Through the postbox

It's been a while since my last through the postbox, so I've accumulated a lot of stuff to share with you today. If you haven't read one of my through the postbox posts before, basically I write about all the stuff I have received through my postbox that relates to fitness somehow. I personally love this style of posts because it always gives me ideas of new stuff to buy, although thats not necessarily a good thing...

First up we have some Jimmy's Iced Coffee. They were lovely enough to send me out a few cartons after I reviewed them on my blog, they know the skinny one is my favourite!
This iced coffee is so good, Starbucks quality at home and I can't recommend them enough.

 Oh gosh I didn't realise how blurry this photo was, I'm sorry! Hopefully you can see how awesome these leggings are though. For Christmas I received a lot of money so I decide to splurge and get a pair of super nice leggings. I went for the diamond cut pair from Gymluxe and it was definitely the right choice. I love how they look, they perform really well and they are so comfortable. Beth Tweedle is currently sporting them in her training videos on Dancing on Ice!

 As you probably know by now, I pole dance, but I am so inflexible so my moves don't look as nice as they should do. Alethea Austin is one of my favourite pole dancers, she just oozes sex appeal and her flexibility is amazing. I read a lot of reviews for her DVD, she also has a pure splits DVD which I was tempted to get because I'm desperately trying to get my splits, but I went for her Stretching For Pole instead because she has a lot of back flexibility training in there too, and surprise surprise, my back is stiff as a ironing board!

 Go Nutrition offered to send me a product from their range and I went for the Go Whey Protein 80 in vanilla ice cream. I always use whey protein because I find it goes down quite easily and the nutritional values for this protein are pretty spot on for what I look for in protein. They have some amazing sounding flavours, I would've loved the maple pancake flavour but I went for vanilla because I can use it easily in baking.

My friend Emma posted a picture of her neon pink Smart Shake protein shaker and I instantly knew I had to get one. My current shaker is awful, it doesn't blend well and it leaks everywhere but Smart Shake's have great reviews, and it's bright pink, so the fact I got new protein meant I had to get a new shaker right? I also got some bright pink Kinesiology tape. This has been recommend to me by other runners to help with the pains I get in my IT band, I need to practise my taping technique but hopefully this will help me avoid too much pain at the Brighton half marathon.

And lastly we have some race numbers! The top one is my Brighton half number which I was so excited to receive, the fact that I'm in the pink group makes me so happy! Pink just means I'm aiming to finish in the 2:15-2:30 mark. Getting my race number definitely makes things feel a lot more real!
The second number I got was my Race for Life number. I am running this with my mum and it's not until July, but I'm very excited to be number 8!

That is everything I think, and hopefully I won't be doing another one of these posts for a while because I am meant to be saving for Japan! Although I'm sure there will be a few hiccups...

Through the Postbox

One thing I really enjoy seeing on other blogs is what they have purchased or received in the post, although it normally ends up making me want to purchase stuff I don't need... Anyway, I enjoy other peoples posts so much I've decided to do my own! So here is what has come through my postbox in the past month or so.

First up is some running gels. If you read my blog regularly you may have seen that I've signed up for my first half marathon. Lots of reading has shown me that I need some sort of fuel for my longer runs and that these should be tested out in advance to avoid getting the runs on your run (sorry poor taste I know!) so I opted for a selection of flavours and brands to see which ones work for me.

 

Next up is some BIC Bands. BIC Bands are non slip headbands designed by runners for runners. I originally saw these on Skinny Runner's blog and thought they looked amazing. I love the selection they have and it definitely adds a feminine touch to my running outfit.
The purple one is a gift for my mum who recently started running so I can show her how proud I am of her. Her trainers are purple so I got the purple band to match and hopefully encourage her to keep it up.

 

A few weeks ago I had my first run in heavy rain. As much as I found it fun, I got soaked and definitely wasn't prepared so I ordered this Nike Cyclone water resistant jacket. When it arrived I was so impressed at how stylish it looks on, the middle panel is actually see through and it's pink! Although obviously since I got it it hasn't rained since...

 

 

Chobani where kind enough to send me a box of their yoghurt to try in their new 4 packs. Chobani is massive on the health/fitness blogging scene at the moment, but in case you haven't come across it before, it's Greek yoghurt. They have a original plain flavour, and also flavoured varieties, the majority of which are fat free The strawberry one was my favourite by far, but they where all delicious too. I've seen in the US they have a coconut flavour, I can't wait for that one to make it's way over here!

 Lastly we have some protein from MyProtein. They had a offer on (they always run offers so you are best off waiting for a good one before ordering) so I placed a large order for my boyfriend and I. 
The very large bag at the back is 5kg of unflavoured protein for my boyfriend, then the three bags at the front are mine. I got the 250g pouches in strawberry, chocolate mint and cookie dough. I prefer the smaller size pouches because they are cheap and I prefer to have a variety of flavours rather than having to stick to one and getting bored to death of it.

So there we have it, the first through the postbox post. Let me know what you think and if you like these types of posts, and if like me they encourage you to spend money when you really shouldn't!