apparel & accessories designed to optimize the joy in your run

On my first Racing The Planet attempt I was pretty green. No harm in admitting it – you can’t know what you don’t and hopefully I know a little better now. For example, one of the ‘things’ I didn’t know about was Perpetuem. Scratch that, Greg had tried to introduce …
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I recently picked up these ridiculously charming bronze acorn bobby pins from the Woodland Belle shop on Etsy. The pins are sturdy, yet delicate and refined (a good combo in life, huh?). Mai, the owner, wraps them up just so – tucked in a petite box embossed with a gold …
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My friend Larissa, a sales rep for Running Skirts, often posts her ‘running flat girls’ before a race. I am totally charmed by her outfits which usually consist of perfectly paired pieces with fun, functional accessories. The girl is a Fastanista in the most wonderful sense of the word and being …
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Like many, I’ve been a casual observer of the barefoot running movement for a few years now. Why? Well, mostly because I love a good story in my head….and in my barefoot story I run wild and free on a magically soft, mossy single track trail, (remarkably clear of any …
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