Stuffitts Shoe Savers--Review and Giveaway!

I have been given the opportunity to review a great product!

I love them! They absorb shoe odor and take away moisture from my running shoes!

I tried mine out after a few of my wetter runs. After nice run in a blizzard and then a slushy run. I was impressed thoroughly after each use. My shoes were dry and smelled fresh--not that funky, moldy smell that sometimes happens after a lot of moisture gets in the shoes. You know what I am talking about!

Stuffitt Shoe Savers are 100% cedar-filled show stuffers that remove moisture and eliminate shoe odor in all types of footwear. Stuffitts absorbs moisture up to 8 times faster than air drying alone, eradicating odor by absorbing wetness and creating an inhospitable environment for the source of shoe odor-bacteria. After a workout, marathon or a long day at work, simply insert Stuffitts into your shoe to stop moisture in its tracks!

I must say that I was a bit skeptical at first. All of my skepticism's went right out the door as soon as I removed the Stuffitts from the plastic wrap. I was overwhelmed with the smell of cedar( in a good way of course). I LOVE this smell. If you don't...well then you might not like this product! I have used Stuffitts in newer shoes and older smellier shoes and the stink is gone! They are pretty cool looking too! My next "test" will be this summer when the stinky summer sandals come out of hiding. Not mine of course--but my husbands!

Stuffitts come in a variety of sizes-even kids sizes! Stuffitts recommends that you replace the cedar insert every 6 months for maximum effectiveness. The outer foot is washable and also comes with a handy carrying strap.

I fully recommend Stuffitts and am happy I was able to review this product.

I am super excited that the fine people at Stuffitts donated 2 pair of Stuffitts for me to giveaway!

A small pair in RED and a large pair in BLUE. There will be 2 winners.

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This giveaway will run through 11:59 pm(EST) of March 10th and the winner will be announced by the afternoon of March 11th. The winner will be chosen by using Random.org from all valid entries and will be contacted via email. The winner will have 48 hours to contact me before they forfeit their prize. Giveaway is open to US residents only.

**Disclaimer: I received Stuffitts Shoe Savers for the purpose of this review/giveaway. No other compensation was received. All views expressed are my honest opinions.

Saturday-- should have stayed in bed today!

I was as reared up to go as I could force myself to be this morining. I knew what i had in store. 5-6 1 mile tempo runs on the treadmill with a 60 seconds rest in between. I also had a time limit as Matt has to work today.
I did a mile warm up at an 8:30 pace. After that I stretched for about 3 minutes or so and then I was off. My first tempo mile was at 7:35 pace. I felt pretty crappy at the half way mark, but I finished. I took the minute rest and did the next mile at a 7:30 pace. I figured I wanted to get done already. Now on to mile 3. This is where it went sour. I did it in maybe a 8 minute pace. It felt like I was going way slower. It was a total struggle too. I think I did a whole mile, maybe it was a bit short. I took my 1 minute break...and turned it into a 5 minute walk break! yikes. I was done. FAIL! Oh well. I was ticked off then, but now I realize I should have probably taken the day off or done a low-key type of cardio and saved the speed nonsense for Sunday! Too late. I will (most likely) take tomorrow off completely. I almost went home after my pitiful attempt at speed, but of course I did not. I only did 20 minutes on the elliptical though. What a day. We all have our bad days from time to time and today was my day!
Hopefully the rest of my day goes well....(Miles is potty training, and so far..we are batting 0!)

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Friday..just another day in my world!

I know I am supposed to love Friday's just as the average person does. But I don't. I like it well enough, but my days are really all the same. This is not a complaint-at all. I am, for the most part-a stay at home mom. I am fortunate enough to be able to stay home with the kids, but still work a little bit on the side. I am not sure what is considered Part Time these days, but I work roughly 4.5 hours a week (soon to be 6 hours-begins Monday) outside of the home. Add in my personal training business and nutritional sells brings me to about 10 hours a week-give or take. We won't add in the driving time to and from all my gigs because that would mean I would have to think! So anyway-- Friday is just another day to me. I think that is what I am trying to get at here! I get up early early ( between 4-7 AM) everyday of the week, regardless of the day. There is rarely any sleeping in for me. Bewtween the kids and my training/teaching there is no rest to be had! I can only sleep in until around 8 AM anyway when I try. At any rate-Happy Friday!

Spin today was a repeat class of the one I taught Wednesday. It was a new group this morning, so once again--it was new to them! I think they enjoyed it as well as my new play list. It was a smaller class--12, but motivating nonetheless. I am getting quite a few "regulars" at this early (5:30 AM) class now. That's always a good sign in my book!
My HR avg. was 150 and it topped out at 179 at one point. My Garmin says I burned 555 calories too. I wonder how many donuts that equals..or slices of BBQ chicken pizza ( which may have been my dinner last night...hopefully it put a dent in the 3 slices I ate.... haha! )
I was a good girl and after class I stretched for almost 20 whole minutes! It was much needed and felt soo painful good!!
There is a 90 minute yoga classed offered at my gym on Sunday's next month. It would be perfect timing after my long run on Sunday. I am thinking about it.

Thursday-Long Run(treadmill style)

I hate the treadmill. Yet, I am thankful I can use it to get what I need done-done. I made it to the gym a little later than planned. I think I started watching The Olympics or something and lost track of time. Ooops!
I actually felt really strong and good during most of the run. I added some inclines and varying speed along the way. At about mile 4 or so the treadmill I was on started misbehaving. It was unbalanced all of a sudden! Total bummer. There are a lot of treadmills at my gym, ,but I did not want to waste time looking for "the perfect" one -Again! I liked the one I was on..it did not make too much noise and the TV was already on Closed Captioned! I like that so I can "read" the news and listen to my iPod at the same time. Multi-tasker is my middle name (actually It's Dawn!)
So that leads me to my new treadmill. The closed caption was not on (boo!) besides that all went well....well besides my iPod ear phones acting up. They stopped working in the unit, but worked in the TV. Ugh. So annoying! I got through it. What was I talking about? Oh right..running! I tried to stop and drink every 30 minutes or so, just as I would have done if I was running outdoors. It's always harder to start up when you are by yourself I think. I kept about a 9 minute pace since I threw in a few 7:45 pace (not for a whole mile though). I was a sweaty mess. My hips have been kind of tight lately as well, not liking that feeling. I almost stopped my run with less then 3 miles left. I was kind of late starting and I did not want to be late getting home so Matt could leave for work. I texted him to let him know I had 1 mile left and did not hear back from him...so I just took that as he was OK with it. I guess it could have meant he never got the message since he was busy with the kids too. Oooops. He seemed fine when i got home so I will still assume he got my message.
I did go back to the gym fr core work. I am not sure if that is dedication or stupidity. I got the kids dressed. Changed my clothes and ate quickly and was back at the gym. I was there less than 1 hour before! I am glad I went back. I did not stretch enough after the run so I used the next hour to stretch and do core. I would write what I did, but I don't know the proper names of a few of the exercises! So here is some of what I did!
Hip circles
planks (variations)
Roll ups
weighted obliques
cat and cow
2 more!
Repeat everything!
Lots of stretching before, between and after all sets were done.
It was a great day!

Refreshing Wednesday

I figured I would be DEAD tired today. I thought I would have to take it easy on myself (boohoo) during spin today..but nope!! It was a tough one and I did not slack!
Two (4) minute hills, a few short jogs with recovery, 2 segments of endurance (4 minutes each) and a nice 8 minute hill thrown in for good luck(ha). I never know how a class will go until we actually do it..and this one went well. It was a killer. I made a new CD and everything. A mix of musical styles..Black Eyed peas, Nelly Furtado, The Script, Gnarls Barkley, Eminem etc.
Ave. HR was 149..max was 175. I usually don't feel recovered during my Wednesday spin due to running on Tuesday evening. Either my fitness is improving or I did not work as hard as I thought last night! Oh well. I loved that I felt great today and last night too.
Totally Toned was at noon. Back/chest/Quads and 5 minutes of direct abs was the focus today. Me thinks they will be feeling it tomorrow.
Great day!

Tired Tuesday!!

I did not want to lift weights today! I had a 5 AM client and I was tired. Not just my body but my brain too! I realized I have not taken a day off in 2.5 months from lifting consistently twice a week. So it was a great day to just do core. Ugh. So that is what I did.

crunches on ball (30)
hyper extensions on ball (15)
oblique twists w/ball ( 20)
ball pass ( 10)
side leg lifts on ball (15/side)
cat and cow (10)
plank (50 seconds)
repeat backwards --start with plank.
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balance quad ( 8 seconds per side x4)
pelvic lifts from floor ( 60 seconds)
balance/ right arm left leg alt. ( 10/side)

So that was it!
I also did 3 ( 1 minute) rounds on the kickboxing game. That thing is tiring.

Running Club- Speed Session- Hills x 10!
1.5 mile warm up
10 hills ( accelerate up the hill)
1.5 mile cool down.
short and sweet and very effective!

I was not sure how I would feel doing these and I felt great! It was hard, but not the kind that I wanted to stop at hill 5!
It turned out to be a great day!