Feetures!

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ImagePlease join us in welcoming Feetures! as the newest sponsor of The Running Griffin.

Feetures! believes in a healthy, active lifestyle. Their mission is to support runners and other athletes in their pursuit of healthy, active lifestyles. They are focused on offering socks that are designed to help you achieve your personal best.

ImageI have been running with the Feetures! Elite Light Cushion No Show Tab in the Electric Green & Silver style and have absolutely loved these new socks. The socks are a perfect mix of both comfort and performance and the ability of these socks to wick moisture is second to none. I have used the socks both for long runs and short races and have been impressed with the functionality of these socks. We often times focus so much on ensuring that the right sneakers are on our feet that we might forget about the importance of having good socks, as well. Well, thanks to Feetures!, making the decision in terms of what socks to use in the future has gotten a little bit easier.

You can pick out the perfect pair of Feetures! for you by shopping on their website by clicking here. Be sure to also “Like” them on Facebook by clicking here.

The Jamie Fund 5K Road Race and Walk

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ImageRegistration is now open for The Jamie Fund 5K Road Race & Walk. Please join The Running Griffin at this race to be held in Mansfield, Massachusetts on August 24, 2013. You can click here to register online.

The Jamie Fund Organization believes it is important to educate typically developing children about acceptance of the special needs children in their communities. They endeavor to create and maintain an infrastructure which would provide the opportunity for others to participate in our existing programs and/or develop similar initiatives meeting the criteria of our charter. Additionally, they endeavor to provide programs, tools, funds and training for effective development of these programs wherever likeminded individuals and communities need them.

The Jamie Fund was created to help make a difference, first in Mansfield and then throughout other cities and towns that face similar issues and do not know where to turn for help.

So be sure to register for The Jamie Fund 5K Road Race and Walk today and I look forward to running with you there to support this great cause!

Westport Chiropractic Joins The Running Griffin

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The Running Griffin welcomes our newest sponsor Westport Chiropractic!

Located in Westport, Massachusetts, Westport Chiropractic is a dedicated team of professionals ready to help you achieve your health goals. Whether those goals are:

  • Pain relief
  • Recovery from injury
  • Better movement/function
  • More energy
  • Pain/injury/disease prevention or
  • Maximizing personal potential

Westport Chiropractic can help with the most up-to-date, safe, comfortable and effective treatment available in an atmosphere of sincere warmth and caring.

As a runner, we all know the importance of taking care of your body and whether through modalities such as stretching, massage or chiropractic it is essential to pay attention to those aches and pains as part of your training regimen. Westport Chiropractic offers traditional chiropractic techniques but also offers massage and nutritional consultation.

Westport Chiropractic is accepting new patients and you can book an appointment online by clicking here; please be sure to tell them you saw them on The Running Griffin! You can also follow Westport Chiropractic on Facebook by clicking here.

Janji: Run for Another

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ImageAt the runner’s expo at the Providence Marathon, I met Dave who is one of the founders of Janji.

Launched in May 2012 by two college runner, Janji is a Boston based brand of performance running apparel that helps battle the global food and water crisis. Sold in over 80 specialty running stores across the country and online, each piece of apparel provides nutritional medicine, clean water, or seeds for farming through one of the five organizations Janji partners with. Each piece of apparel is designed after a country’s flag and proceeds then help that country. For instance, when a runner buys Janji’s Kenya running shorts it gives a season’s worth of water to a Kenyan family.

On the way to the 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Mike and Dave had an idea: what if they could connect runners around the country to solve one of the world’s most serious problems? By the time they came home from the track meet, Janji was born.

Mike and Dave knew runners like themselves were charitable. But they saw that philanthropic running only begins — and unfortunately ends — on race day. They want Janji to change that. Through Janji’s high performance apparel, runners can fund solutions and raise awareness for the global food and water crisis in a meaningful and lasting way. Now, rather than racing just one day for a cause, runners can give back through everyday training.

Janji’s goal is to create a community dedicated to running for another. That was Mike and Dave’s goal on that bus, and that’s what Janji will always be about.

Check out Janji’s website and support the work they are doing by clicking here. You can also “like” Janji on Facebook by clicking here and follow them on Twitter @RunJanji.

CRR Summer Fun Run Series

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Thanks to Joe Gillis and his team of volunteers from the Colonial Road Runners for putting on last night’s CRR Summer Fun Run Series in Raynham. The weekly Monday night run is a 3.25 mile course that each week allows runners to race against themselves to see the improvements that can be made over the course of the summer. About 90 runners showed up for last night’s run which is hands down the best bargain around costing only $2 per week which includes the timed race, water, Gatorade and even a beer post-race.

Last night certainly felt like summer was upon us with the temperature in the 70’s and humidity at 90%.

I finished last night’s CRR Summer Fun Run Series with a time of 24:43 or 7:36/mile.

(Photo Credit: Bud Morton, Colonial Road Runners)