Last year I was running along the beautiful Poudre River. It was an epic weather day â 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 âsugar bonk,â 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 Iâm running by how hard the box is shaking. Iâve done this for years. What I didnât know at the time is that Hot Tamales â 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).