The Best Part of Waking Up
The world is full of questions. Who watches the NBA? What would the power ballad be without Michael Bolton? Is Nicki Minaj for real? Who thought shoulder pads were a good idea? Are Kris Kristofferson and Jeff Bridges really just the same guy? But at 3:45am, there’s only one ques…
Read More ›Tackling Dreams
Runners tend to be creatures of habit. We routinely run similar routes over common distances at our typical paces. Routine? Similar?? Common??? Typical???? Why are we such creatures of habit when every year we set out to achieve goals NOT described by any …
Read More ›Acquainted With The Night
I read somewhere that if you ever find yourself stranded on a deserted island, adrift at sea, or in some other hapless situation in which survival is a preferred customer, one of your first orders of business should be to devise a way to keep track of the days. I believe the sequence of prec…
Read More ›New Products (11/13/13)
There are currently hundreds of vendors offering approximately one hundred thousand different items for runners and walkers. Day in and day out, our buying team, Brian and Erin, review those items and hand-select the ones that offer the best value for our customers in the areas of fit,…
Read More ›Find the Fun
The sun had just come up, but it was already in the high 70's and humid. I was down in Florida for a cross country camp and was running along the same length of road we campers had worn out over the past several days. We were grinding through a long and tough tempo workout; one o…
Read More ›Interesting Company
We all come to running from different backgrounds and with different goals and aspirations. That's what makes working in the running business so interesting. Everyone you meet has a unique and usually fun story. The group of runners that seems to have the most eclectic…
Read More ›Give Papa the Update
Ralph Huez smiles a lot and walks with a cane, which he often drops and stoops to retrieve. He looks good for his age, which is just south of ninety. His hearing aid stopped working two weeks ago, but he’s convinced he doesn’t need it. What? He’s convinced he doesn’t&…
Read More ›Congratulations and Thank You
"Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts." - Dan Gable What a wild ride this past month has been. Countless numbers of St. Louisans beat our streets into submission during this fall's marathon and …
Read More ›Your 2014 PR Starts Here!
Post-race recovery isn’t passive. It’s the beginning of your next PR. Chances are you gutted out an injury or two to complete your training. (How many times did you use the phrase, “I just need to make it through race day”?) Or you promised your body you’…
Read More ›It's Hard to Win
With less than a half-mile to go at the Indianapolis 500—a blink of an eye when you’re traveling 220 miles-per-hour—J.R. Hildebrand was in the lead. The rookie had clocked a brilliant day for Panther Racing. He had survived five hundred miles of breakneck speeds and near co…
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