Tag: running

#24 The Fitness Tech Podcast: The 2011 Frozen Burrito

Jim Collison and Mud Mafia running mate Dan Svoboda made the three hour trek to Neligh Nebraska for the 1st Annual Frozen Burrito Race.  The 4.7 mile event, organized by Jeff Carpenter and to benefit the local High School track resurfacing, was held on a brisk morning at required hats and gloves!  The “not your… Click for more / Podcast Player>

The Fitness Tech Podcast: Live From Walnut Creek Rec Area (Video)

February 12, 2011 – It’s Long Run Saturday!  Why do I say that, you might ask?  In typical marathon and half marathon training programs, there is always a long run scheduled for the weekend some time.  Usually somewhere between 6 and 20 miles, this run is almost always a tough one of the week!  So… Click for more / Podcast Player>

The Fitness Tech Podcast Special Event / The 2011 Children’s TLC Groundhog Run 5K/10K in Kansas City (Audio and Video)

Jim and Carrie headed down to Kansas City this weekend for the 2011 Children’s TLC Groundhog Run.  3500 runners from all over the area converge in an underground storage facility for two very unique races.  The 5K race kicked off at 9:00am and the 10K at 10:00am (that makes it easy to remember!).  Both Jim… Click for more / Podcast Player>

I’m Gonna Lose a Toenail, or My First Marathon

WRITTEN BY TRISTA KUNCE Becki hates feet. So I knew when I brought her to my physical therapist to learn how to tape my foot that she would tape it quickly and efficiently, especially after she didn’t believe that I had never heard of a pedicure before. My feet are faulty: I overpronate, my arches collapse, and I have supination of the feet and bone spurs on the back of my heels. Clearly I don’t have great runner’s feet. And the legs attached to my feet? I’m built more like a chicken than a gazelle. Oh, and I have iliotibial

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First Race of the 2011 Season and a Look Back at a Year of Firsts!

It’s that time of the year again where we start thinking about better weather and the races that come with them.  This year is no different, with the exception that the distances get farther and the times get shorter.  In 2010, I had a bunch of firsts.   I finished two Marathons (Lincoln in May and… Click for more / Podcast Player>

The Fitness Tech Podcast #11 Yurbuds and Ironmen!

Jim, freshly off his trip to Las Vegas and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), shares with Jamie all the excellent tech gadgets he came across and even his brush with Ironman fame! Jim had the opportunity to “run” into Mirinda Carfrae, (@Mirindacarfrae) the 2010 Kona Ironman World Champion and Tim O'Donnell, (@TOinTRI) the 2010 Ironman… Click for more / Podcast Player>