You can't eat it or travel to it... but it does make exploring the outdoors a bit better!

A little over a month ago I was asked if I would test out calf sleeves with reflective strips on them for Tagline Sports (their facebook page).  I figured why not, I love to run, cycle, hike, and mountain bike and I do a lot of these things during dawn or dusk but I was skeptical.  Seriously, would some compression sleeves on my calves really help how tight my calves always get?  I stretch and do yoga after every run, hike, mountain bike trip, hike, and cycling trip and my calves always get tight and a little uncomfortable.  At least I would have something else reflective on me though, right?

Well let's fast forward a month and I'm in love with these things, in LOVE! When I first got them I noticed how soft they were and the fact that they were fitted but didn't feel very tight.  I started by wearing them after my short runs for 30-60 minutes and noticed that my calves weren't feeling tight the day after my run. Also, I didn't need to stop and stretch my calves out a half mile into my run like normal. OMG, am I going to be able to build my mileage without my calves being an issue this time?

I even started wearing them after I went bike riding or hiking because they really were helping my calves.  I noticed my recovery time (for my calves anyways) decreased.  Why had I been a non-believer for so long?  When Kai, Kona, and I went on a 17.5 mile hike recently I had my calve sleeves with me and put them on as soon as we got to the car.  The next day, calves felt great, my hamstrings and quads were a different story.
While I don't think the reflective strip is enough to wear nothing else reflective I like the added detail.  I feel like it's something else to help a driver see you, keeps you a little safer.  I plan on wearing them on my long runs, multi-day hikes, and multi-day bike rides once the temps drop a bit (I get way too hot already) and will keep wearing them for recovery after my runs, hikes, and rides.  Looks like I will be visiting Tagline Sports to order some custom order calf sleeves as soon as their Amazon store launches!