Review! Clandestino Banana Bars (aka Surf Candy to the Gods)

Potassium is never found free in nature, but there's a load of K in these boxes.

Clandestino Banana Bars: Plain, Milk Chocolate, or Dark Chocolate
$31.20 for 24 at ClandestinoBananaBar.com

Recently, I impulsively subscribed to one of those monthly sample box things where you shell out a bunch of money for a handful of tiny samples of stuff you’ll probably never buy in adult size. I dunno why, except I can be impulsive.

The April box included a single milk chocolate–covered Clandestino Banana Bar, wrapped inside a mysterious little box illustrated with a duo of tribal bananas. What’s in the bar, you ask? Dehydrated banana from Ecuador. That’s it. And a milk or dark chocolate coating, if you choose those varieties.

The bar sat on my desk a few days before I impulsively opened the box and took a bite. Read the rest of this entry »

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How To Choose Your First Half Marathon

10 things to consider for your first big race

A reader recently contacted me about a half marathon I ran last year and asked if I thought it was a reasonable choice for a first half. I get this question a lot: What’s a good first half marathon?

There are so many variables in choosing your first half marathon, but they tend to boil down to one question: What’s important to you in your race experience?

This calls for a list. And input from the Virtual 12athon runners. I asked them how they chose their first half marathon, and they offered up lots of great tips—and a few pitfalls to avoid. Read on… Read the rest of this entry »

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