Monday, August 23, 2010

GU Giveaway!

As most of you know, I am a believer in GU.  It's a great energy gel that gives me that extra bit of energy I need on long runs.  I generally use the vanilla or chocolate outrage (which, I think, tastes like brownie batter - YUM).  But I've been sampling a lot of other flavors recently and reporting on them in other posts.  I gave the mandarin orange a surprising thumbs up - I really didn't expect to like it.  The blueberry-pomegranate ultra endurance GU got a thumbs down for flavor (I thought it was a bit too strong, but I'm sure others might like it) but a thumbs up for performance (I felt great during the run).  I'll continue to review flavors throughout the next couple weeks.

Alright, I know all this talk about GU has you all itching for a giveaway... so here's your chance to get a sample of lots and lots of different flavors.  This will take you through lots of runs!  So without further ado, here is the loot you could win:

Here's the lowdown on the entries...  Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

Mandatory - Be a follower of this blog (the "follow" button is in the right column) - 1 entry
Go to the GU website and tell me which flavor you most want to try - 1 entry
Post a link to the giveaway on facebook - 1 entry
Tweet a link to this giveaway on twitter - 1 entry
Blog about this giveaway and tell me the link to your blog post - 1 entry
If you could invent a GU flavor, what would it be?  - 1 entry

Contest ends on August 31st at midnight central.  Winner will be posted on September 1st.  Good luck!!!!!!!!

50 comments:

EricaH said...

i am a follower, thanks for stopping by and letting me know about your giveaway

EricaH said...

i linked you up in my weekend roundup

EricaH said...

i would probably suggest a chocolate peanut butter flavor

whitneycay said...

I'm thinking watermelon...

irunyourun said...

I'm a follower!

irunyourun said...

And I want to try the mint chocolate flavor!

mommaof3ontherun said...

follower

mommaof3ontherun said...

I want to try mint chocolate or the espresso love

mommaof3ontherun said...

I would have said mint chocolate...not sure about another new flavor...maybe pistachio

Lucy said...

I'm a follower.

Lucy said...

I'd love to try the strawberry banana flavor

Lucy said...

If I could invent a GU Flavor it would be something that tastes like cupcakes, or at least cake batter.

Tara said...

I'm a follower

Tara said...

I'd try the strawberry banana flavor

Zaneta said...

I'm a follower of your blog! :D (hello! I just found you!)

Zaneta said...

I would love to try the chocolate... i've heard it tastes like pudding...

Zaneta said...

If I could invent a flavor... cookies and cream... yummy!

Zaneta said...

I put your giveaway on my blog giveaway sidebar at http://zanetaruns.blogspot.com

Angelia said...

Yummy GU! I love the Chocolate Outrage!

Chris said...

Already a follower. Would like to try Lemon Sublime Gel or the Strawberry-Watermelon Recovery Brew. New flavor? Hmmm, how about a cola one along the lines of Dr.Pepper? Wait, that would be 23 flavors! Watermelon's not a bad idea either.

Jenna Z said...

I follow your blog!

Jenna Z said...

I can't wait to try mint chocolate! YUM!

Jenna Z said...

I LOVE pineapple! I'd love a pineapple-coconut flavor!

uadanilynn said...

I would have to do either Reese peanut butter cup-ish or a Mint chocolate chip would be good too!

New to the blog and LOVE it .. I ran the Hottest Half too and MAN oh Man that was a tough race!

uadanilynn said...

Also, Following the blog officially now. But about the flavor I would try: Roctane Vanilla Orange!

Never heard of it but sounds more beneficial because of the additional sodium in it!! (DEFINITELY beneficial to a runner in sweaty Fort Worth)!!!

Amber said...

New follower here!
I'd like to try espresso love and I think either chocolate/peanut butter or lemon meringue flavors would be fantastic!

Christina said...

I follow!

Christina said...

Mandarin Orange sounds great!

Christina said...

I'm not a huge soda fan, but soda-flavored GU would be good.

Canadian runner said...

I am a follower

Canadian runner said...

I posted it on twitter

Canadian runner said...

I linked your giveaway to my blog

Canadian runner said...

I would like to try the jet blackberry one

Canadian runner said...

I would like to have a vanilla espresso flavor.

Kortni said...

chocolate outrage...interesting!

track coach and adorable wife said...

I am dying to just try gu, but I have heard great things about vanilla bean!

track coach and adorable wife said...

Oh and I am a new follower.

track coach and adorable wife said...

I posted this on fb

track coach and adorable wife said...

and I linked it on my blog!
http://trackcoach-tressaabe11.blogspot.com/

track coach and adorable wife said...

If I could invent a flavor it would be strawberry shortcake like the icecream bars! Yum

Zaneta said...

I tweeted about your giveaway! my username is @superwoman4002

Jen said...

MMM would love to try Chocolate outrage or Vanilla Bean! I could use these for my upcoming 1/2 marathon and now that my long runs needs to really start breaking past the 5/6 mile mark - I could really use these!!

Jenn said...

Maybe Espresso Love is better than Chocolate Outrage ;-)

Courtney @ I CAN DO THIS said...

I'm a follower

Courtney @ I CAN DO THIS said...

I still want to try Plain.

Courtney @ I CAN DO THIS said...

Here's the link to my post:
http://superfoodsuperfood.wordpress.com/giveaways/

Courtney @ I CAN DO THIS said...

I'd invent watermelon. mmmm

Lindsey and Thomas said...

I am a fellow runner and new follower. lindsanthomas.blogspot.com

Lindsey and Thomas said...

I'd get the vanilla orange! Yum! Like creamsicle I'm guessing.

Lindsey and Thomas said...

A flavor I would invent would be mango. I love me some mango.