
My friend George Faget and his special team at Specs Eyeglasses in Durham (9th Street and at SouthPoint Mall) saved my eyesight more than once. We've awarded Specs with an honorary sponsorship of Martin's Ride because without them we couldn't see the miracles of Martin's Ride.
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Posted: October 26, 2010 by
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Green is cool, but we don't want to sacrifice all that much "luxury" to get it. We are Americans after all (lol). Thanks to a connection at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Martin's Ride spent its first night in the unobtrusive green luxury that is the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina. Read why this is a great hotel that happens to be America's greenist instead of the other way around.
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Posted: October 21, 2010 by
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Dr. Lyerly, head of the best cancer center in the world (
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center), is someone I admire, want to emulate and am lucky to count as friend. This post is about how a mensch-y leader creates positive contagion, also known as "cure cancer music", making everyone and everything better.
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Posted: October 21, 2010 by
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Nutrition, or "fueling" as
Dr. Caroline Smith (my sister) calls it is so important to endurance sports and life. My lack of nutrition almost killed a thirty year dream. Read how my dream was saved by a great company from Whitefish Montana named Hammer Nutrition.
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Posted: October 15, 2010 by
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Outside of Zion National Park's soaring natural wonders is one of the best restaurants of Martin's Ride, the Bit and Spur in Springdale, Utah. This makes the Bit and Spur one of the best restaurants in America since we ate our way across the USA.
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Posted: October 12, 2010 by
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The heart of Springville, California is The Springville Inn and its Stagecoach Bar and Grill where we had one of the five best meals of Martin's Ride.
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Posted: October 12, 2010 by
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