Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Vermont Race Report
At the Vermont 100 Sandy Beauvais introduced us to her friends, Tammy and John, who she met at last year’s Leadville 100. She later forwarded them links to the race reports from Vermont that were posted on the BS. In reply, John sent the following……
Great write up. If you would send the following passage to the website I (and am sure Tammy) would greatly appreciate it. [Read more…] about Vermont Race Report
Organic has no health benefits
Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded. There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce, UK researchers found. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) who commissioned the report said the findings would help people make an “informed choice”. [Read more…] about Organic has no health benefits
The born again trail runner
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The first time I ever heard about the Escarpment Trail run was from Mr. Bimble just a few months ago. He said you gotta try this one and I have extra applications if you want one. I checked out the website and was doubtful I would be doing it. But after some interactions with other bimblers I was a little more convinced I should give it a go. Lefty was sure he would get me to sign up. I emailed the R.D. and he said there are still openings but you should hurry up and mail it in. After some hesitation I mailed my entry form. Two and half weeks of waiting impatiently I finally received the word I was accepted. One problem is that I had rolled my ankle a few days before and I was determined I would be healed enough by the time of race day . [Read more…] about The born again trail runner
Courage
Courage is resistance to fear; mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
Off the air
If you noticed that we were off the air for most of Wednesday (July22), apologies. The problem was found to be caused by the Feature Gallery, the rotating pictures at the top of the home page. For some unknown reason it caused a conflict with the WordPress template and threw the display totally out of whack. The site appeared to work using a FireFox browser but not Internet Explorer or Safari. [Read more…] about Off the air