Thursday, January 20, 2011

New "Product" Giveaway

Last week, I received this letter in the mail:



OK, they MIGHT have over-hyped the letter a bit just to get me a little more excited about it, but that's still pretty cool, right? And being it's not the 21st of January QUITE yet, I had to blur out any indication of the brand, the product name, and what it can do for athletes.

Included in the package was this:



So here's how I'm turning this into a giveaway:

I want people to comment and guess what the product is. I'm looking for:
#1: the NAME OF THE COMPANY (like "Nike")
#2: the NAME OF THE PRODUCT (like "running shoes")

(Hint: it's not Nike running shoes.)

So, what do you think it is? Start leaving comments. I'll stop back now-and-then and comment as well, saying who's on the right track and who's not even close. Then you can re-comment armed with new info and take another stab at it. The first person to get it right wins some goodies from the unknown company with the brand new, secret, unknown product!

So, what's your guess? Check the comments throughout the day as I leave more clues and / or new info! Tomorrow I'll reveal the new goodies (and the winner of this little giveaway)!

p.s. If you're one of the other 25 people who got a "tube" of this "stuff," or you have some sort of inside information (like Matt and Katie from Dome Running), don't be a jerk and say "It's [this]! I'm 100% sure!" Don't ruin our fun. Let's play fair, people. Thanks!
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62 comments:

  1. JP7:08 AM, January 20, 2011

    hammer nutrition
    fizzy tablets

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  2. Unknown7:11 AM, January 20, 2011

    I did a little googling - I think Zym electrolyte tablets. Am I close? That, or somehow seamonkeys that help you swim faster

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  3. Matt7:14 AM, January 20, 2011

    JJ Becher's Phlogiston

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  4. Chris Swenke7:16 AM, January 20, 2011

    Nuun
    Electrolyte Tabs

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  5. Georgia Snail7:20 AM, January 20, 2011

    Nike
    Running shoes

    Dangit! Wrong again?!?!

    Sort of looks like the tube we use to test the water in the pool...So I'm guessing it is a water testing kit?

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  6. Tbabs7:27 AM, January 20, 2011

    cherry flavor Target brand multi-symptom nighttime cold/flu relief.. has to be it..

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  7. Eliza7:28 AM, January 20, 2011

    Pfizer
    Extra-endurance Viagra

    I know my guess has to be close.

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  8. Lucas R. Tucker7:33 AM, January 20, 2011

    Nuun
    Cognac flavored Electrolyte Tabs

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  9. CEF7:39 AM, January 20, 2011

    Red Bull or 5 Hour Energy Tablet Form?

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  10. kristen7:40 AM, January 20, 2011

    I'm going to go with Gu and electrolyte tabs.

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  11. Cap'n Tan Lines7:44 AM, January 20, 2011

    Hmmmm... Looks like a NUUN tube to me.
    Ditto on the NUUN Electrolytes

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  12. jtrimom7:46 AM, January 20, 2011

    I'll say NUUN fuel fizzy tabs

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  13. Crocker7:59 AM, January 20, 2011

    Ferrero Tic Tacs!

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  14. The Triathlon Rx8:01 AM, January 20, 2011

    It does look like Nuun... but that's not the Nuun top. So either they went over the top to ensure secrecy, or it's a different brand. Either way that's what I was thinking at first, so:

    Nuun
    GRAPE SODA.

    That would make my day.

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  15. Amy8:06 AM, January 20, 2011

    waterproof earphones. I really need some.

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  16. Anonymous8:10 AM, January 20, 2011

    Company: Nuun

    Product: Nuun Tabs

    New flavors, Lemon-Tea, Fruit-Punch, Strawberry-Lemonade, Grpe, Tropical.

    Looking at the picture, the first thing I thought of was electrolyte tabs. Then I remember reading a tweet this morning from another endurance athlete with industry connections who talked about some new Nuun flavors and figured I'd go with that.

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  17. Steve Stenzel8:23 AM, January 20, 2011

    Good guesses so far!...

    It's LOOKS like Nuun, but it's not.......

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  18. Anonymous8:25 AM, January 20, 2011

    Nuun
    Active Hydration

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  19. Wannabe8:29 AM, January 20, 2011

    dang - would have said Nuun. i know powerade wants to "Battle" gatorade so i'll go out on a whim and say Powerade electorlyte tabs

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  20. Meg Tannahill8:33 AM, January 20, 2011

    How about

    Hammer
    Electrolyte tabs

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  21. Steel Springs8:39 AM, January 20, 2011

    Are they Gatorade electrolyte tablets?

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  22. Anonymous8:40 AM, January 20, 2011

    Company: Power Bar
    Product: Fizzy Tablets

    Susan in Shoreview

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  23. libgyrl8:43 AM, January 20, 2011

    Damn, my guesses of Nuun or Fizzy Electrolytes by some company that doesn't make them yet have already been entered.

    SO instead I say:

    Body Glide
    Burstable Bubbles of Lubrication

    (cuz you know there is SO a market for that!!)

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  24. caasen9:07 AM, January 20, 2011

    I thinks it is Gu some sort of Powershot like liquid recovery

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  25. Velma9:08 AM, January 20, 2011

    One of the new NUUN flavors for sure!!!

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  26. Heather9:16 AM, January 20, 2011

    I think zym electrolyte drink tablets in. New flavour!

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  27. TriEric9:18 AM, January 20, 2011

    Hammer Fizz

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  28. Chu9:21 AM, January 20, 2011

    A new kind of Salt Stick brand electrolyte delivery tube.

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  29. Anonymous9:24 AM, January 20, 2011

    SportAktive Easy electrolyte tabs.

    Mary in Crystal.

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  30. Kim9:24 AM, January 20, 2011

    camelback
    elixir

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  31. Justin9:25 AM, January 20, 2011

    Zym Electrolyte Drink Tablets... in... Orange Flavor

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  32. nrmrvrk9:37 AM, January 20, 2011

    Company: Clif
    Product: Either Fizzy electrolyte tabs or Suppositories. I suppose it could be both, but that would be rare.

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  33. David Dawson9:51 AM, January 20, 2011

    It's from the folks that brought us the snuggie, and it's their version of one of these:

    http://iwannagetphysical.blogspot.com/2010/12/friday-funny-144-who-can-knit-this-for.html

    Congrats!

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  34. Jamie9:53 AM, January 20, 2011

    Gatorade Gel shots! (with vodka)

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  35. Unknown10:04 AM, January 20, 2011

    Nuun
    Electrolyte chews

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  36. Katie10:21 AM, January 20, 2011

    I have to agree with the Gu electrolyte tabs.

    Or maybe CLif's version....

    Just remember, Nuun did it first and does it darn well!

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  37. sboza10:43 AM, January 20, 2011

    GU Energy tablets

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  38. Unknown10:57 AM, January 20, 2011

    hmmmmm .... since they sent it to Steve in a Speedo:

    - The top is some sort of triathlete hair removal product like nair but smell like chorine or dirt.

    - then the bottom opens up and it has Toliet paper in it, you know for those times the porta-potties are empty.

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  39. Rizel11:14 AM, January 20, 2011

    Some sort of gel or energy supplement

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  40. Unknown11:18 AM, January 20, 2011

    It's from THE MIGHT KOVAS and it is a JockSock.
    I am POSITIVE of this!!

    ha ha ha ha ha ha

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  41. Laura11:26 AM, January 20, 2011

    I'm with gu fizzy electrolyte tabs.

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  42. Ironmom (Julie)11:29 AM, January 20, 2011

    I'm gonna say Jelly Belly Sport. Some new flavor of beans? Jumping beans! Coffee beans!

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  43. Steve Stenzel11:44 AM, January 20, 2011

    "Body Glide Burstable Bubbles of Lubrication?!?!"

    I WISH!!!

    Ummm, it's been guessed.... ACTUAL product announced soon....

    Thanks everyone!

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  44. Rob Birse11:46 AM, January 20, 2011

    Is it EPO from Floyd Landis?

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  45. DC12:13 PM, January 20, 2011

    Damn, too late now I guess but it's a Cervelo P5 isn't it?

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  46. krystyna4712:55 PM, January 20, 2011

    Nuun
    Electrolyte tablets, AWESOME NEW FLAVOR! Perhaps with caffeine?

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  47. Unknown1:15 PM, January 20, 2011

    some sort of nuun

    maybe the new u-hydration?

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  48. faerimeg3:02 PM, January 20, 2011

    Spacely Sprockets Gear Lube

    hahaha

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  49. Lindsay3:08 PM, January 20, 2011

    Nuun Electrolyte Tablets!

    So jealous that you get to sample the new flavors before the rest of us.

    I can't wait for the Strawberry Lemonade and Fruit Punch.

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  50. Alyssa3:37 PM, January 20, 2011

    Hmmm... I'd say it's nuun, too, but the flavors aren't coming out until April & and the lid on the package looks a little different...

    Soooooo, I'll say: SALT TABS!

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  51. Kurt4:12 PM, January 20, 2011

    Just like school, why do the work when you can copy others. I'm going to have to go with the Nuun Electrolyte Tabs? (I did google it and it does look like a nuun bottle?)

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  52. IronVince: IM WI 2009 and Beyond4:41 PM, January 20, 2011

    Steve,

    I'm going with

    Nuun
    Electrolyte tabs.

    Be Well. Vince.

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  53. Erin Elizabeth Miller5:06 PM, January 20, 2011

    A new Gu product coming out 3.1.11 new flavor of chomps...?

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  54. Luis Fernando Oliveira5:16 PM, January 20, 2011

    nunn is the company and electrolyte hydration tables are the product.

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  55. Matt Hoffman5:19 PM, January 20, 2011

    For sure a tablet like nuun that fizzes into a yummy low calorie electlyte drink. Not made by nunn. Either hammer nutrition, gu or powerbar.

    It's probably hammer the hammer nutrition fizz tabs or perpetium solids solids.

    I hope I'm right

    Matt

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  56. CautiouslyAudacious5:52 PM, January 20, 2011

    I hope it's Clif cuz I luv their products! And maybe it's something that disoves in water for instant electrolyte drink & if it's not maybe I should be contacting them with the idea ;-)

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  57. John8:47 PM, January 20, 2011

    Company: Cliff
    Product: electrolyte tab

    Hope: it will make me faster

    Reality: it will help me cross the finish line without dying!

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  58. Matt Ellenberger8:58 PM, January 20, 2011

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  59. Matt Ellenberger9:00 PM, January 20, 2011

    Company: Hammer
    Product: perpetum solids
    Flavor: Who knows? Strawberry? Vanilla? both?

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  60. Bike Junkie10:10 PM, January 20, 2011

    It looks like a tube of Nuun, one of their 5 new flavors of active hydration tablets. My favorite is the grape, btw (tried it today at the Outdoor Retailer show)

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  61. Pretend this is real11:01 PM, January 20, 2011

    Company: Monsanto
    Product: Genetically modified blog posts

    (I have a feeling I'm not gonna win this one.)

    Am I close?!?

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  62. Rebecca7:53 AM, January 21, 2011

    Nathan
    Electrolyte Drink mix

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Thanks for your comments! Have a great day!