listed in this guide. Not all events for 2010 are listed, as many race dRead More...

GEAR REVIEW - Nipguards: $8.99 (10 pairs)

Joe Nuss — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

By Jeff Freer

By Brandon McDearis