Memories of Mid Mountain.Dreams of Sweet and Savories.

A couple years ago, I decided to run the Mid Mountain Marathon on a night's notice. I had done Ironman just a month and a half before, and even though I'd smashed my face and had it pieced back together with a bin full of titanium plates and screws since the race, I figured I still had enough fitness in me to pull off a pretty decent 26.2 on the trails. And I did. For the most part. For all but the last six grueling, body-jarring, knee-spraining, back-cramping, physically debilitating and mentally crippling miles from the highest point on the course down, down, down, down, down to the finish at The Canyons Resort.

It hurt bad. It knocked me stiff.

Since I had gone up to race by myself and didn't know anybody else there, I sprawled out on the damp grass by the finish alone with two stacked paper plates of food in front of me, and settled in, like a displaced couch potato, to watch the other racers hobble in. This was going to make me feel better.

That's when I met ProBar. After a stack of post-race pizza, I went for dessert. An Apple Cinnamon Crunch ProBar. It was so damn good I took my eyes off the game for a minute to read the label. Lots of good carbs and protein, and all organic, unprocessed food! (Not that that did much good after the pizza, but I was still impressed.)

ProBar and I have been buds ever since. I've always loved the Koka Mokas best, and until recently they were my go-to bar. Until recently, that is, because I just found out that ProBar is introducing five new flavors to their line-up: The Sweet & Savory Bars.

Sesame Goji
Maple Pecan
Kettle Corn
Cherry Pretzel
Cocoa Pistachio
The Sweet & Savories are a complex blend of flavors. Better than a complex blend of emotions (crying when you're happy; smiling when it hurts) because they're just food. Just really tasty, good-for-you food.

I'd eat these bars daily if it weren't for the whopping portions of fat in each serving. Twenty five grams in the Cocoa Pistachio! Are you kidding me? I would argue that there doesn't need to be so much fat, even if, as ProBar claims, their fat is good fat. I mean really, I don't need 1/3 of my daily allowance to come from one bar. At least on days that aren't high-intensity or high endurance training days.

Luckily for me, I'm training for Ironman. And, most days, I'm going to eat whatever the hell I want.

So, pass me a Cocoa Pistachio, please.