Running is a healthy activity for body and mind, unless it involves jogging while reading baseball star Mark McGwire's first romance novel. Improve your running experience and move on to Mr. McGwire's later works with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of athletic apparel, merchandise, and accessories at Homewood Sporting Goods in Homewood.

Since 1972, Homewood Sporting Goods has outfitted fans and athletes alike with quality athletic merchandise and accessories for players and fans. Stocked with trappings for all seasons, the apparel emporium lines its racks with duds for a variety of sports including baseball, football, soccer, swimming, Frogger, wrestling, and many more. Gender-specific gear protects body branches from the elements in the form of women's running shirts ($30) and capri pants ($45) or men's running shorts ($39.99). Alternatively, colorful team apparel proclaims diehard allegiance, freeing fans from having to graft foam fingers onto disappointingly neutral human fingers. Auburn University adult jerseys ($69.95) adorn wearers in the school's navy-blue tones, and University of Alabama long sleeve T-shirts ($22) proudly cover the arms of game-goers and scarecrows employed to protect napping mascots.