Archive for August, 2007

Virginia Beach Rock ‘n’ Roll 1/2 Marathon Virtual Tour

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Found a pretty cool virtual tour of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon course taking place in Virginia Beach, VA this coming Sunday. RaceRoute.com develops and produces quality DVDs to help athletes prepare for race events. Their site features virtual tours of many marathons, half-marathons, 10k’s, 5k’s and even triathlons.
All of the RouteTours blend the […]

Steeplechase Horror Fall At The World Athletics Championships

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Austrian steeplechaser Guenther Weidlinger was rushed to hospital with facial injuries after a horror fall at the world championships on Sunday.
Weidlinger stumbled and smashed into a hurdle face-first, splitting his lip and cutting his jaw during the heats for the 3,000 meters steeplechase in Osaka.
Championships organizers said Weidlinger was being looked after at hospital for […]

FIRST Marathon Training Program: Week 8

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Week 8 - August 27th, 2007
Looks like I have another tough week ahead of me, culminating with the Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon on Sunday:
Key Run Workout #1:
10-20 minute warm up
2 x (6 x 400m) (1:30 RI) (2:30 between sets)
10 minute cool down
Key Run Workout #2:
6 mile run:
2 miles easy
3 miles @ ST pace (Short Tempo)
1 mile […]

Wii Classic British Motor Racing

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

If I owned a Wii, which I don’t, I’d probably buy the soon to be released Classic British Motor Racing game.
An amazing range of high performance classic cars to choose from including Austin Mini, Austin-Healy, MG, Rover and Triumph.
Each car is accurately recreated under licence and feature the real handling characteristics of the vehicles.

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BBC Adds Social Bookmarking Links To News & Sport Articles

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Every story page on the BBC News and Sport websites now includes links to a range of social bookmarking / sharing websites as shown in the above image. Now you can tag, link and share links across the internet using the following FREE sites:
Del.icio.us
Digg
reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon
Further information on each of the services can be found here.
By the […]

Liquid Endurance Heat Tolerance by Hammer Nutrition

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

With the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon less than a few weeks away, and no sign of cooler weather on the horizon, I was intrigued to read about Liquid Endurance - a new product from Hammer Nutrition. I’m always looking to enhance my race day experience, and have decided to try out the product at […]

Build Traffic With The StumbleUpon Exchange

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

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FIRST Marathon Training Program: Week 7

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Week 7 - August 20th, 2007
Six weeks down, 10 to go! Before I summarize Week 7 of the plan, here’s a quote from this time last week:
“Although it’s been tough, I finally feel like I’m making headway and am looking forward to the next couple of weeks as the workouts continue to increase in difficulty.”
How […]

Beer of the Month Club (August 2007) - a Great White, Pilsner, Aramis and Imperial Weizen

Friday, August 17th, 2007

August is a sad month for me. Today I received another case of beer from the Beer of the Month Club, which unfortunately is the last delivery of microbrewed beers in a series of 12 which my wife bought for me as a 40th birthday gift last August.
This month’s selections are:

Great White from the […]

$10 eBates Sign Up Bonus - Another Nice Little Earner

Friday, August 17th, 2007

A few days ago I posted about a quick and easy way to earn $10 by posting a few banner ads on your site. Today I thought I’d share another way you can make a quick $10 - this time you’ll also save money when you buy goods from one of the 800+ merchants partnered […]