Giveaway Swellness: glacéau vitaminwater glory

*This giveaway is now closed.*

Congrats to Kristina — you’ll receive a taste of Glory and the custom gloves from vitaminwater!

With the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in full swing and the athletes all vying for a taste of glory by earning a medal for their country, have you thought about how you get a taste of glory in your life?

For me, there’s a bit of an obvious one—crossing the finish line in a race. It’s even better if it’s a new personal-best time, but even if it’s not, simply completing a race is an incredible feeling of accomplishment. But I think there’s room to find a taste of glory in one’s every day—it could even be something as small and seemingly mundane as a great walk outdoors with your puppy or mailing a sweet note to a friend you haven’t touched base with for awhile.

And, well, then there’s also the tasty new limited-edition peach-mango glacéau vitaminwater glory, created just for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (And let me tell you, drinking this vitamin B and C-loaded glory sure is easier than training and running a marathon, that’s for sure). The flavour was inspired by input from Canadians who used the glacéau vitaminwater Facebook app when creating their own flavour of vitaminwater—seems a lot of us are fans of peach-mango.

Even better than its inspiration coming from Canadians across the country: glacéau vitaminwater has partnered with Canadian Olympic bobsledder Jesse Lumsden for the 2014 Winter Games. His athletic skill and outgoing personality just make sense with vitaminwater, right?

So who’s up for a taste of glory in their life? Here’s how you can win some:

You can enter in three ways: Here on this blog post, on the Instagram photo (you can find me on Instagram @healthandswellness — follow me and then add a comment to the pic), and/or “like” the Health and Swellness Facebook page and then comment — in your comment, tell me about a glorious moment in your life.

I’ll randomly select a winner who will receive not only a taste of glory but also a pair of custom Olympic Winter Games touchscreen gloves, courtesy of glacéau vitaminwater. The giveaway is open to Canadian residents and closes February 23, 2014 at 12 p.m. EST.

Check out vitaminwatercanada.ca and pick up a bottle of glory today to get your Canadian taste of glory. Share the glory online with @vitaminwater_ca, #tasteofglory.

6 Comments February 18, 2014

Fitness Swellness: AquaHydrate

Oh, hello, there, Mark Wahlberg.

I haven’t included this photo of Mr. Wahlberg gratuitously. He’s one of the peeps who’s behind the “performance enhancement water” AquaHydrate, along with Diddy (who’s a marathoner, in case you forgot). And wouldn’t you rather look at Mark than some bottles of water?

I’ve been testing out the water during my runs and it’s as though Marky Mark knew exactly what I want (he’s just so right in so many ways, no? Tee hee.)

Up until last year, I’d been drinking your conventional sports drink for marathon training — they don’t bother my stomach, the taste is fine, although the colour of every flavour is pretty disconcerting (I like neon bright for my accessories, not my beverages). But reports of one brand including a flame retardant (it’s since been removed) and the sickly sweet taste of drinking it for hours along with sweet energy gummies during my first marathon last year turned me off of it.

And so I switched to water. And while I still eat electrolyte gummies during long runs, I’ve been wanting another way to hydrate to ensure I’m replenishing my electrolytes during my long and oh so sweaty runs. And don’t tell me to drink coconut water. I’m not a huge fan of the taste of coconut water, plus you have to ensure the brand your drinking contains enough salt if you’re drinking it as an electrolyte replacer.

Enter AquaHydrate. The water is processed so that it’s purified, supplemented with electrolytes and raised to an alkaline pH of 9. Oh, and it’s zero calories, by the way.

In other words, what a girl (this girl, specifically) wants. It’s water, only better for my marathon training.

And it doesn’t hurt to have visions of Mark as I plod through too many kilometres…

2 Comments June 18, 2013

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate

With yet another heat wave upon us, don’t forget to drink up!

(PC Everyday Essentials water dispenser, $15)

2 Comments June 30, 2012