HEAR FROM OUR ENDURANCE ATHLETES

I have been running competitively since I was 8 years old, and involved in triathlon since I was 11.  It is a sport that I love because there is always potential to improve.  I was recruited out of high school to run at a state university, where in the first month of training I was involved in a car accident that left me with compression fractures in my back and contusions on my heart and kidneys.  The doctors told me that my days as a competitive athlete were over, while they handed me a bottle of pain killers.  Devastated, I accepted my fate without question.  Four years later, after gaining over sixty pounds, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and desperately wanted to get back into shape.  Through a few years of training again I started to see my times and performances resemble those of middle of the pack runners within my age group, but I was unable to resume to my days of running up in the front of my age group.  I continued my training, trying new approaches, new equipment, new supplements, none of which seemed to improve my performances, none of which worth the ridiculous price tags they came with, and many of them hindering my training due to their effect on my Ulcerative Colitis.  I continued in frustration, not willing to let go of my hopes to be up front, setting goals that I believed could be obtained with the proper discipline.  In the fall of 2009, during the Cross Country season (I coach high school Cross Country and Track) I was gaining significant ground when I was introduced to a new product that came to me risk free in a sample packet, Extreme Endurance.  I saw my fitness sore; I was working harder, running faster, and recovering in time to put in another hard day, day after day.  After a few very solid races, in which I ran faster than I had in years, the season ended and I chalked my success up to my hard work.  I did not reorder, as I believed Extreme Endurance was not the primary reason for my improvements.  Two and a half short months later my goal race came around, PF Chang’s Rock and Roll Marathon, at which I performed 30minutes slower than the target pace I had set (3:00.00 goal).  A miserable performance that made me question what had changed from November to January.  I reordered Extreme Endurance, I needed to know how much effect this product was having.  Once again, my training magically improved (true, I wanted to redeem myself but these were extraordinary workouts).  I signed up for a ½ Marathon in Prescott, AZ, The Whisky Row, which is known as a challenging race due to its elevation increase (from 5,000 to nearly 7,000) which would occur on May first.  After four months of solid training with the assistance of Extreme Endurance, I ran hoping to finish with a time of 1:35 or better, figuring that would translate into a 3 hour marathon on flatter terrain and lower elevation.  I smashed my goal, running 1:28.18 and finishing 6^th overall, and 2^nd in my age group.  It was and awesome feeling, KNOWING that I still have opportunities to compete, something I had missed for so long, knowing that with the right recovery I can continue to elevate my training with less risk of injury and fitness to gain, KNOWING that there is a product out there that is designed for athletes like me, that help to provide that opportunity.  I woke up the next morning with no post-race soreness or discomfort, just as had been my experience during the hard workouts I put in during the lead up to the race.  I am very grateful to have happened upon this product, it has given me back some confidence and re-energized my approach to training and racing, it has been the only product that I can firmly say does what it claims without irritating my Ulcerative Colitis. It is also in my teacher/coach budget which is more than any other product I have tried can say.  I recommend the product to anyone serious about making that next jump, get beyond your plateau by using a product designed to continuously aide you to the next level, you won’t regret it.  I will be toeing the Marathon line again in January, so watch out you 35-40 year-old age groupers, I’m coming!

Thanks again, Happy Training

Geoff Johnson – - Glendale, AZ