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Running Gear for the Summer

It is finally starting to feel like summer around here so this is a great time to post this.

Kevin Mackinnon and I tried out a bunch of gear and put this together in the latest issue of Triathlon Magazine Canada.

http://triathlonmagazine.ca/2011/05/sections/gear/run-gear/run-apparel/summer-running-apparel/

K-Swiss Blade Light Review on Running Free

Sorry for the lack of updates and fresh content.

Here is my latest review.

K-Swiss Blade Light.

Everlong

The greatest rock band right now! One of the few gems in the music business in a sea of absolutely horrible stuff that is somehow considered music.

Saw the documentary tonight and the performance of their new album via satellite.

Awesome! The new album "Wasting Light" is out now. Get it!

Here is the full Special Letterman performance.




Foo Fighters Website

Long Runs

Stop Running Long on Sunday
http://www.endurancenation.us/blog/2011/03/28/stop-running-long-on-sunday/

An interesting concept for some but I've been doing this for a long time now, especially when it comes to crunch time.

Some of the reasons were stated in the article, but mostly out of mental convenience. For me, I like to get that run over with and banked. If I let it go til the weekend and something comes up, then long run missed. Some thing for long rides. If I can get it done during the week then I will. Especially if there is a shorter race scheduled on the weekend.

Mostly though I think you just have to mix things up all the time to give your body a jolt.

Last year during the winter I ran on Sunday's so I could run with some cool people in a local running group. But once the weather got better I got those runs over with on Wednesday or Thursday. This year, Friday seems to be the magical day, that used to be my day off. But even that may shift in a few months. Work, family, races, etc., have all gotta be taken into account.

Train safe and smart
RH

Never Give Up!

I always say "Never Give Up" to anyone (those I coach) who wants to listen and here is a perfect example why. Enjoy!

Vintage Hollywood Squares

Colin James on Q107

A Canadian guitar legend. Catch him in concert if you can.

Sammy Hagar on Q107

Sammy Hagar on Kim Mitchell's Q107 show.
I am a big fan of both these guys.
I'll be reading Sammy's new book - Red.

My next race

VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo.

Getting amped for race season

Don't Eat the Popcorn..or maybe not so much

Been to the movies lately?
If you indulge with buying the popcorn combos from the concession stand then take a look at these numbers:

* this info is from this article.

Cineplex Odeon
1,141 calories
67 g fat
1,128 mg sodium
Cineplex said a large popcorn had 850 calories, 40.5 g fat and 399 mg sodium

Empire Theatres
1,116 calories
51 g fat
1,695 mg sodium
Empire said it had 637 calories, 28.5 g fat and 1,297 mg sodium

AMC
1,060 calories
62.6 g fat
883 mg sodium
The company didn't provide us with their own nutritional information

As for why there were such discrepancies, the serving sizes we picked up at the theatres were larger than the ones the companies used in their testing. Both companies also blamed human error for inconsistent methods used to prepare the popcorn.

When the same large bags of popcorn were analyzed with buttered topping, the calories jumped to 1,400:

Cineplex Odeon
1,420 calories
100 g fat
1,095 mg sodium

Empire Theatres
1,225 calories
67 g fat
2,114 mg sodium

AMC
1,138 calories
69 g fat
694 mg sodium

Roddick's Diving Winner a few days ago

Canadian Tennis at it's Peak!

Aside from the night I beat former World Number one, Ivan Lendl in a tennis match -- for fun of course, tonight and tomorrow is history in the making for tennis in Canada.

3 Canadians are in the finals in Memphis.

Tonight Rebecca Marino plays in the women's final.



And tomorrow, Milos Raonic plays in the men's final, and Daniel Nestor (I great guy who I grew up playing against, he even umpired one of my matches once when one of my opponents acted a bit dishonest) plays in the men's doubles final.









Crazy or what? This is incredible stuff and I am so glad that Sportnet has stepped up to change it's regular programming to broadcast it. Including some of the lead up matches.

Go Canada! I'll be watching all of it, or at least following it on the ATP/WTC App.

An oldie but a goodie

Cool or what?

Team Running Free - I'm back

I am proud to be back with Team Running Free for 2011.

Running Free is an great store (stores actually), it is staffed and owned by incredible people.

If you need to get some gear, I suggest that you check there first. You'll get no better combination of service, selection, price, and satisfaction.

Use coupon code 11296 to save a few bucks too. Shop online at Running Free.

Two Legends of Media Together

Last Thursday Howard Stern appeared on Letterman and this was one of the greatest guest appearances of all time. On this night Letterman obviously beat Leno in the ratings. Letterman is such a better interviewer and the show is so much more clever. Who is watching Leno's show to make him slip by Letterman on a regular basis? Hard to believe or even watch that show.

Anyway, enjoy the clip below, and if you are into TV, read Bill Carter's "The War for Late Night." It looks into the whole Conan/Leno debacle. Quite fascinating if you are into that sort of thing.

I get chills everytime I see this

A little reminder of when the Leafs used to be good.

Gotta love the old Maple Leaf Gardens and vintage Bob Cole.

Down goes Brown

To go with yesterday's Sportsline post.

Classic call by the Great Joe Bowen - the best play by play man in the business.