Took Boost Pre Workout for my run today. Is this bad practice?

I normally stay away from supplements and just rely on nutrition, hydration, and rest. But I happened to get a free pre-work out sample from my boxing club. I normally have only heard people use this in the context of lifting or HIIT, but this brand also suggested it for running so I gave it a try today.

It said to take it 5-10 minutes before, which is weird because everywhere online says 20-30 minutes is the norm. As you can imagine, I'm not in-the-know of this. Anyways, I know it has caffeine. I have a pretty high caffeine tolerance so a relatively small dose from green coffee beans is nothing.

I drank it and was disgusted. It tastes awful. Fake rocket pop flavor that some how tastes even more artificial than a rocket pop. But I was zooming in this run. I felt pretty loose and light and I kept a quick pace the whole time. I ran 13.2 miles and finished about 10 minutes quicker than normal with little fatigue afterwards.

So now here comes my concerns: this could have been a complete placebo effect and I happened to be well fed and well hydrated combined with a day less hot here in socal compared to the rest of the week; or the added forced stimulation risks me not gaining from this run.

Again, I really don't know pre workout or how it works. I know it isn't typically used for running, but this brand happened to suggest it. It could be a situation of corporate not really knowing what athletes need and just trying to sell shit (which is probably the case).

Anyways, what do you all reckon? I only did one scoop and I couldn't finish the whole thing, maybe about 2/3 of it. It tasted so bad.

I probably won't try it again as I'm not really a supplement person.