How Advocare Can Improve Your Running Performance

I’ve blogged several times about how Advocare helps with weight loss, toning up, energy, health, etc. but Advocare has specific products that are used by many runners to improve their performance as well. The wonderful thing about Advocare is the Medical Advisory Board and Informed Choice. That is why Advocare has so many well known athletes as unpaid endorsers. They like the comfort of knowing that the products are safe and quality products that help them train, perform and recover!

Advocare is helping runners everywhere. I can personally attest to the Catalyst and 02Gold improving my work outs and specifically my runs! Although I’ve never been a great runner I could tell running was easier and especially running hills!

One of my good friends just got into the Advocare business and her husband has been running for years. I asked him several questions about his history with running and his experience with Advocare products. Meet Jamie, he is a husband, father, runner and soldier! 🙂

1. How long have you been a serious runner? I’ve been running competitively to some extent since 2000 when I started middle school cross country. Since then I’ve run at the middle school and high school levels and I started endurance running during my sophomore year at college.

2. How many races/marathons have you participated in?  To date, I’ve completed four marathons with a Boston-qualifying PR of 3:02 and 3 ultra-marathons to include two 50ks and one 50-miler.

3. Are there any accomplishments that you are proud of that you would like to share? The proudest accomplishments I would have to say would be qualifying twice for the Boston Marathon and finishing the 2009 JFK 50-miler in 8hrs and 53min.

4. What goals are you working towards in regards to running? Up until these last few weeks I was working toward training for the 2014 Boston Marathon and my goal time was a 2:55. Since I’m not going to be able to run the marathon in April, I’m currently re-assessing and trying to find a new goal to train towards.

5. What Advocare products are you taking to help with your performance? Right now, I’m taking the O2 Gold Advanced, Rehydrate and Spark.

6. Have you been able to tell a difference in your performance since taking these products? If so, please explain.

O2Gold – I’m absolutely hooked on the O2 Gold Advanced. I’ll admit that I was skeptical at first, but since I started taking it about a month ago, I’ve noticed a certain new “ease” during my runs. Using the O2Gold, I feel as if my body has not only increased its ability to intake oxygen during even the hardest of runs, but that it also uses that oxygen more efficiently. Training paces that were once difficult a month ago are now significantly easier. Now of course there is no “magic pill” to make you a better runner, but O2Gold is about as close to one as a runner can get.

Rehydrate – Now any runner knows that replenishing after a run is one of the most important things one can do after putting in some miles on the pavement. Rehydrate offers a great, low-sugar alternative to Gatorade and PowerAde.  Both of those products do have low-sugar options/low-carb options, but I think they taste horrible. Rehydrate has the unique characteristic of being an excellent refuel source, low in sugar and excellent tasting (go with the Mango-Pineapple!).

Spark – This is an excellent pre-workout drink that can fit any workout regimen and its a great alternative to other pre-workout drink powders that make you extremely jittery or make your face tingle. Plus the energy from Spark is sustained and won’t make you crash.

7. What recommendation would you give to fellow runner enthusiasts working to improve their performance?  Whether you run 5ks, the marathon or do ultras, O2Gold, Rehydrate and Spark will add new dimensions to the before, during and after portions of your training runs.

I hope you found this helpful. I feel confident if Jamie is seeing improvements then anyone striving to improve their performance can! If you would like to learn more about how Advocare can improve your running performance or overall fitness performance, please email me at clconerly@yahoo.com

Also – I should mentioned that the January issue of Competitor Magazine (one of the top Running Magazines) named  AdvoCare the favorite Sports Supplement brand by readers for 2013!!! Voting was based on safety, efficacy & overall quality!