I just finished up the ING Miami Half Marathon this weekend. Before my training got started, I sampled some of the new Vega Sport products at Whole Foods. After tweeting about it, they reached out to me! I’m always up for trying new products so I was excited that the Vega team sent me a box to train with!
The packaging was pretty cool!
A little background on Vega Sport:
The founder Brandon Brazier is a professional triathlete and best-selling author on plant based nutrition. Vega Sport is 100% plant-based! So it’s great for vegetarians, vegans and gluten free dieters. I would not classify myself as any of those. But, I find that Vega and Vega Sport products do not have side effects that I occasionally experience with whey protein (stomach aches, mild breakouts). I like how each item was labeled Prepare – Sustain – Recover and the appropriate step was highlighted for each individual thing! Here are my favorite Vega Sport items:
Recovery Accelorator – Apple Berry Flavor
This smelled and tasted delicious after my workout. It made me think of strawberry shortcake. Maybe it was the smell? Whatever it was though, I really enjoyed it! The product has plant-based ingredients like ginseng and MacaSure. It also has devil’s claw, which is a herb used for muscle pain. Since I worked out late that day, I needed the energy boost from the Recovery Accelorator to stay up late and work.
The Berry flavored shake is pictured – I missed a photo op of the Chocolate*Performance Protein – Chocolate Flavor
Let me start off by saying: this was my first time EVER trying a chocolate recovery shake. I’ve always purchased vanilla flavors.
I’m definitely glad that I decided to taste the chocolate one. It was much thicker and had a rich taste to it.
The Endurance Gel – Rasberry
This was one of my very favorites out of everything I tried. I saved the two endurance gels for long Saturday runs. I figured out the best timeto take the gel is 60 minutes into running. For me, that’s about 5-6 miles. I felt a nice boost of energy that really helped push me to continue running. The rasberry flavor was my favorite, but honestly, they both did what they were supposed to!
The Acai Berry bar is picturedThe Protein Bar – Chocolate Coconut
I loved this bar. There was something about the combination of flavors that made this one a hit for me. I want more of them. I really liked the bars because of the coconut. Everything about the taste was just RIGHT. It also kept me full until dinner.
I just noticed that Vega Sport is doing a sweepstakes. Take a look.
I’ll be back later this week with a recap of Miami! Have a great Monday.
*Disclosure: Vega sent me the products to try for free. The opinions are all my own.
The ING Miami is my second half marathon. I did the ING in Georgia in 2010. Since I’m working on setting goals more with everything I do, I have to put out there what I would like to accomplish on Sunday during the race. No, I’m not trying to PR. At all. I believe I finished around 2:23 for my first half. I walked a little (about .5 of a mile around #8) too because there was a hill and I stretched. So my goal for this weekend is simply to run the entire time. Hopefully, I won’t get all competitive and push myself to run extra fast. I’ve been training and the course is pretty flat!
