{"id":12773,"date":"2010-12-28T13:02:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T17:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12773"},"modified":"2010-12-28T13:02:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T17:02:17","slug":"2010-2011-yaktrax-sponsored-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/12\/2010-2011-yaktrax-sponsored-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"2010-2011 YakTrax Sponsored Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_box.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12777\" title=\"YakTrax Box \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_box-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_box.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you read my blog for any length of time, you&#8217;ll quickly pick up that I run and that I run all year long.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re clever, you&#8217;ll put two and two together realizing that I live in Columbus, Ohio and running all year long means I&#8217;m running in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Snow<\/li>\n<li>Ice<\/li>\n<li>Cold-ass temperatures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I don&#8217;t swear a lot on the blog partly for professional reasons and partly because I know it turns some people off (though I don&#8217;t understand it, I respect it).\u00a0 However some situations really do call for the need of a curse word.\u00a0 Running outside when the temp or windchill is in the single digits, is one of those times.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing that you&#8217;ll pick up reading my blog is that <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/01\/why-i-love-my-yaktrax\/\" target=\"_blank\">I love my YakTrax<\/a>.\u00a0 Love them.\u00a0 Without them I would not be running outside in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago I noticed that <a href=\"http:\/\/yaktrax.com\" target=\"_blank\">YakTrax<\/a> was running a contest on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yaktrax\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<\/a>, all you had to do to enter was submit a picture that showed why you should be considred to be a sponsored athlete.<\/p>\n<p>Oh I submitted a picture alright.\u00a0 Of me running through a bunch of snow from my first race ever.<\/p>\n<p>Next thing I know <a href=\"http:\/\/yaktrax.com\" target=\"_blank\">YakTrax<\/a> contacted me to tell me that I got picked! <strong>I am one of YakTrax&#8217;s Sponsored Atheltes for the 2010-2011 Winter Season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YaY!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Rocky_yaktrax_box.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12776\" title=\"Rocky and the YakTrax Box \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Rocky_yaktrax_box-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"What's this mom?\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Rocky_yaktrax_box-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Rocky_yaktrax_box.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><em>&#8220;What&#8217;s this mom?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a YakTrax sponsored athlete I get to try out all of YakTrax products and they also included some hand warmers to get me through the winter season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_supplies.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12778\" title=\"YakTrax Supplies\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_supplies-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_supplies-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/YakTrax_supplies.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Not pictured are the YakTrax XRT&#8217;s which are a little more intense of a product that would be great for trail running or trail hiking.\u00a0 I will be receiving those shortly.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a sponsored athlete until March of 2011 and all I have to do is check in with YakTrax and keep them updated on my training.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-15-10_snow.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12774\" title=\"Christmas Day Snow\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-15-10_snow-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-15-10_snow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-15-10_snow.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The YakTrax arrived just in time because Christmas morning I woke up to fresh powder for my morning run.\u00a0 Under all that fresh snow is packed down ice.\u00a0 The roads in my hood don&#8217;t get salted or plowed. I don&#8217;t know why but they don&#8217;t which means that I&#8217;m usually running on snow and ice all winter long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/new_yaktrax_pro.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12775\" title=\"YakTrax Pros\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/new_yaktrax_pro-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/new_yaktrax_pro-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/new_yaktrax_pro.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Quick glimpse of my new YakTrax Pros that I wore for my run.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t mind the timing chip still on my shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The YakTrax Pro&#8217;s have a strap going across the top of the shoe that provides a little bit more structure to help keep the YakTrax in place.\u00a0 These updated YakTrax are a tad different than the ones I had been using and these new ones are a lot easier to put on.\u00a0 They stretch a little easier and there is more of a grip in the back that aids in sliding them on.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m totally prepared for winter running now! Let&#8217;s get it done!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about you, are you still running and training outside this winter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: I&#8217;m a YakTrax Sponsored Athlete for 2010-2011 Winter Season. YakTrax sent me these products for free and in exchange I&#8217;m to post about my winter training. The opinions, comments, and thoughts on my training and the YakTrax products are all my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you read my blog for any length of time, you&#8217;ll quickly pick up that I run and that I run all year long. 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