A little respect, please

Last year I was running along the beautiful Poudre River. It was an epic weather day – sunny, warm, birds chirping, elk entering on cue and so forth.  I lost track of time and ended up doing a half-marathon. How fancy, right? Yay. Go Cosper. Nope. I ended up with a world-class “sugar bonk,” which is the term runners use for low-blood sugar. Your head gets fuzzy, your step gets a little wobbly and, well, you bonk.

My go-to sugar bonk revival mechanism is Hot Tamales. I keep a box in my backpack at all times. I know how fast I’m running by how hard the box is shaking. I’ve done this for years. What I didn’t know at the time is that Hot Tamales – my analog pace tracker — are made by a family-owned business called Just Born. The company also makes Peeps (an equally essential sugar bonk cure).

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