She swore by compression gear as a means to increase oxygen blood flow to the muscles, helping them to recover faster.
After wearing compression sleeves over my calves following the Women’s Half Marathon later that month, I was a believer. I wasn’t sore and loved the snug fit of the sleeves.
I knew then that I wanted to try out compression shorts since my hamstrings and quads are often sore after long runs.
Thanks to the kind people at Aspaeris, I was able to try out the Aspaeris Pivot compression shorts and my belief in the benefits of compression clothing was further solidified.
The Aspaeris compression shorts are tight and thick, but comfortable. They don’t dig into my skin. They are snug, but don’t make me feel strangled.
According to Aspaeris, the shorts “offer a unique two-layer design. The top layer supports your muscles while the bottom layer guides you into position. Breakthrough, patent-pending compression bands are cross-knit into the fabric that creates muscle memory to help prevent ACL injury and improve your performance.”
Snug as a bug in a rug. 
The shorts come in a variety of colors including black, white, red and navy blue.
And now YOU have a chance to win a pair of Aspaeris Pivot compression shorts!
To enter this giveaway, simply comment below telling me about your greatest athletic achievement or a personal athletic goal you have for yourself in the future.
I will randomly select a winner on Monday morning.
Good luck!
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I’m proud to be running 2-3 times a week, 3 miles each run with no walking. I’m a newbie and enjoy the time spent with my good friend while running. I’m currently training for Beach to Bay; it’s a marathon relay held every May here. I hope to run my leg with 10 minute miles or better!
My most recent accomplishment was winning the Krispy Kreme Challenge for the women challengers in Raleigh, North Carolina….5 miles, a dozen donuts, 7700 runners!
I am training for a half marathon in May! So excited!
My greatest accomplishment was running a half marathon (and in a faster time than my boyfriend ran his 😉 lol). I’d like to run another in the near future.
The last half I ran I wanted to break 1:50, came in at 1:49.50… just barely made it, but felt SOOOO good! 🙂
I want to do a Century bike ride. I have run a zillion races, but for some reason, biking a race is scary to me.
I am just recovering from 3 months out of the running game following stress fractures. My new years reslution was to run a marathon – and I’d love to keep that goal still!
I got my scorpian pose in yoga 😀 but I would LOOOVE to get my arm stand next!
biggest athletic accomplishment? Running a marathon. and then another one! Such amazing experiences 🙂
I used to be a gymnast an competed internationally, but this May I will attempting my first half marathon! Wish me luck!
My greatest achievement would be finishing the Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth with my dad! It meant a lot to me not only to finish the race but to do it with him.
For me, it was finally finishing C25k and running my first, second and third 5ks, and finally a 10k. This years goal? My first half-mary in Oct!
My greatest achievement was running my last half marathon in one 1:40. I hope to do my first full marathon soon, that is my next goal!
My greatest athletic accomplishment has been recovering from tearing my ACL and getting back into running. I love it so much, and I love compression gear 🙂
My greatest athletic accomplishment is running the Savannah Rock and Roll Marathon! I want to do another but my next goal is to be able to do 10 pull ups …I’ve never been able to do more than 4…
I’m WAY behind everyone else here physically, but I would love to do a 5k…Running is VERY hard on me!!
My greatest achievement so far is completing the Chicago RnR Half Marathon. I’m training for a full now!
My biggest athletic goal is to run a 10k on March 31!!!
My personal goal is to learn enough workout moves to be able to create my own personal routines for what works best for my body!! A second goal is to run my first 5k official race!
My goal/dream is to run the Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon!
After reading Born to Run, I can’t stop thinking about the doing an ultra marathon. 50 or 100 miles used to sound crazy but it could be fun!!
I’d like to run in a 5k soon! My first race!
I’m signed up for my first half marathon in may!
I want to run a half marathon!
While I haven’t run a half marathon, I’ve trained for one and run a half marathon distance. My goal is to run both a half marathon and a full marathon in the future.
I’d like to increase my distance and eventually work up to trying out a marathon-length run 🙂
I’m signing up for the san diego rock and roll half in june and the tough mudder in july. my goal is to finish them both alive! 😉
My goals this year are 2 half marathons in April and a Tough Mudder later in the year!
Going to CIF for swimming 3yrs in high school!
My goal is to cross the finish line at the NYC half marathon next month with my younger brother!
I am not a runner, but I workout often and have osteoarthritis of the hips. After my next hip replacement I’d love to do a long breast cancer walk to support the cancer research which is so vital for curing cancer. I want and need to support my fellow cancer survivors. Support the “Girls”!
I want to run another half marathon this year.
Right now I am training for a half marathon and have reached pdr after pdr during training. It feels amazing!
I’ve signed up for my first half marathon and I.Am.So.Excited!!!!! My goal is to run the whole race without walking 🙂
My personal athletic goal is to run my first marathon. After a foot injury due to my lack of proper nutrition,effect of anorexia, I lost so much strength and I hope to gain it back. This would be a wonderful gift and comfortable
Never a runner, never! Until I turned 30 and decided I can do this running thing. Using the C25K program I started running 5Ks and then moved up to 10ks. Now at age 44 I have 5 half marathons under my belt and will be running my first FULL marathon in Nov. 2012 (right before my 45th birthday!)
I have just signed up for my first half marathon. This is one of my goals for turning 30. The 1/2 is on May 26 and my 30th birthday is May 27!
I am doing a tri in April and I would love to have these to run and bike in! I’ve never tried compression shorts before.
My greatest athletic achievement thus far as definitely been mentally sticking with running because it took me sooooo long to be able to run just one or two miles….but now that I can, I am loving it! My goal for the future is to run a half-marathon and eventually a full 🙂
Running my first marathon this year……the day after running the half in Disney.
Greatest achievement so far- running my first marathon at 21, in under 4 hours!
My goal for the future…keep running forever! =D
This past Thanksgiving, I ran my first race ever: an 8K. I fell in love with racing and just signed up for my second race: a half marathon! I’m nervous and excited at the same time. . .it’s a lot of training, but it’ll be SO worth it.
My athletic achievement I am most proud of was a 1:39 half marathon. I totally wasn’t expecting it! My dad was at the finish line in tears he was so happy for me!
Training for my first half marathon and trying to get my baby body back!
My biggest goal thus far was running a sub-4 marathon at the Houston marathon this year… aaaaand I haven’t been able to run since. So now I’m trying to get rid of my injury, back on my feet and on to a sub 3:45 marathon.
My greatest accomplishment was running my first half marathon in 1:54! I worked so hard and ended up surprising myself! 🙂
MY biggest running accomplishment is a tough one to pick out but if i could narrow it down it would have to be making it to xc state championships as a FRESHMAN! and going to the Junior Olympics for track and field, our 4×800 team came in 6th place and we our now nationally ranked as well all American.
My goal is to complete my 1st half marathon in April in OKC. Love reading your blog!!
My goal is to complete the Disney World marathon someday!
I want to run the Vienna, Austria, marathon!