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Product Review - Stridebox

Stridebox Location: Bend, OR Website: Stridebox.com What is Stridebox (from the website)? StrideBox is a monthly subscription box to fuel your running adventures. It is a fun and exciting way to discover running products and accessories. As a subscriber, each month you will receive a curated box of running nutrition, accessories, and essentials to fuel your training sessions, workouts, and races.  StrideBox will help you find products to make you perform better. It will provide healthy alternatives to products you already use.  The best part is the fun you'll have being surprised at what you'll find. Your favorite running thing could be coming in your next StrideBox. What’s inside a Stridebox from the website? Each month, StrideBox will feature a mix of 4-6 established sample and full sized products (nutrition and healthy snacks; body/skin care and hygiene; running gear/accessories; motivation, recipes and more) from brands you know, as well as new and excit...

Triathlon Science By Joe Friel and Jim Vance - Book review

When I started graduate school in the fall of 2004, I saw myself as a former college swimmer. I was exercising to stay in shape but I really missed competition.  As a long-time athlete, my mind functions best with structure. When it comes to exercising, I enjoy it but I like to have a plan. I like to work hard within my plan, knowing that I am moving closer to my goals.  Exercising is fun and it makes me feel healthy but a structured plan helps my body get faster, stronger and more powerful for a bigger goal than just to "be healthy." During my studies to earn a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology, I started to inch my way into endurance sports. Well, more like jump in with a smile on my face as I starting training for my first marathon without ever completing more than a 10K road race.  Throughout my educational career, I found myself overwhelmed with the information that pertained to the human body in motion. Although I was forced to learn it in or...