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LimbGear Cool

Today is Thursday, July 2, 2009.
The temperature in Blacksburg, Virginia, was 63 degrees when I dressed for my run this morning.

Knowing it would be cool, I decided today would be a good day to wear my new, long sleeve LimbGear Athletic T.

Real runners know what it's like to wear moisture-wicking fabric and what a difference it makes. This was my first experience with this type of fabric and it was wonderful. So much better than a cotton T-shirt! The fabric is lightweight, tagless, and air moves through it, cooling you as you run.

Real runners know what I'm talking about. I'm a pseudo-runner, more like a wanna-be runner. I flirt with the sport of running. My workout is more spontaneous than routine and I think about running more than I actually do it.

That said, I still don't give up on the dream of becoming a regular, 3x/week-runner and each time I run, I fall in love with it all over again. 

On the Run with LimbGear

Ready for a run, I stepped out of my car with keys, cell phone and iPod in hand. I looked over what I was wearing and realized my running shorts had no pockets and I was not wearing a jacket. A quick assessment told me I could not run without carrying one or more of those objects in my hands. I really hate to hold something while I'm running. It just doesn't feel right. Decisions. Decisions.

I untied my shoe and threaded my car key through the laces, tucking the key under the crisscrossed section of strings so the key would not flop around during the run. Hoping my child would not have to call me if class let out early, I put the cell phone back in the car along with the iPod, sad that ACDC and Queen would not be around to motivate me to pick up the pace when I needed to.

Ironically, I had just finished writing an article for the Blue Ridge Business Journal about Tyson Daniel's company, LimbGear®. Daniel designs and manufactures MP3-enabled clothing and athletic accessories such as armbands.

Known as the LimbGear® I-Sleeve™, this armband is designed--you guessed it--to hold objects. Note the plural "objects". The I-Sleeve™ comes with, not one, but two pockets! The clear vinyl pocket allows you to see the display of your MP3 player without having the take off the armband. The second pocket is a utility pocket designed to hold keys, cash, phone, whatever will fit.

LimbGear's I-Sleeve, along with their other products, including MP3-enabled clothing, are also available with collegiate branding options. A VCU I-Sleeve is pictured here.

I learned my lesson. From now on,I'll be wrapped in an I-Sleeve and on my next run with LimbGear.