Power Balance Review & Giveaway!

A while back, I was given the opportunity to try out the Power Balance bracelets I had been hearing so much about. I had seen a couple advertisements in magazines, and knew a couple bloggers who wear them, and wanted to try it out for myself.

What is Power Balance?

"The mission of Power Balance has always been to develop and deliver quality products that enhance people's lives," said Kato. "Our products are based on the idea of optimizing the body's natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many holistic and Eastern philosophies. Frankly, we know there will always be critics of new technologies, but our products are used by those with open minds who experience real results. Our company is absolutely committed to further evaluating the technology behind its products' performance so that we can continue to offer products that enhance people's lifestyle."

Power balance uses holograms to improve balance and performance when worn during activities. I will admit, I was a little skeptical. I started wearing my bracelet right when I hurt my back a month or two ago. My back healed up quicker than before, but I couldn't say for sure if power balance helped, or I just got my muscle relaxers in quicker.

I wanted pink (out of stock), but ended up with blue!

I wore my power balance for my new PR at RnR New Orleans, and this past weekend at Disney. While I'm not 100% bought into it's powers, it doesn't hurt to wear it just in case. 

Power balance makes the following:

silicone wristbands

neoprene wristbands

a variety of pendants

Interested in trying out Power Balance for yourself?

They have offered to let one of my followers try out a silicone wristband!

How to Win

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1. Be or Become a follower of my blog

2. Like running to Health on facebook HERE

3. Like Power Balance on facebook HERE

4. Share this giveaway on your blog, facebook or twitter (1 for each)

5. Donate to my Run to Home Base Raffle HERE (+5 in this giveaway, and also take advantage of all the great prizes there too!)

Giveaway will end 3/9, good luck!

Disney Part 1....

Saturday early afternoon my 2 girlfriends and I touched down in Orlando to a sunny, beautiful 86 degrees. A million times better than the snow and ice making its way to massachusetts. Myself & A were running the race, and Barbie was cheering us on after learning she was pregnant a few months ago. After a snafu with our magical express bus breaking down, we were heading to our hotel at the beautiful Boardwalk!

We had carefully picked our hotel. There were only certain hotels that were host hotels, but we purposely picked the Boardwalk since it was within walking distance of Epcot. Little did we know, that that entry was a back gate by France, that we would not be able to access Sunday morning. Thank goodness our hotel said they would be having a shuttle in the morning anyways. Also lucky for us was Team in Training was at the Beach & Yacht club so they let us hitch a ride to the expo. 

The Expo?

Lets just say, after last year's marathon weekend expo, and this year's RnR New Orleans expo, I was not impressed. I felt like it was very small, the race bags lacked anything special, and the official race merchandise was mediocre at best. There wasn't a ton of variety, or anything really cute I was tempted to buy. I did love the technical t-shirt that came with our race bags, super cute! I guess the good thing was, I saved a lot of money at the expo?

The one thing I couldn't resist, was a company I found called Running Princess. I got the most fabulous visor, and technical T that I am in love with!

Across the top it says "You'll never know what your are really made of until you TRI"

We also got some information on a few races that looked fabulous, and are now considering

Divas Half Marathon

either in Long Island, NY or San Juan

champange, flowers and your race bling given to you by hot firefighters? HELLOOO sign me up!

They also have Tiara & feather boa stations along the course. Could it get any more girly?

and..

Women's Running Magazine Half Marathon

in St. petersburg, FL

Beautiful ocean view course, fabulous medal, and would be close to my Aunt!

We'll see which one we pick out for the future!

After the Expo, we headed out to dinner at Tony's in the Magic Kingdom for some delicious italian fare. I gobbled down some chicken parm, a little pasta & about 10 glasses of water. After dinner, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the race in the morning. When we went to confirm the location of the bus for the morning, they told us they changed their mind and there was now no shuttle. The best way to get there would be a taxi. Wicked annoying, but we called to book one anyways. We laid out our clothes, made our plans for meetup with Barbie after the race. A was in corral A and I was in B (I still can't believe I was in the 2nd corral), and she was hoping to finish in a little under 2 hours. My plan was to not worry about time, but just to have fun. I projected my finish around 2:45 to 3 hours.

Just wait until you hear the rest!

Disney Sneak Peak!

I'm back from Disney!

What a fabulous weekend, we had an amazing time, despite my friend A's ride to the medical tent with a DNF (more on that later). Gorgeous weather, a little sunburn, and some fabulous food and bling rounded out the weekend.

Here's a sneak peak....

Race pics & Video

A slow (but fun!) finish of 2:58:00!

I promise to post a vacay recap and race report very soon!

Please please please

Don't forget to enter my Run to Home Base Fundraising Raffle HERE!

I haven't had any donations since the first week, so lets keep them coming!

Remember you can win some fabulous prizes like CEP socks/shorts, Allied Steel Displays, Inperspire towels, iFitness belts and more by making a donation to help injured war vets!

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