While we’ve been dodging urban waterfalls and navigating flooded sidewalks here in NorCal, Kenny Souza, Field Marketing Manager for San Diego/Arizona, has been running around and rocking out in the Arizona sunshine. Read on to check out his moves… What could be more fun than running 26.2 miles with 29,865 of your best friends? It’s a trick question because the answer is NOTHING! The P.F. Chang’s Rock and Roll Arizona Marathon and Half-Marathon is the largest combined half and full in the world, and on January 17th nearly thirty thousand people showed why this event is so popular…a great…

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We like films and we like the environment. Put ‘em together and you have a match made in heaven—the Wild and Scenic Film Festival—an event known for its blend of film, activism, truth and community. As a proud national partner, we hosted our very own festival here at Clif Bar a few months ago and now it’s time for the official kick-off of the 2010 season. From January 15-17th, South Yuba River Citizens League will host their 8th annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City. Good news is that you can help kick it off and…

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Don’t mess with Texas, especially Clif Bar Texas Field Marketing Rep Whitney Nelson. She’s been ripping it up on the mountain bike trails with members of Austin’s Team LUNA Chix. Check out her recent account of a day out on the trails below… The annual Ride Cameron Park! women’s mountain biking clinic happens every year around mid-November in Waco, Texas and this event has become one of my absolute favorites! It’s a weekend full of female mountain bikers coming together to have a good time, learn new skills and make new friends. I rode up with Stephanie Childs, one…

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Work with us here at Clif Bar and you may end up a champion. Well, that and do a whole lot of training. Cristin Walker, our Houston Field Marketing Crew Captain has always been a champion in our minds, but now she’s got the title and the trophy to prove it. Read on to hear her recent account of the road to the top… I pulled into my driveway last night after five weeks of training in LA. Turns out it paid off because I'm now the 2009 Elite Women's Sprint National Champion, the 500m National Champion AND the…

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Just when the challenge of global warming starts to feel a bit overwhelming, the annual Green Festival comes around as it did again this past weekend in San Francisco. Some 45,000 people—including a friend, my brother and me—dropped by the Green Festival to immerse ourselves in a sea of sustainability, social justice, workshops, music, food and fun. Clif Bar, as we have for years, had a booth where attendees could sample some of our goodies. The festival draws a wonderfully diverse crowd—young, old, urban, suburban, singles and families—all of whom care about green issues and living a more eco-conscious life.…

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