Last night I went to the Running For Kicks Shamrock Fun Run in Palos. I am coming off some higher miles, at least for me, so it probably wasn’t the smartest move but I wanted to go so that I could wear my green Team Sparkle skirt again! However, knowing that my legs were extra fatigued, I was smart and grabbed my Aspaeris Pivot Shorts (APS).
These are the only compression shorts I own and I really like them. They have two layers, which I initially thought would be awkward but they go on easier than most compression wear, plus they stay in place and don’t move even during hard speed workouts on the treadmill. I really love the way the compression feels on my hips and legs when I run. Even though my legs were very fatigued last night, the compression adds just enough pressure to keep the blood flowing and help ease the soreness. I actually feel pretty decent today. Now if the shorts could just push me up those Ishnala hills!
Here is the official description from Aspaeris:
Aspaeris Pivot Short™
Aspaeris Pivot Shorts™ are actually two pairs of shorts bonded together. The Outer Short is a high performance compression short designed to support your muscles. The Inner Short features our breakthrough, Dual Sensory Compression Bands™.
These cross-knit bands guide your muscles into the proper position, thereby improving your pivot performance, which helps prevent ACL and hip injuries.
The Aspaeris Pivot Short™ is not an ordinary compression short. Athletes who try the APS™ report feeling more confident in their ‘pivot moves’ and almost all feel more in control without being restricted.
I ordered a pair of the APS at the beginning of the year and liked them so much that when we were gathering sponsors for our Chicago Ragnar Relay Team (You Just Got) Chicked, I contacted them to see if they would be interested in sponsoring our team. I got lucky and they said yes! So this added a few more pair of these babies to my collection. My first purchase was practical and black in color, then I was a bit more adventurous with the sponsorship and added a pair of red and white. The white worked out well for the Shamrock Fun Run because I won 2nd in the Most Festive Dressed contest! Yay! So nice to look good and feel good! Thanks Aspaeris!
Through the Aspaeris Sponsorship for the Ragnar Relays, I agreed to tell YOU about these shorts and provide my honest opinion regarding my thoughts on the design and performance, which was easy for me because I already owned a pair and knew what I “thought” about them. In return for my sharing this information (and YOU reading it), they agreed to give one follower a free pair of shorts in their preferred size and color. So if you would like a chance to win a free pair of shorts, a $60 value, here are the hoops through which you will need to jump:
- Become a follower of this blog (click on the +Follower button at the bottom) – 1 entry
- Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
- Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
- Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
- Link up this post up to your blog and announce the giveaway to your followers – 5 entries
After you have done some/all of the above, please leave a comment in the comments section below and tell me what you have done and how many entries to assign you (max of 11). If you are already a follower and a TooTallFritz Facebook fan, that is 2 free entries for you, just let me know that you would like to be entered in the drawing! I will randomly generate a winner via a Random Number Generator on Monday, March 19th at 9 am.
If you don’t win, or can’t wait to try a pair of these out, then please feel free to use the 25% off coupon code: PC2012 to get a discount on the Aspaeirs Pivot Shorts now.
Good Luck, Amanda – TooTallFritz Amanda@tootallfritz.com
I am a follower and I like you on Facebook!
Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
This would mean my total entries are 5. I would LOVE some!!!
You are the winner! Email me at amanda@tootallfritz.com!
6 entries for me! I am a TTF FB & Blog follower, I “liked” Aspaeris & shared your link on my page! 🙂
I follow your blog, like you on FB, like Aspaeris on FB, and linked this post on FB. (6 entries)
Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m a new follower, liked your on Facebook and shared your contest!!! 5 total entries! I’m already a follower of Aspearis on Facebook, that’s how I found your blog and your awesome contest (not sure if that counts for another entry?!?)!
That’s 6 entries for you. The Aspaeris fb follower counts too!
I’m already a follower of this blog… duh 🙂
I’m a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz!
I’m a fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts on Facebook!
I hope I win! I Loooove me some compression! 🙂
I also just posted this on the Running Kellometers facebook page! Wahoo!
Awesome. I added 3 more entries for you. 🙂
Become a follower of this blog (click on the +Follower button at the bottom) – 1 entry
Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
Link up this post up to your blog and announce the giveaway to your followers – 5 entries
That makes 11 entries for me 🙂
5 entries for me!
Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
Can’t find this one to do… 😦
Become a follower of this blog (click on the +Follower button at the bottom) – 1 entry
There should be a button at the bottom right of the screen that says +Follower. You will need to add your email address. Or possibly it might be on the top, like a tool bar. Not sure on your internet.
I’m a follower and I like TooTallFritz and Aspaeris on Facebook! And I posted this to the MagMileRunner Facebook page.
I tweeted you too…just sayin 🙂
Bonus!
I am a follower (1), a Too Tall Fritz fan(1), Like Aspaeris FaceBook(1), and added a link to this post on my Facebook(3). Total= 6
I really need to win, running Ragner also….Hey would they like to sponsor another team?? “Dude – Where’s the van”
6 entires for me! I’m a follower, I like you and Aspaeris on facebook, and I shared on my facebook page, Run, Courtney, Run
2 entries for me! Liked you on FB and also like Aspaeris!
OK Amanda, I like you, I follow you, I follow Aspaeris, and I linked….I could really use a new pair of shorts right now!! thanks!!
I’m a follower of this blog
I’m a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz
I’m a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts
Just linked this post to FB
Thanks, Amanda! You are awesome!
I follow you here, I follow you on FB & I just shared the link on FB!!
6 entries.
■Become a follower of this blog (click on the +Follower button at the bottom) – 1 entry
■Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
■Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
■Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
My FB profile: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000826352246
Link this post up to your Facebook page – 3 entries
link here: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=123563117768815&id=100000826352246
■Become a follower of this blog (click on the +Follower button at the bottom) – 1 entry
■Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
■Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
■Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
WooHoo … 6 entries for me 🙂
Become a follower of this blog (click on the +Follower button at the bottom) – 1 entry
Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
I hooked this all up so 6 entries for me …btw how do the sizing run
Aurelia
6 entries for me please!! 🙂
Become a Facebook fan of TooTallFritz – 1 entry
Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
I’m a new follower your blog!
I’m a new follower of your blog – 1 entry
I became a Facebook fan of Too Tall Fritz – 1 entry
I became a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
3 entries total
Thanks!
I became a follower of this blog- 1 entry
I became a Facebook fan of Too Tall Fritz – 1 entry
I became a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
I Linked this post up to my Facebook page and announced this giveaway to my friends – 3 entries
I Linked up this post up to my blog and announced the giveaway to my followers – 5 entries
For a total of ll entries.
All kinds of awesome! Follow you on facebook, liked Aspaeris on FB, and linked up to your post on FB. (PS, you look too stinkin cute in that pic, lol!!) WTG!
I am a new follower – 1 point
I like you on FB – 1
I like Aspaeris on FB -1
I posted this giveaway on FB – 3
Total points – 6 points
That outfit is adorable!!!
I follow this blog : )
I like TTF on FB : )
I like Aspaeris on FB : )
I posted this giveaway on my FB She Runs Everywhere page : )
6 enteries : )
I did everything but link to blog. I think that makes 6 entires! Thanks!
Thanks, yes, 6 for you! Good luck, Lucy!
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I get 3 entries for following and being fb fans of you and aspaeris. Thanks!
4 entries for me
■Become a Facebook fan of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts – 1 entry
■Link this post up to your Facebook page and announce the giveaway to your friends – 3 entries
I was already a fan of Too Tall Fritz and a blog follower
That’s 6 entries! You don’t get punished for alreadying being a follower, it’s a bonus. :o) Thanks!
I liked both of the facebook pages! and I follow your blog!
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I follow your blog, and like you AND like (because no love button exists) Aperis shorts on facebook. Now that I have figured out HOW to link things to my blog, I linked yours to it. I thinkm that makes 8 entries….?
I am TOTALLY a follower of TooTallFritz!!! +1
I TOTALLY like you!!! (on facebook and off of facebook … hehehe!) +1
I TOTALLY like Aspaeris Pivot Shorts!!! +1
I TOTALLY linked this post on my FB!!! +3 http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1301661185
Alas … I have no blog. Unless LIveJournal.com is considered a blog …? I linked it there too just in case. +5 http://murf1013.livejournal.com/103919.html
🙂
I follow you here and on Facebook! Go Tough Chiks!
I follow your blog, like you on Facebook, and I liked Aspaeris Pivot Shorts on Facebook. I love my shorts and definitely would love another pair! Go TOUGH CHIKS!!!
Good luck everyone! Especially to me! 🙂
I like you on fb,follow your blog, and liked Aspaeris Pivot shorts on fb!!
Became a follower of you blog +1
Became a fan on facebook +1
Became a fan of Aspaeris Pivot +1
I WROTE TOOTALLFRITZ.COM IN THE SNOW!
Shared on facebook
I am a fb fan of your
Am a fb fan of aspaeris pivot shorts on fb