You'll be fit to be Tide with our latest "Ask Ramblings" Giveaway

I've had modest aspirations of becoming, shall we say, the Dear Abby of the Beer Running.  I'd ask, beg, and plead with readers to e-mail their questions about running, training, and/or drinking beer with all that going on, hoping to impress everyone with my 30 years running experience and sincerity to help a fellow beer runner out.  A few people to sent questions who seemed to genuinely find my answers helpful, and I learned something valuable along the way with regards with striving to become a trusted confidant the beer running community can depend on.

It takes bribery.

Free swag tends to induce people to share their most intimate beer running struggles.  And so I'm pleased to announce the fine folks at Tide, to promote their new odor fighting technology found in Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator, are sponsoring the latest "Ask Ramblings" give away.

Tide has created some ingenious bags to keep the funk of running and working outs away, including the Tide Odor-Absorbing Sports Bag.  With this bag, they promise you won’t leave a trail of odors as you leave the gym or the track!  And one of these Odor-Absorbing Sports Bags will be yours if I use your beer running question for the next "Ask Ramblings" post.

Simply e-mail your question using the e-mail link you'll find here and if it's the one I decide to use, Tide will send you a free Odor-Absorbing Sports Bag.  Your question can be about running, training, racing, beer drinking, or some combination, and  no question is too basic, fundamental or esoteric.  Look forward to hearing from everyone! 

(Tide Odor-Absorbing Sports Bag and product information provided by Proctor & Gamble.)

Once again, the floor is open...your running questions answered

Perhaps driven by a long held, yet never satisfied desire to coach, or by my life-long mission of being a know-it-all routinely giving out opinions, I once again open the floor to your running questions out there.  You should rightfully ask, "What do you know about running?"

Well, I've been running  over thirty years since I was twelve. I ran on high school and college track and cross-country teams and way more road races than I remember, from little neighborhood 5k's to the Boston Marathon. There was a time where I was quite the training wonk, reading just about every book on running I could get my hands on. And while I've had plenty of success at running, there's been lots of failures. There's been plenty of injuries, and at one point, was 60 pounds overweight, so I've gone through the pain and frustrations runners of all abilities go through. We all need help from time to time, and I do believe I have the experience and knowledge to draw on to help some of you out there.

So hope you will share your running question here with us, whether it be on training, racing, injuries, or anything to make your running more successful and enjoyable. No question is too basic, fundamental or esoteric.  You can either leave a comment to this post, or send your questions to my slightly odd e-mail address at: photon(dot)dpeterman[at]gmail{dot}com or use the e-mail link here.

Got a running question? Just ask Ramblings.....and get an Ortholite Insole

There are way too many people giving out advice, and I'm about to join their ranks.  I've decided to take this blog in a little different direction by answering running questions from other runners.  Perhaps this has been driven by a long held, yet never satisfied desire to coach, or by my life-long mission of being a know-it-all routinely giving out opinions.  You should rightfully ask, "What do you know about running that make you better than all the other experts?"

A good question I will not answer that question directly.  I will say I've been running for a long time, over thirty years since I was twelve.   I ran on high school and college track and cross-country teams and way more road races than I remember, from little neighborhood 5k's to the Boston Marathon.  There was a time where I was quite the training wonk, reading just about every book on running I could get my hands on.  And while I've had plenty of success at running, there's been lots of failures.  There's been plenty of injuries, and at one point, was 60 pounds overweight, so I've gone through the pain and frustrations runners of all abilities go through.   We all need help from time to time, and I do believe I have the experience and knowledge to draw on to help some of you out there.

So hope you will share your running question here with us, whether it be on training, racing, injuries, or anything to make your running more successful and enjoyable.  No question is too basic, fundamental or esoteric.  I suppose you could ask also a question about beer as well, but my beer knowledge extends to mostly having drunk a lot of it.  Send your questions to my slightly odd e-mail address at: photon(dot)dpeterman[at]gmail{dot}com or use the e-mail link here.

You can also post your question on the Ramblings of a Beer Runner Facebook page or tweet it via Twitter.

And thanks to Ortholite, if I use your question, you'll win a pair of Ortholite Fusion insoles.   Ortholite was previously found only exclusively in many of the top athletic shoes, but are now available for purchase to go in any pair of shoes.  Made with open-cell foam allowing air to circulate around the foot, keeping it cooler and drier inside the shoe, they also have a patented anti-microbial formulation (approved by the EPA and FDA) fights fungus, bacteria and shoe odor.  (Ortholite supplied the insoles and product information for this giveaway.)

Look forward to hearing from you all out there.   It should be interesting.