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Ultrarunning Takes Strides with Publicity

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

On Sunday, October 21, 2007, the Denver Post gave extreme sports a leg up in much deserved recognition. In particular, athletes over 40 are breaking records that most can’t imagine are even possible. These individuals are the role models of today and the years to come.
Ultrarunning, adventure sports, extreme sports, or whatever people choose to […]

Hail Rocks Minnesota

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Last night, high winds, sheets of rain and golf ball to tennis ball size hail rocked Central and Northern Minnesota. The storm came as a surprise to many, as Minnesota has been in a drought for over 30 days.  Still, the storm did not produce enough rain to curb the drought.
 If you’d like to see […]

Engo Wins at Badwater

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Engo Blister Prevention Patches helped quite a few runners at last month’s Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley. As I worked the course, I patched the feet of many runners with major foot problems. One runner had skin on the ball of one foot which had macerated and folded over. I patched blisters on his heals […]

On the Skin Blister Products

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

We’re interested in hearing your opinion on the following topic. Your response is greatly appreciated.
Many products like Blist-O-Ban, 2nd Skin and a host of other products claim multi-day blister protection. Whether they actually stick & stay for that period depends on patch placement, presence of sweat & moisture, temperature and many other factors. Adherents typically […]

Off Topic Post - USWeb Internet Marketing

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

I know this post is a bit off topic for our new Blog, but we’d like to take this opportunity to give credit to our Internet Marketing firm for all their work on our website. We hired USWeb LLC to execute an organic search engine marketing (SEM), link-building and Blog development campaign earlier in 2007. The team […]