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Product Review: Bodyglide

It’s on my mind today since I just used the last of my Bodyglide stick, and it struck me how it has become a valuable part of my running toolkit.   I’ve always dealt with foot blisters, and through trial and error, the combination of wearing Injinji Tetrasoks and using Bodyglide on my feet has served [ READ MORE ]

Two observations about myself by a maturing runner

I learned two things about myself as a runner the other day.  They’re both things I think I knew for quite some time, but just kind of wormed it’s way through the crowd in my psyche (trust me, it’s crowded in there). Observation #1: When running any kind of speed workout, I much prefer flats [ READ MORE ]

Predawn Runner Profile

Hey guys! I was a featured profile today on Greg Strosaker’s well written blog: Predawn Runner. http://predawnrunner.com/2010/08/predawn-profile-jay-parker/ Check it out, and stick around to read the rest of his blog, it’s worth your while&#[ READ MORE ]

The Newfound Joy of the Group Run

Group runs?  Bleh, who needs them?  I’ll just go out on my own, or maybe with my one and only serious running partner, Kent P.  At least that’s what I thought up until this week.  I’ve been on some group runs before, mainly on business trips, and people are jetlagged and cranky, hungover, and are [ READ MORE ]

Running Ambassadors – Running in Foreign Cultures

I am fortunate enough to have the experience of traveling around a good portion of the world through business.  Since I started running a couple of years ago (2 years next month!), I’ve had the opportunity to run in Brazil, China, France, Switzerland and Sweden as well as many places here in the US.  This [ READ MORE ]

My first barefoot run, by Jay, age 39.

Ok, so technically, it wasn’t really barefoot, since I had on my trusty Injini toesocks, but it was certainly shoeless.  For those of you who haven’t been following, I’ve been having some Plantar Fasciitis issues, and have been getting lots of advice and support from the barefoot community.   Today was the first run since some [ READ MORE ]

Plantar Fasciitis and me!

After feeling tightness in my right foot for about a week, I went out for a long run on Sunday.  My plan called for 16 miles with the last 5 at 7:02.  At about 6 miles, the pain set in, and I knew it was more than tightness.  I turned around (6 miles from home) [ READ MORE ]

Dailymile training…

What’s this? It’s my dailymile training stats page…  At a quick glance, I can see my past few weeks of training and perform some simple analytics on how I’m improving.  Have you signed up for dailymile yet[ READ MORE ]

Running, speed training, racing and music.

Many of us run and train using music,  either as inspiration, distraction or motivation.  I’ve tried some things in the past with music and running, and a recent dailymile conversation sparked the idea for this post. One thing I’ve found useful when trying to increase my speed capabilities is to try to sync footfalls to [ READ MORE ]

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