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Friday Five: 5 Brands to Love

4/16/2015

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Hi all! Linkup Friday!! Thanks to our amazing hostesses: Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC, Mar from Mar on the Run, and Cynthia from You Signed Up For What?!. This week's topic is 5 favorite brands so I am going to focus on my favorite running brands. 

1. Clif
It must have been fate almost five years ago when they were a sponsor of the Disneyland half and gave us each a few pack of shot bloks. I had never heard of fueling before but took the during the race and felt great. I've used them every since in addition to their Clif Shots. My favorite blok favor is Margarita and my favorite shot flavor is mocha!

2. Feetures

I was beginning to get blisters while running and tried feetures and not only do they feel great but they also prevent blisters. I love the pull tab on the back of the heel. And I hear they are now making compression socks!

3. ProCompression

I haven't yet done a full review of them but I won a free pair from a blog and I'm obsessed. I haven't tried running in them yet but I sleep in them and they feel fantastic. I plan on buying at least 2 pairs at the Tinkerbell expo to start wearing them when I run. I also love their leggings and wear them often!

4. Sparkle Skirts/Sparkle Athletic

Same idea but different companies. Sparkle skirts have built in pockets while sparkle athletic is just the fabric. I'm loving collecting skirts as they make me feel girly while I run.

5. Garmin

I just realized I never did a full review of my Garmin forerunner 220 I got for my birthday last year-oops! Basically I am in love and it does everything I want it to do (minus do a 1 mile lap when you do intervals). I love that you can set the intervals to distance or time and I love the display screen. I use it for all of my runs and I love that you use Bluetooth to sync it to your iPhone. Also it charges VERY fast. It can do a full charge in less than an hour and a half.

So this weekend I will be utilizing all of these brands when I take on the Sunset Strip half: fueling with Clif, wearing feetures socks, recovering in procompression, wearing a sparkleskirt and tracking my time with my garmin! 

How about you? What are you favorite running related brands?
18 Comments
Karen @ Fit in France link
4/16/2015 04:08:02 pm

I have not yet tried pro compression but am very tempted. Good to know. I just started eating cliff bars, but too soon to say if I like what they do for me ! Have a great weekend.

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meranda@fairytalesandfitness link
4/16/2015 06:32:24 pm

Looking forward to your Garmin 220 review! My sister and I are both looking to upgrade!

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Christine @ We Run Disney link
4/16/2015 07:45:20 pm

Sparkle skirts are so fantastic! Those pockets are second to none. They're the only skirts that I'll wear for a marathon so I don't have to wear a fuel belt. Hope you have a great race this weekend!

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Kelli link
4/16/2015 08:10:53 pm

I have run 3 marathons and multiple half marathons in a sparkle skirt and loved them. No chafing and great storage.

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Courtney @ EatPrayRunDC link
4/16/2015 11:21:29 pm

i just got a new forerunner 220 and it is AH-MAZ-ING! i'm going to do a product review soon :)

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Lauren link
4/17/2015 12:07:08 am

Feetures are the best! I love their socks and since switching I've been blister-free!

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April @ Run The Great Wide Somewhere
4/17/2015 12:11:49 am

Man, everyone is loving on the Garmin 220! I'm still using a Forerunner 10, but I'm thinking I need to set some kind of big goal and reward myself with an upgrade to the 220 when I meet it!!

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Tamieka
4/17/2015 07:03:58 am

Great list! I am going to have to get a part time job for all of these great Friday 5!

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Cynthia @ You Signed Up For WHAT?! link
4/17/2015 11:35:30 am

Great list! I almost put Garmin too! I am so happy to see you say Clif since I'm a huge fan!

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John @ run. geek. run(disney) link
4/17/2015 11:37:44 am

Love your list. Huge fan of Clif and ProCompression. Just got my first Garmin yesterday, and LOVE IT.

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HoHo Runs link
4/17/2015 10:50:00 pm

I love the Sparkle Athletic skirts because you can't even tell you are wearing them and they add that extra color and sparkle.

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Mar @ Mar on the Run link
4/17/2015 11:25:29 pm

as an ambassador for Feetures I am allllll about their socks. Love them!

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Amber @ Eat2SaveYourLife link
4/18/2015 08:11:10 am

Yum! I love the Margarita shot blocks! They are WAY to tasty, I definitely bought a case before my first 70.3 ;)

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Jenn link
4/18/2015 09:33:13 am

I can't say enough about my Garmin 220. It's absolutely perfect.

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Jennifer link
4/18/2015 10:10:30 pm

I have a Forerunner 15, which I like for the basic functions. I just wish it synced through bluetooth.

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Chaitali link
4/18/2015 10:50:14 pm

I haven he same Garmin and love it except for that one thing! Thought maybe I just hadn't figured out how to do it but I guess there isn't a way :( The margarita clif shot bloks are my favorite too.

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Juliana Calhoun
4/20/2015 01:23:45 am

I asked at a race expo at an official Garmin booth and they said there isn't a way to do it with intervals and 1 mile splits :(

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Juliana Calhoun
4/20/2015 01:24:08 am

So yummy!

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