Catching up on emails and comments

If anyone ever questions the perpetual state of sales that outdoor retailers are in… they just need to browse through my inbox from the past month.  3 pages of 20 to 25% off sales announcements from just about every major retailer, covering just about every day I was away.

I am sure there is marketing research out there that shows consumers are more likely to buy something if it is on sale – but I still wish they would just permanently reduce their prices by 20% and stop with the smoke and mirrors.  That way if we saw there was a sale, we would know it was legit and could really get excited.

Anyway, I skimmed them all and didn’t see any noteworthy… including the ‘big’ labor day sales.

I got a comment from a reader who pointed out that I had the month wrong for the Wakely Ultra run.  Oops!  No idea what I was thinking there, but my apologies and I edited the post.

As I settle in this month expect a much more active blog.