Haute Route 2013-Day 5-Cabane du Mont Fort to Cabane de Prafleuri

  We woke up around 6:30am in our private little cubby hole room at the Cabane du Mont Fort. We headed down to breakfast early before most of the people except for a large group of older British folks who were heading out the door. Breakfast was the standard fare of bread, butter, jams, and …

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Haute Route 2013-Day 4-La Chable to Cabane du Mont Fort

Sunset at Cabane du Mont Fort

Today is slated as one of the more difficult stages of the Haute Route. This is mostly due to the over 5500 feet of climbing elevation gained. Personally we are looking forward to this stage since both of us prefer going up over going downhill. I am also looking forward to getting more into the …

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Cooper-Norcross Run The Bridge 10k-A Birthday 10k PR!

I had never run a 10k in my entire life until this year when I ran the Celtic Classic 10k in Bethlehem, PA this September. Since it was my first 10k it was obviously a PR, but I also came in 3rd place in my age group. I had then run another one in October …

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2013 Runner’s World Half Marathon & Festival Hat Trick

There was a little bit of a void after coming off of my first Ironman with nothing new to train for. I heard about the Runner’s World Half Marathon & Festival that was coming up in mid-October which had a 5k and 10k on Saturday and a half-marathon on Sunday. They also had the “Hat …

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Pocket Favorite: Industry Influence on Our Dietary Guidelines

The story behind the first U.S. dietary guidelines explains why, to this day, the decades of science supporting a more plant-based diet have yet to fully translate into public policy. via Pocket http://nutritionfacts.org/2013/10/22/big-food-wants-final-say-over-health-reports/

New PlantEaters iPhone App to Locate Restaurants with Plant-Based Options

New PlantEaters iPhone App to Locate Restaurants with Plant-Based Options  

Haute Route 2013-Day 3-Champex to La Chable-Easy Day

We enjoyed a nice breakfast at the Hotel du Glacier first thing in the morning, then returned back to the room to finish drying out our laundry. We had direct sunlight on our balcony and it was a bright blue sky day. Our clothes dried out in no time. We got packed up and were …

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Heart Rate Variability 101

How to read your SweetBeat numbers – Heart rate variability.

Haute Route 2013-Day 2-Trient to Champex du Lac-Goin’ Bovine

Sunsetting behind the Mountains on Lac du Champex

We rose early around 6:30PM to try and beat the possible mad rush for breakfast. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to do that. It was so crazy and stressful at breakfast with so many people in the place. People were also very rude and were almost knocking you over to get to the food. An older …

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Haute Route 2013-Day 1-Chamonix to Trient-The Journey Begins…

We finished packing up bags after a good breakfast. I think I had about 3 croissants with Nutella. As we were packing, I was sifting through the receipts I had laying on the night stand and noticed the ones from Denise’s hiking shoes. I asked her if she wanted them and we noticed that the …

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