Wait, no I can't. I definitely can NOT. Nope. Can't. Sorry.
Here's what I CAN do. I can make you THINK you're on an island adventure.
Mid to late January is the most depressing time of year. I hear a "report" about that on the news every year: something about Christmas being over, holiday bills coming due, spring still being a long ways off, blah, blah, blah.
So how about 20 "Island Nectar" Gu Roctane gels?
It will let you dream of warm, sandy beaches with it's tropical flavor.
And just in case you're like me and stuck someplace cold, how about a BRIGHT Pearl Izumi Thermal Run Hat to "brighten" your winter mood?
The winner of this giveaway will get 20 Island Nectar Gu Roctane Gels and one Pearl Izumi "Screaming Yellow" Thermal Run Hat:
*said in my best "infomercial" voice*
The people at Gu and Pearl Izumi have TWO sets of gels and hats to giveaway!
I'll give one set to a random commenter on this blog post, and I'll give another set out to those "social" folks hooked up in all kinds of social media. If you "like" Gu and Pearl Izumi on Facebook, and then send out this tweet...
Island getaway? Nope. How about some great tropical @GUEnergyLabs and some @pearlizumikody gear from @SteveinaSpeedo?! http://bit.ly/yAxKX
... you'll then be in the running to win ANOTHER set of GUs and a hat. I'll pick a winner from those that sent out this tweet.
So that's 20 Island Nectar Gu Roctane Gels and a great Pearl Izumi hat for a commenter on my blog...
*Gulp* THIS. Weekend...... Crap.
OK, comment NOW (on this post) to be entered to win, and LIKE Gu and Pearl Izumi on Facebook and send out that tweet to be entered AGAIN (if you'd like)!! (Your blog comment can be anything - if you comment "Unicorns are just Horny Horses," you're entered!) I'll pick 2 winners in about a week - sometime around Wednesday, February 1st. Check back to see if you've won! Thanks for entering everyone! And thanks to Pearl Izumi and Gu for the sweet gear!!
I haven't tried the Island Nectar Gu Roctane! And I sort of love ridiculously bright running gear, especially in winter.
ReplyDeletesign me up!!!
ReplyDeleteMe too, me too! Why should Steve be the only one running in ridiculously brightly colored apparel?
ReplyDeleteMmmmm Island Nectar. Transports me instantly back to Puerto Rico!! And I love that hat! The last two pairs of Asics I've gone through are that lazer lemon and lightning lime colors. I like bright. :D
ReplyDeleteI <3 free stuff, so sign me up!
ReplyDeleteI'd love a yellow hat!!
ReplyDeleteI got a sample of Island Nectors maybe a year or so ago? And had mixed feelings...but am ready to try again. It's always good to mix up Gu flavors. You can only have so much Mint Chocolate!
ReplyDeleteI'd love the free stuff! Great blog!
ReplyDeleteHook me up please!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve......will the cap make me faster?
ReplyDeleteHey this is Lane from North Dakota sign me up.
ReplyDeleteI love that hat!!
ReplyDeleteDam strait I need me some Roctane! Sign me up!
ReplyDelete20 Roctane might be the ONLY way I'll break 4 hours in a marathon, so pick me, pick me, pick me!
ReplyDeletefingers crossed! I've always wanted to know what an island tasted like
ReplyDeletePick me! I live an hour away from the Canadian border. I'm practically in the Arctic Circle up here!
ReplyDeleteI'm down for some color and energy!
ReplyDeleteI was hoping to see pictures of Henry wearing the hat.
ReplyDeleteUnicorns are just horny horses! Sorry, had to do it
ReplyDeleteI'm all about ridiculously colored running gear, which normally determines my shoe choices more than it probably should. The more obnoxious, the better. Both of these things would be great now that I started my marathon training program up again!
ReplyDeleteThis is a random blog entry. Do zombie sluts drive cars? Guess which blog I had just visited...
ReplyDeleteLooking fwd to the hat and gu arriving. We need more hats here.
I usually go for chocolate or coffee flavoured gels. I'm however intrigued by this Island Nectars gel... it sounds exotic.
ReplyDeleteLove the bright yellow hat, but I have a feeling that will clash with my bright orange/green running shoes, bright blue running jacket and purplish t-shirt. :)
Sing me up please. Could definitely use a florescent toque!
ReplyDeleteRob
fun. pick me!
ReplyDeleteI want to win! I can rock that hat.
ReplyDeleteYum! I need all the help I can get to pretend I am NOT in Wisconsin right now.
ReplyDeleteNice giveaway! Count me in.
ReplyDeleteSusan in Shoreview
I would love to try a new flavor of GU and obnoxiously bright hats are the best way to get through a dreary winter in MI!
ReplyDeleteHmm....I'll have to go with "Unicorns are just Horny Horses!".
ReplyDeleteThat hat would actually be a bit tame for me, but I'll take it anyways.
ReplyDeleteweee! i love giveaways!
ReplyDeleteRoctane and P/I! What a combo!
ReplyDeletebdube
I haven't tried Roctane yet, but this sound great! Plus my Ragnar team is full of newbies so we are having a gels/chomps/etc energy options sampling bar at our next meeting get together in Feb, so if I won, this would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally need that running hat!!
I love both products. Please sign me up!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteYea Gu! Yea Pearl Izumi. Yea Steve!
ReplyDelete:)
Liked!!!
ReplyDeleteIslands and bright hat! Yah!
ReplyDeleteI want to look like a human highligher all hopped up on Roctane GU!
ReplyDeleteUnicorns are just Horny Horses
ReplyDeleteYum I bet the Island Nectars rocks. Hum
ReplyDeleteI love Roctane!
ReplyDeleteSeals like water.
ReplyDeletecould totally use some tropics right now! LOVE the yellow hat!
ReplyDeleteThe Qilin is the Jacki Chan of mythical creatures. It tries to avoid trouble, but trouble always seems to find it.
ReplyDeleteI'm in...thanks, Steve!!
ReplyDeleteI would love that!
ReplyDeleteMy hubby wants the GU and I want the hat :)
ReplyDeleteI could really use that hat and I'm always up for trying new flavors of gels. Please pick me! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please!
ReplyDeletethat is a damn sexy hat. thanks for hosting this one!
ReplyDeletePlease sign me up. Enjoy the blog, it brings a smile to my face everyday.
ReplyDeleteCount me in! Unicorns and horney mammals and all that good stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe Island Nectar flavor is horrible. Worst Roctane flavor. It tastes like bitter chemical flavors mixed with hippo butt crack sweat. Do NOT pick my name to win.
ReplyDeleteSo if I tweet that, I get an extra entry but I'm potentially decreasing my chances of winning if I'm actually popular on Twitter...
ReplyDeleteCount me in! I love roctane!
ReplyDeleteI'm in, GU flavors take me back to younger military days drinking Screech (Old Mil. powdered drink that was so powerful in taste it made you screech while drinking it) good times!! ....
ReplyDeleteThe hat is pretty cool too!!
I've been needing a good running hat for winter!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, that sounds like fun! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteEverytime Stanley takes a steaming poo in the cold of the morning, I think of you. So, send me this Gu.
ReplyDeleteLoving your blog!! My bro is training me for my first half marathon and turned me on to reading all about your adventures. Thanks for being so you!!
ReplyDeleteI want!! The island AND the hat to wear on the island ;)
ReplyDeleteI liked on Facebook because I'm a winner!
ReplyDeleteI am in!!!
ReplyDeleteI Like Pearl Izumi and love GU. Hoping to try the Island Nectar. Tweeted and Like.
ReplyDeleteWould be nice if at least the outside of my head was bright. ;)
ReplyDeleteI like free stuff!
ReplyDeleteAbout time you finally post the giveaway that would be "in the next couple of days" for the last week or so. LOL No really, with the gray midwest winter days, I could totally use that hat! I've never tried any kind of Gu though I just got a peppermint stick one to try from XLMIC. But who knows - I may need some for some races this year. :)
ReplyDeleteIf i am not too late sign me up!
ReplyDeleteLove the yellow hat! GU Roctane is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteOh man the hat is so awesome. Haven't tried Roctane, but this could be a great chance!
ReplyDeleteMy husband loves Gu, and he needs a running hat. Please pick me.
ReplyDeletethe hat would totally match my neon yellow brooks jacket.
ReplyDeleteIf a tree falls in the forest, then springs back up again, do the squirrels freak out?
ReplyDelete(Tropical gu and a flaming yellow hat would clear this up)
Could use the GNU for this weekend's half-marathon
ReplyDeleteWhat a great give-away; thanks for the opportunity to win.
ReplyDeleteA unicorn is a horned horse!!! So true! Darren in Hilton Head will take one entry please! But not if it brings cold weather here ;)
ReplyDeleteI am hoping the Island Nectar will make me mentally warmer during cold training days.
ReplyDeleteSign me up!
ReplyDeleteWould love to be on a pseudo island adventure wearing this hat and consuming Island Nectar Gu! Count me in. Thanks - Mary in Crystal.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite running hat's older than the last three women I dated.
ReplyDeleteI've been needing something in screaming yellow...
ReplyDeleteThat hat is all kinds of BOWL FULL OF SUNSHINE yellow! Giddyup!
ReplyDeletePick me! Pick me! Always in need of bright yellow hat.
ReplyDeleteIn Calgary Alberta if you have a day job the only time you can run is at night and a bright Pearl Izumi cap would be perfect. GU gels have been a part of my running for the last couple of years, love the mandarine orange.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah!
ReplyDeleteI wanna win!!!
ReplyDeleteIt would match my screaming yellow Pearl Izumi jacket perfectly.
ReplyDeleteSign me up!
ReplyDeleteSign me up please!
ReplyDeleteLove to have the GU and hat...tahnks for a great blog
ReplyDeletePlease sign me up too!
ReplyDeleteAwesome giveaway! I'd love to be entered. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Island Nectar Roctanes, but they're tough to come by.
ReplyDeletecount me in
ReplyDeleteWeeeee! Free Stuff! I haven't tried the Roctane Gu's so now would be a good time to try 20 of them :) Sign me up
ReplyDeleteI prefer blocks to gu, but I prefer free prizes to paying $1.50 per packet!
ReplyDeleteNice! I have a crazy yellow jacket already, but my husband needs that hat.
ReplyDeletei'm in..
ReplyDeleteCool, nothing like wearing a bright hat and suckin' down GUs! Count me in brotha!
ReplyDeleteIn on this, thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAwesome - the color of the GU matches the color of the hat!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm, nectar...
ReplyDeleteMy head can't be too safe. I think that color beanie has the right amount of "caution big head coming through" yellow.
ReplyDeleteMe too please!
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, you have different fingers. Thanks Steve!
ReplyDeleteI love the hat! Can we please see a picture of Henry modeling it?!
ReplyDeleteI tweeted about the give away! @AlexaTC
ReplyDeleteAloha, Steve! I'm a big fan of Gu, so pick me so when I train in my coconut shell bikini I stay nourished! OK, I don't really train in a coconut shell bikini... :( but I would if they had better support and I lived somewhere tropical! :) Melanie P in PA
ReplyDeleteHey hey, pick me! I am in the market for a new running hat, and would love that one.
ReplyDeleteUnicorns are just...hey wait. You're not going to get me with that one.
ReplyDeleteTweeted @TriAndRunForIt
Like: GU and Pearl Izumi already
Thanks for the giveaways!! It's cold here in Pennsylvania.
I LOVE that hat!! It would match my friends jacket perfectly, maybe I would share...most likely not.
ReplyDeleteI think it's about time cars see me.
ReplyDeleteDid the social media liking and tweeting - @runinboise
ReplyDeleteThat hat is awesome! And I love roctane. crossing my fingers...
ReplyDeleteOhh pick me!!
ReplyDeleteNeed that hat - it's cold here in WV!
ReplyDeleteHmm...sittin on a beach with some Gu Roctane a bright yellow hat and nothing else but the sound of waves. I'll take it!
ReplyDeletePearls of add-wisdom...careful stepping in Gu...
ReplyDeleteooooo....that yellow hat combined with my reflective vest MIGHT keep me safe from the paperman in the early morning hours...maybe!
ReplyDeleteAnother great give away. Thanks Steve!
ReplyDeleteI don't tweet, but I would love an entry to win me some Roctane and that girly hat.
ReplyDeleteawesome hat sign me up!
ReplyDeletei love roctane and having a highly visible head. this giveaway is meant for me!
ReplyDeletepick me!
ReplyDeleteI would eat/drink anything right now that might make me imagine for 2.7 seconds that I am on the beach!
ReplyDeleteX
ReplyDelete(marks the spot)
Mike in Mankato
I liked and tweeted. Hope I win, I like that hat.
ReplyDeletecount me in!
ReplyDeleteSome island nectar would help me get through the winter!
ReplyDeleteWow...too easy!! Please count me in as one of the "possibly lucky" winners, and thanks from all of us.
ReplyDeleteI just did both "Likes" and the tweet as well. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the hat, perfect for running this time of year! Nice and bright! :)
ReplyDeleteSteve, Hook me up with some Roctane and Hat. I would love to be all juiced up on some island nectar while I wear that spiffy cap all around town. The crowd will go wild...
ReplyDeleteI'm all about Gu and PI gear!
ReplyDeleteI could use a warm hat and a cool island breeze!
ReplyDeleteOh please let it be me.
ReplyDeleteI want to try the awesome new flavor. Only a half this weekend. I have a full!
ReplyDeleteLove me some ugly hat.
ReplyDeleteAs I am training for a Spring half, I can use both things. Huzzah!
ReplyDeleteIt takes 14 pancakes to cover a doghouse because a basketball has no feathers. And, sign me up for the giveaway and I tweeted!
ReplyDeleteThe yellow hat would help be seen at 5 am running...and the Island Nector Roctane...sounds delish!
ReplyDeleteSchweet! Sign me up
ReplyDeleteThat hat would be awesome!!
ReplyDeleteSteve. I like Gu and hats. Please give them to me.
ReplyDeleteSteve,
ReplyDeleteComment comment comment, comment comment comment. Comment!
Katie
I'd like both for my winter runs. The gel would help fuel my marathon training long runs, and the hat would keep me warm in the cold winter.
ReplyDeleteI'm in, yay!
ReplyDeleteCount me in! Love the hat!
ReplyDeleteI need that hat because I just got a really bad haircut- that way I can blind people with the neon and they won't notice my hair.
ReplyDeleteSign me up!
ReplyDeleteI loves me some Gu roctane and hats when I'd rather be running somewhere tropical!!
ReplyDeleteRoctane is my favorite, and who doesn't love neon?
ReplyDeleteThat hat is awesome! I'm in.
ReplyDeletepick me please! I have never had this flavor, but I swear by roctane in races. Just today I was thinking how awesome it would be to be hooked up to an IV of GU
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway Steve!
ReplyDeleteBrent from MInneapolis
Love that lime green color and Gu is great!
ReplyDeleteMy schedule just changed, so I have to run in the early morning dark. The hat would be perfect. I haven't tried Roctanes yet...
ReplyDeleteWant!
ReplyDeleteHook me up with the goods! 2 entries for me please.
ReplyDeleteSign me up please!
ReplyDeleteI'm in and I tweeted. I pretty much only have Twitter for your contests!!
ReplyDeleteMarsupials are fast!
ReplyDeleteOk, i'm ready for some Gu.
ReplyDeleteA lovely yellow Pearl Izumi hat to brighten a dismal Canadian winter would be awesome. Yummy Island Nectars GU would fuel a chilly long run too... Hope my number comes up!
ReplyDeleteI was looking up unicorn jokes to post something funny, but all of them are in bad taste.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Becca
I'd love some Island Nectars to take me away from this gloomy, rainy day at work.
ReplyDeleteDid I make it!
ReplyDeleteSteve,
ReplyDeleteI could really use that hat.
Clinton from NC
Thanks
Hmm not sure about the GU, sounds interesting. I'm loving the hat though!
ReplyDeleteSign me up
ReplyDeleteJust one please
I would look dashing in gold.
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried Island Nectar Gu yet & that yellow Pearl Izumi hat is incredible! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried Island Nectar Gu yet & that yellow Pearl Izumi hat is incredible! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried Island Nectar Gu yet & that yellow Pearl Izumi hat is incredible! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried Island Nectar Gu yet & that yellow Pearl Izumi hat is incredible! I love it!
ReplyDeleteIsland Nectar Gu sounds yummy!!!! I'll need it for my long runs and 1/2 marathons.
ReplyDelete& I am in love with that Pearl Izumi hat!
Sign me up. I love Rocktane and definitely need a winter pick me up!
ReplyDeleteI am loving the color of that hat. Havent try the Nectar yet either
ReplyDeleteI need a new winter running hat and want to try GU!
ReplyDeleteI could totally use that sweet hat as I embark on Ironman training this week!!
ReplyDeletePick me!
ReplyDeleteanything!
ReplyDeleteThrowing my hat in the ring....virtually of course.
ReplyDeleteFree stuff? Yes, please.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I need to try this. I currently only use one flavour of gu! Some variety would be good.
ReplyDeleteI also tweeted...
Yay to free stuff!
ReplyDeleteI need this gu!
ReplyDeleteA hat my kid might not lose so easily. Or I could threaten him with a gu if he lost it.
ReplyDeleteI want to Roctane the Pearl yellow hat!
ReplyDelete"Roc On"
ReplyDeleteHit me up with some free sh*&.
i like gu and i like yellow. plus i feel like that hat needs to be called a toque...and therefore needs to come home to canada- land of the toques.
ReplyDeleteSign me up Steve.
ReplyDeleteTest comment....
ReplyDeleteThat hat would be a fabulous addition to my running attire!
ReplyDeleteAwesome giveaway! Like both on fb and I tweeted. Thanks for two chances to win!
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