Enduropacks Review {and Giveaway!}

{Disclosure: EnduroPacks provided me with a month supply of their product for free for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own.}

When I decided to run the Philadelphia Half Marathon, I pulled out the training plan that Jess created for me to prepare for the San Francisco Half Marathon and started running. Other than adjusting the timing , I didn’t change the plan – 3 runs per week, strength training, yoga and rest. I admit that I wasn’t as diligent about the strength training and yoga as I should have been.

However, there was one major change to my training regime. During the last month, I started using EnduroPacks.

Let me be upfront. I don’t take supplements. I don’t even take a multivitamin (I know, I know. I should.) I occasionally use protein powder in my smoothies. That’s it.

The main reason I don’t take supplements is because I’ve never felt that it was necessary. I should be able to get the nutrients I need from a well-rounded diet. Plus, it wasn’t like I was a serious athlete and that my dietary intake wouldn’t be able to keep up with my body’s needs. And I would always forget to take whatever vitamin/supplement I was supposed to when I was supposed to.

So it took some convincing to decide to try Enduropacks. Knowing that I was training for Philly, I thought it was a good opportunity to test it out.

What is it?

EnduroPacks is a daily pre-, during and post-workout system of vitamins and minerals. Since depleted vitamin and mineral levels mean sub-par performance, an increased potential for injury, and reduced recovery rate, EnduroPacks is designed to replaces essential vitamins and minerals so that your body can maintain immune system health and proper nutrition as well as improve muscle recovery while reducing soreness.

There are four parts to the system.

1. Liquid multivitamin: Take in the morning, ideally with a meal.
2. Concentrated Eletrolyte Spray: Add 10 pumps per 16ox bottle of water to keep you hydrated during your workout. It has 13 trace minerals in addition to the sodium and potassium that you find in most common sports hydration drinks. It contains no sugar or caffeine.
3. Essential Amino Recovery Patch: Patches you apply to your clean, dry skin (inner forearm, back or stomach) post-workout. It contains 8 essential amino acids to help replenish your muscles, increase lung function and boosts immune system function
4. L-Glutamine Recovery Complex: Take 2 tablets every night before bed. It helps to replenish nitrogen loss and glutamine levels to help speed recovery and reduce soreness.

All products are gluten-free, non-GMO, vegetarian, organic and made in the US.

A 30-day supply is $69.90 $5.99 shipping/month. You can also choose 3-, 6- or 12-month packs (shipped monthly) for a lower monthly price.

I used the system as recommended, minus a few days where I forgot to take one part of the system or didn’t apply the amino patch right after working out. Since I don’t carry water with me on most of my runs, I used the spray in my post-run water immediately upon returning home.

I was concerned about using the patch since I have sensitive skin. While it didn’t irritate me a lot, I did have to rotate the location where I applied the patch so that my skin wouldn’t become itchy. The patch can also leave behind a little residue (like a price sticker that you can’t quite peel off cleanly).

After taking a 30-day course, here are the benefits I noticed:

• Good runs: I run three days a week because as I’ve gotten older, I’ve recognized that my body needs a little extra rest. Even with the extra downtime, many of my runs often feel labored, and it takes a while for my legs to come to life. Like 5 out of 6 miles. While taking EnduroPacks, I can honestly say that I had many more good runs than bad. My legs never really had that dead feeling.

• Faster recovery: Because my legs didn’t feel dead during my runs, I also recovered faster. I’m a champion napper and often need a quick nap in the afternoon. During the month, I noticed that I wasn’t as tired during the day and I didn’t need my daily nap.

• Less aches and pains: I’m the queen of feeling sore and achy as my past injury history reveals. Leading up to the SF Half and Reach the Beach Relay, I was dealing with some pain in my plantar fascia and my left ankle / shin area. While the aches didn’t disappear completely, they were significantly less bothersome and didn’t inhibit my training. In fact, there were long stretches of days when I didn’t feel sore or achey.

• 7-minute PR at the Philadelphia Half Marathon: OK, I can’t attribute my PR entirely to EnduroPacks. Yes, I ran strong and consistently over the past year and honestly, I expected to start falling apart by the fall. That’s part of the reason why I didn’t register for the half until 3 weeks before race day. I do think that EnduroPacks played a role in allowing me to continue to run and to have one of the best races in Philly.

Are you curious yet? Do you want to try out EnduroPacks for yourself?

The kind folks at EnduroPacks are offering a free 30-day EnduroPacks trial (all 4 products) to one lucky reader! Use the Rafflecopter giveaway below to enter.

If you can’t wait (or don’t win), you can also get 15% a one-month pack with the code: lovelifesurf.

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