Sub 10 Club & an Under Armour Giveaway!

If you’ve ever read my blog before, you know that I’m not a fast runner. Well, I guess it’s all relative though…If you run a mile in 18 minutes, you may think I’m fast. If you run a mile in 7 minutes, you may think I’m not.

But I AM still a runner nonetheless and a determined one at that.

I remember starting out being one of those runners that took about 18 minutes to run a mile–that was back in early 2011. I tried and tried, progressed, regressed, got injured, healed, and tried some more. It’d been a looooong time coming and I wasn’t sure when I’d ever gain admittance into the Sub 10 Minute Mile Club.

This past Tuesday, I set out to go running after work. The clock stuck 5pm and I gathered a tank, capris, a compression sleeve, and my shoes.

OHHHH, now those are new shoes aren’t they? {My loyal readers, I love you so, can probably tell!}

Let me interject my touching little story for just a moment.

A fantastic woman from Under Armour found my blog, told me congrats on my weight loss, said she liked Cherie Runs This, wanted to send me something from UA to review on my blog and give something to my readers. Oh, and had I ever heard of UA?

I was like, “SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!! Hahaha, ummm, yeah, I’ve heard of Under Armour!! Holla!!” Okay, I didn’t say, “Holla,” but told her yes I had heard of UA, would love to review a product and thanks thanks thanks so much!

Of course I picked running shoes to review! The Under Armour Spine RPM shoes to be exact. Which, YES, MEANS ONE OF YOU GET A PAIR OF SHOES, TOO. But I’ll get to that part momentarily.

So I donned the Spine RPMs and headed to my favorite running spot–the Bolin Creek Trail.

You know my protective leg brace is hot. Don’t hate.

I wasn’t sure what was my exact running plan as I was heading toward the trail, but once I got there and saw all the other runners zooming about, I knew I was in the mood to once again knock at the door of the Sub 10 Club.

I set my GPS watch and heart rate monitor and took off. I’m going to sound like Forrest Gump, but I was a-ruhhnnnnin!! I saw the .8 mile marker, knew I only had .2 miles to go but for a split second a few split seconds, I actually thought I would call it a day and just walk the .2. I was tuckered out, y’all. But I couldn’t stop there. I was way too close. I hadn’t looked down at my watch, so I honestly had no idea if I was close to 10 minutes, if I had already hit 10 minutes or was way past 10 minutes. I just kept running.

They say your head will give out before your legs do. It’s true. It was all mental. It’s the same as when I tried and failed miserably to lose weight so many times before. My head was convincing me that it was too hard, I couldn’t do it, it’d be too much work, it was impossible. Your body can do amazing things; don’t let your head get in the way.

I passed the one mile marker and just as I did, my watch signaled the same alert. I looked down, almost afraid, but smiled and started babbling to myself. “Aaack!! What?!! Nine. Forty. Five. Ninefortyfive!!! Seriously?! That’s definitely under 10!!!! I’m in the club. I’m in the club!!!!” I looked crazy. I didn’t care. I was breathing hard, panting, gasping and talking to myself, without a care in the world. It took over a year, but it was worth it. That’s all I could think about.

But then I thought about the shoes! I couldn’t forget to thank the shoes that I was wearing when this fabulous moment finally happened. Thank you Under Armour RPMs! 😀 They felt great during the entire run {I ended up doing a 5K all together} and I didn’t feel like I had to “break them in” first. I simply put them on and was off and running.

I normally wear a 9.5 and that’s the size I got. Sometimes I will go up a half size, as some brands will recommend, but with these I felt like they were true to size. I had toe room, but not too much and not too little. They were very lightweight but still gave me enough support. I was comfortable in them for the duration of the run and could’ve logged more miles but it was getting dark and I had to go home and make dinner. I had never tried Under Armour shoes but can definitely say I was thoroughly impressed!

And of course I shall always remember them as the shoes I was wearing when I reached my goal! 😉

But now…let me guess…you want to know how you can get your hands on a pair right? Well, you can buy them here, or check out other Under Armour shoes here or you can enter my giveaway to WIN a pair!

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HERE’S HOW TO ENTER…

You will receive one entry for every one of these items–the more you do, the more entries for you. The FIRST ONE is mandatory all others are extra entries for you! {You may only enter the giveaway once. Duplicate entries will be deleted.}:

–Leave me a comment below telling me why you want these shoes! {again, this one is required}
–Follow me on Twitter @cherielianne and comment below telling me you did so.
–Tweet about the giveaway using the following sentence {copy and paste it}:  “I entered to win a pair of @UnderArmour running shoes from @cherielianne. You can too! http://wp.me/pyMgz-19A “   Comment below telling me you did so.
–Follow me on Instagram @CherieRunsThis and comment below telling me you did so.
-You can also like my Facebook page if you want. It’s not required and is not an entry. You can just like it to like it!

This giveaway is open to everyone {no US only restrictions!} and will end on Wednesday, October  24th at 11:59 PM ET!!! The winner will be announced Thursday, October 25th. I will use random.org to select a winner and will contact him/her. The winner’s information will be forwarded to Under Armour and they will ship him/her the pair of shoes in one of the four available colors!

Good Luck! 😀

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FIRST, Thank you to everyone who had a sweet comment about me reaching the Sub 10 Club. Y’all rock!!! 😀

And the winner is….

Congrats Erin!! Please forward me your full name, telephone number, shipping address, email address and choice of shoe color. I will pass it along to Under Armour and they’ll ship you your new running shoes! Thank you so much to everyone who entered!!

**Entries were accepted until 11:59 pm since that was the stated end of the contest! Any received after that were not counted.

*Other than receipt of the running shoes, I was not compensated in any way for my review. All opinions, comments, positive and/or negative, are my own.

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