Good Karma - that’s all I can say.
Here at Wicked Fast, we don’t “do” sponsorships (in the traditional sense anyway) and we don’t “do” advertising (again, not as you might traditionally think of “advertising” - more on that in a future blog) - BUT, we DO SUPPORT a wide range of endurance athletes and endurance events around the country and around the world. We often send product samples (to use as podium and raffle prizes) and swag (like our great clothing, water bottles, and gear bags) to events (triathlons, ultra runs, etc) because we feel this is a great way to give something back to the sports that we’ve been doing for so many years.
We also have a limited number of athletes that we “support” in various ways. We don’t do this as “sponsorships” per se, but do it more because we just LIKE these particular athletes and they like US and our products. Typically, these have been long-time users of Recover-Ease and Energ-Ease (www.wickedfastsportsnutrition.com). We sometimes will send “extra” (free) bottles of product with their orders - and sometimes we’ll send “extra” (free) product when they’re attempting a “big” event (like back to back to back ultras or huge speed attempts or other such craziness)...
We feel like helping out a few of these great folks ends up helping us in the end anyway (that’s the part about “good karma”) because these athletes have amazing performances and they talk about our amazing products to their training buddies. We could not ask for more than to be associated with “good karma” folks - that’s a big part of why we started Wicked Fast in the first place.
Here is a recent note from one of our “Friends of Wicked Fast’ - and amazing ultrarunner (and person), Michel Barton. Last year, Michelle won just about every ultra in California - setting course records in most of them - and chatting up her buds about how Recover-Eae was helping her to bounce back faster from her nutso training and racing schedule. We met Michelle thru a mutual friend and fell in love with her contagious enthusiasm for life (one of those “good karma” folks). Here is one of her recent notes:
Dear Julie and Shawn,
Thank you soooo much for the restocking of Recover-EASE!!
I have good news, I won the Leona Divide 50 miler and broke the course record!!!
I was 1st woman and 4th overall in 7:19:04.
I seriously could not do this without your support and your amazing incredible product!!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
You are so wonderful, I appreciate all that you have done for me!!
I will send you some photos from the race!!!
Have a great day!!
Best always, Michelle
That’s all for now - you (and we) need to get out there for our morning workouts - thanks for reading...
Shawn
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Shawn M. Talbott, Ph.D., FACSM, CNS, LDN
CEO (Chief Endurance Officer)
Wicked Fast Sports Nutrition
www.wickedfastsportsnutrition.com
801-576-0788
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