After I blogged about the soreness I experienced following the Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, a wonderful woman (and amazing athlete!) who works with my dad and reads my blog reached out to me about the benefits of compression clothing.
She swore by compression gear as a means to increase oxygen blood flow to the muscles, helping them to recover faster.
After wearing compression sleeves over my calves following the Women’s Half Marathon later that month, I was a believer. I wasn’t sore and loved the snug fit of the sleeves.
I knew then that I wanted to try out compression shorts since my hamstrings and quads are often sore after long runs.
Thanks to the kind people at Aspaeris, I was able to try out the Aspaeris Pivot compression shorts and my belief in the benefits of compression clothing was further solidified.
The Aspaeris compression shorts are tight and thick, but comfortable. They don’t dig into my skin. They are snug, but don’t make me feel strangled.
According to Aspaeris, the shorts “offer a unique two-layer design. The top layer supports your muscles while the bottom layer guides you into position. Breakthrough, patent-pending compression bands are cross-knit into the fabric that creates muscle memory to help prevent ACL injury and improve your performance.”
Snug as a bug in a rug. 
The shorts come in a variety of colors including black, white, red and navy blue.
And now YOU have a chance to win a pair of Aspaeris Pivot compression shorts!
To enter this giveaway, simply comment below telling me about your greatest athletic achievement or a personal athletic goal you have for yourself in the future.
I will randomly select a winner on Monday morning.
Good luck!
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My greatest achievement has been participating in the Atlanta 2 Day Breat Cancer Walk http://www.itsthejourney.org two yeas in a row and walking the Atlanta Thanksgiving half marathon several years in a row.
Love your blog!!!!!!
My greatest achievement was completing my first half marathon a couple of weeks ago. I always thought that I could not be a runner for various reasons until I started to see all the different body types runners have. I almost cried at the starting line knowing this was one of those lifetime goals.
I am training for a 5k right now but am planning on signing up for a half marathon later at the end of September! My goal is to simply complete the half marathon 🙂
I would really love to get to lifting 100lbs on the chest press! That would be awesome! Right now I’m at 90lbs.
My biggest achievement to date is running a 10K, but I’m currently training for my first half marathon.
I want to run my first half marathon soon!
My Mom who is 58 (whoop whoop:)) and I have been doing an annual half marathon together. Our next one is coming up in May. This is the only race that I don’t worry about speed but it does keep me on the treadmill and active to ensure I can finish it with no problems.
I want to finish my first marathon this summer-I’ve done a half and now I’m training for the full.
i ran my first half-marathon last november and it is by fr my greatest athletic achievement. BUT i’m hoping to beat my time this spring!
Being once at 250lbs, I never in my life imagined I’d run a Marathon… it’s still hard to imagine the finish line but I’ve lost the weight and have signed up for the Rock N Roll FULL marathon, san diego in June!!! LAWD help me!
Definitely running the Boston Marathon!! So tough and so worth it.
My goal for the year is to run a half marathon!
I completed my first half marathon. Now my goal is to begin training for my first triathlon and complete this within the year.
I want to run a sub 20 min 5K!
I completed a 30-day Bikram yoga challenge earlier this month! To be fair, I did miss 3 days during the course of the month, but out of absolute necessity. I don’t think I’ll ever do the challenge again, but I’m very glad I did – it showed me that I *could* do it. 🙂
My goal is to run a 5K. I know on the blogosphere that seems like a small feat although to a former gymnastic with countless ailments it would be a real accomplishment!
Once did a 12 hour hike in the stormy Yorkshire wild. Most mentally challenging incident of my life.
I love these shorts!! I actually have my pair on right now! My goal is to just get better at running, and get into even better shape this year.
I hope to run a half marathon sometime in the near future! I always say, a healthy body is a happy body! There’s nothing quite liberating as finishing/completing a race!
My sister encouraged me to take a look at your post about the compression shorts! It’d be great to be able to give em a test run 🙂
My goal is to run my first 5K in the next 6 weeks!
My greatest athletic achievement was running 3 half marathons this past fall… Especially considering I was never a runner and I couldn’t even run a mile earlier in the year. My goal is to now complete a full marathon this year! Bring it on baby!
I would like to run the Disney princess 1/2 marathon
This spring I am running a half marathon with my family. So happy we are going to do it together! 🙂
My greatest athletic achievement was walking a half marathon while 8 months pregnant. I had run a few in the past and was training for my first marathon when I got pregnant. I still wanted a fitness goal while pregnant so I walked a half marathon this past January. I had a great time and someday would love to tell my daughter or son that they accompanied me on that walk.
I have always wanted to run a 5K without stopping. I’m currently on week 7 of Couch to 5K (of 8 weeks) and have a 5K schedule for Late March!
My greatest physical accomplishment is getting my body back and better than before having my baby!!
My biggest accomplishment is being able to run 3 miles! Hopefully I’ll be able to keep up-ing the mileage!
To run the Disney princess 5k tomorrow. It will be my first one!
My biggest accomplishment is being captain of my DII college lacrosse team…and my goal is the 2012 NYC marathon after recovering from a stress fracture!!
I cycle for 150 miles in the MS bike ride on the eastern shore of Viginia. I wonder if these shorts would help my legs too! 150 miles in 2 days and my legs really feel it.
I’m running a 10-miler in April; my longest distance yet! I’m excited/nervous.
I ran the NYC 1/2 Marathon last year and I hope to one day do a full Marathon!
My goal is to run a 5k!!
I want to qualify for boston! have to run a marathon first, though 🙂
I’d love to get a pair for my little sister, who is running her first half marathon (!) next weekend along with the children she mentors in the program YouthRun NOLA, which tutors innercity kids and teaches them about fitness and nutrition. Watching her turn into a runner this year has been an amazing transformation and I’m so proud of her! I went two miles with her today and thought I might die…I have a lot to learn.
My greatest fitness accomplishment was training for my first half marathon while also planning my wedding – they were only 3 weeks apart! But it was so worth it. 🙂
After so many stres fractures last year, I just want to be injury free! I love these shorts!
I want to run a half marathon. Hopefully I will be able t by the end of the year, but I have to heal my nagging runner’s knee first 🙁
earning my Personal Trainer certification through the American College of Sports Medicine!!
oh my gosh! After 2 knee surgeries I would LOVE to win this giveaway more than any I have ever seen…
My goal is to positively impact the student athletes I will be coaching at my new position! High school track coach!
I severely injured my knee a couple years ago and have had a really hard time getting back into running. I would love to be able to run a 5K again, slowly but surely I hope to get there.:)
Being able to squat 165 pounds!
oh man I could us a pair right now, I ran a half marathon today.. oh man I’m sore! My goal is to break under 2 hours for the half, I was hoping for today, but the hills got the best of me.
I am currently training for my first half marathon – Race Day: 5/20/12!!! I am super excited and I have been considering purchasing compression items 🙂
I am already in love with these and I have not even tried out anything compression yet! I also get super-sore quads after long runs.
My greatest athletic accomplishment was to BECOME a runner! I was a swimmer/water polo player all through high school and college but never really ran! After I graduated college I started with really, really small runs {like around the block} and ran my first real 10k race just a few years later- I still run often and just love that I taught myself something and have stuck with it!
Dirty Girls run in a near by town. There aren’t a ton offered around here but this is as close to the Warrior Dash as it gets. Plus it supports breast cancer research!
I want to complete a 10k!
My goal is to complete a full marathon injury-free 🙂 (I did the Nike Women’s Marathon with IT Band Syndrome. Not fun.)
My biggest achievement so far is running a 15K and my goal is to run a half marathon this spring!