Running Commentary: April 2021

I recently started "eating" Juice Plus capsules. I say "eating" instead of "taking" because Juice Plus is JUST FOOD, it's not a supplement. By eating their four types of capsules I am getting over 30 fruits, veggies, berries, and five types of omegas!

I was cautiously optimistic when I started them (two weeks ago Saturday). I eat a fairly clean whole food diet (VERY clean/whole since the beginning of February), I exercise more than the "average" American (the average adult only gets an average of a paltry 17 minutes a day!), I have added yoga and meditation...and in the last few weeks I added in gardening!!! (Did you know, according to a recent study, "gardening every day has the same positive impact on wellbeing than undertaking regular, vigorous exercise like cycling or running"? So, I figured eating Juice Plus would go in the "won't hurt me" category instead of the "helps me enough to see a difference" category!

But then yesterday I had the best run I've had in a LONG TIME!! I could point to the gardening as the difference-maker, but I did garden last summer and didn't notice any improvement...so...I mean, I think it has to be attributed to Juice Plus.

So why am I "purdently" optimistic instead of simply shouting from the rooftop that everyone everywhere should be eating Juice Plus? ...because I have had some sporadically good runs in the last 5 years. But they typically aren't sustainable and they don't build on each other. Yesterday I had that great run* and then had a great Spin class** and then I swam this morning better than I have in a while***.

To be clear:

* my great run was great because I was able to hit some speeds (in one minute and :30 intervals) that I haven't seen in a LONG LONG time. I set out to (walk/)run for 30 minutes because I knew I was teaching Spin soon after running.

**when I teach Spin most of the time I don't fully "do" the class I'm teaching. I have to focus on the class I'm GIVING so I don't get to TAKE the class. But there have been times (in Zone 2 type classes) that I can actually do the class while I'm teaching it. Yesterday I took the class into Zone 3 and I went there with them, and it felt good not just in the moment but I continued to feel good the rest of the day!

***my "better" swim just means I swam a TINY bit longer for each interval. I went from swimming 50s to 200s!! Now, it was still WAY harder than it "should" have been but it's progress!!

Here's another MAIN factor-my iron is currently VERY low. I've been taking iron but my numbers have actually just gone down. I will receive an infusion "soon" (not soon enough) but, to me, that makes yesterday's run all the more impressive!

Let me just say, I am a believer in Juice Plus-it's JUST FOOD, it bridges the gap between what you DO eat and what you SHOULD eat. If you know me personally chances are VERY HIGH I will be talking to you about it at some point. Yes...I get a "commission" from selling it to you. But, let me be clear--I have "sold" a lot of direct-marketing/word-of-mouth products in my life. There's only been one product that I've had this kind of belief in before, but I just couldn't get past the icky feeling of "selling" something to my friends/family/contacts. This feels very different. I believe Juice Plus just make sense-it's JUST FOOD...nutrients from real food. Your body knows what to do with food. To buy all 4 capsules and take them as recommended you are spending less per day than a fancy coffee, AND you can give free product to a child! You'd NEVER be able to buy all the food it would take to get the nutrition you'll get by eating the capsules for that amount of money. Even growing your own food is likely going to cost more...

...and I haven't even begun to talk about the other thing I was introduced to that is part of Juice Plus...