I Just Can't Get Enough GU Review and Giveaway

Oh GU
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach...."



Okay maybe my love of GU isn't as deep and Elizabeth Browning explains but it is pretty close. GU products are the first energy and electrolyte products I used when I started running and 2 1/2 years later it's safe to say we are exclusive and I have the stash of gels to prove it.I've talked about GU on my blog in the past here, here & here, and referenced it in several posts. I just when I thought it couldn't get any better I mean I had found my favorites Lemon Lime Brew and Chocolate Mint Gel and all I needed was an unending supply of that and I would be good. Then GU decided to launch some new products the electrolyte tablets and Chocolate Raspberry Roctane at first I am not going to lie I wasn't really interested the new products I had yet to find a Roctane Gel I liked and in my head nothing could get better than the brew but at the San Diego RnR Expo my husband talked me into trying a couple of their new products 1 Chocolate/Raspberry Roctane and 1 tube of Peach Ice Tea Electrolyte tablets to be exact and I have to say I wanted to kick myself for not trying it out sooner and more for not stocking up at the expo.


The Chocolate Raspberry Roctane was so good and it nice to have a go to Roctane Gel, if you haven't tried it but you like the Chocolate Outrage or Chocolate Mint than I think this will be right up your alley.


The Electrolyte tablets which have actually become something I use daily whether I am working out or not if I am planning for a workout I use a whole tablet in my 20 oz water bottle and supplement the calories with a Gel, but daily I make up two 20 oz water bottles with 1/2 a tablet each to drink throughout the day. I took them with me to the bbq's I attended over the 4th of July weekend and instead of drinking soda like I normally would have I would get a bottle of water and add half a GU Peach Tea electrolyte tablet and drink that. Some things I really like about 'em...
...they dissolve completely with little or no shaking, which though I love the GU Brew I have had issues with trying to get it fully dissolve in ice water.
...each tablet is only 10 calories
...I actually like all 3 flavors
...the compact tube they come in which makes it easy to put in my bag and carry them with me where ever.

And thanks to the wonderful people at OutsidePR who sent me a boat load of samples I was actually able to review the tablets and Roctane through multiple workouts and I am sold which is good and bad, good because there is two more GU products I can see myself using in the future and bad because it is two more products I will have to add to my unending supply list.

Enough about what I think I'm interested in what you think and 1 lucky reader will have a chance to try out and review some GU products for themselves...

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1 I Run Because...I Can reader will have the chance to win this

6 Chocolate Raspberry Roctane Gels
5 Orange Electrolyte Tablets
5 Lemon Lime Electrolyte Tablets
5 Peach Tea Electrolyte Tablets

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I was provided with samples to facilitate this review, all opinions expressed are my own.