New Shoes!

I bought these puppies on Saturday and used them for yesterday's run. They, plus some inserts, are supposed to compensate for my ultra flat flippers. I couldn't really tell if they helped in that regard, but they were definitely comfy and cushy. They also are Nike+ shoes, so they have a little hole to insert my Nike+ doodad in. No more cheapo Nike+ hack, doing it for reals now.

What do your shoes look like?

Buy a Bunny Shirt and show your support!

We now have a Cafe Press store! We have several items available at cost to our supporters who want to show up and wear Bunny gear on race day! Go Bunnies!

EDIT: Be warned the ladies' tees run a tad large. Recommended you buy a size down unless you want bagginess.

Map Your Run (or Walk)

I found this cool tool that can help you figure out how far you've walked or run when you decide to take it outside for a little fresh air. Alternatively you can have a distance goal in mind and start drawing on the map to figure out where you should go to meet your distance goal.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/

Here is a sample route from my house. I found the interface a little tricky at first, but if you just make small clicks along the route you want, it will draw the line for you.


P.S.- I realize Nike has similar functionality on their site so if that one already works for you keep on keepin' on. If you haven't tried the Nike one, hopefully this post will give you some incentive. If you don't have or want to get a Nike login, then try the mapmyrun one out. They're all powered by google anyway, lol.

New Blog Elements

Ok, so I'm serious about posting stuff, I swear. I have all sorts of new topics to start and things that would be fun to post, but if I'm the only one posting, I really don't care to. However, as the blog admin I feel it's still my job to put up the progress posts, and to post on any admin kind of things.

So, I'd like to draw your attention to some cool little things I added to the sidebar. I have a links section. So far the only links I have put there are links to the rss feeds for the blog posts as well as the blog comments. That way your RSS reader can tell you when someone has added a comment which is particularly useful for us since most of the chatter is going on in the comments. Also, I added my Nike+ stats for my last 5 runs. I'd like all of us who have Nike+ to put theirs on there too, so contact me and I will tell you how to do it.

BTW Nike+ is a great little gadget. It's used in conjunction with your iPod, tracks all your stats for your runs, and uploads it for graphing/tracking, etc on the Nike+ website. It also talks you through your runs a little bit. It's a suped up pedometer. You're supposed to buy a Nike+ shoe to stick the little insert into, but I just stick the little doodad into my shoe, loose on top of my foot. So far that works ok. Without the shoe it's only about $30. Pretty sweet!

Now, POST SOMETHING DARNIT!!!!

What's your gear?

It's fun to look at all the gizmos everyone is using. Post links to yours in the comments, or edit this post and add photos here.



Elisabeth's gear: