It's not exactly a secret that I love Skirt Sports. I first fell in love with the Happy Girl (still my favorite of their products), then discovered their Lotta Breeze capri, and then moved on to tights and jackets, and tank tops, oh my. While I don't intentionally wear an item from Skirt Sports every single day, I would say you could find something Skirt Sports on me on most days. (This is my summer collection. I should figure out how many cold weather things I have LOL) I recently tried out one of their new fall products: the Lotta Love top. I am a huge fan of quarter zip tops (I'm actually planning to turn my Marine Corps shirt into one). I have a huge collection of this style of top, as it's my favorite winter running style AND my … [Read more...]
Center of the Nation Series Day 2 – North Dakota
Center of the Nation Series Half Marathon - North Dakota September 15, 2015 2:22:05 Temp: 57+ at the start, warm (82*) and sunny at the end What I wore: hat, tank top, Skirt Sports Gym Girl Ultra(this is an affiliate link), PROCompression socks, and Altra Running One^2 (affiliate link). This course was much better than the previous day's course! It was all on pavement with rolling hills. We did an out and back with half marathoners needing to complete 6 loops. I ran the first two loops with a new friend from the previous night's group dinner. Those two laps FLEW by and then I kept going when she needed to take a pit stop. I quickly hooked up with another runner and continued chatting. Next thing I knew, I was halfway done … [Read more...]
Skirt Sports visit, big sky country, and reader’s choice giveaway
We are here! Today I am running the first of 6 half marathons that are part of the Mainly Marathons' Center of the Nations series, starting in beautiful Baker, Montana. We've had a busy but fun trip so far. We got up at stupid early on Saturday morning and got to the airport by 5:30am. YAWN! We got through security with no issues and took off right on time. I planned to do work on the plane, but we were on the only plane I've been on in a while that did not have internet. What??? Frontier passed up a chance to charge us for one more thing??? Shocking! Oh, well, I enjoyed reading for the whole flight. Funny thing is that I chose to read a book I was previewing for Jones and ended up totally sucked into the story! We ended up … [Read more...]
Five Flat Mamas Friday
With a little bonus Wonder Woman. T-24 hours until it's go time and I have a to do list longer than the astronauts check list. I know I'll have a great time once I'm on vacation, but getting from here to there is a bit daunting. Thankfully, I have a packing list. I created one for my first series, tweaked it for Ragnar and now have it about perfect for these series races. I just copy it into a new file, change the numbers based on races and days gone, and BOOM, I'm ready. Google sheets are my BFF LOL. The only problem is that my list does not tell me which skirt, which shirt, and what the weather is going to be. Get on that, Google. OK? Add in a little Russian roulette going on with Amazon - one set of packages arrived a day late, … [Read more...]
The week I forgot to run
OK, maybe I didn't forget to run. Maybe it was more that life and my body wanted me to taper. Remember last Monday when I ran 9 miles and hit 200 miles for the month of August? Well, as of today, I've run 9.5 miles in September. I do plan to run today and tomorrow is a 16 mile run and Wednesday I will probably run twice, but yeah, last week was a washout when it comes to training. I could give lots of excuses (heat, Beer Geek traveling, busy schedule), but really it boils down to just not feeling the run love. So let's just skip past last week and talk about this coming week. source Here are my goals for the week: Get in my 8 mile run today and my 16 tomorrow and another 6 on Wednesday AKA the first of my 16 mile long … [Read more...]
Thinking Out Loud Thursday: Fall Musings
Finally, September is here. Except it's still summer in all ways that count. My boys are still home from school and the heat is unbearable. I feel like I'm living in the summer that won't quit. And you all know how much I love summer. Or not. I long for jeans and sweaters and dark beers and cool days. I'd like to kick my summer SAD to the curb and get on with my favorite time of the year. I'm thinking out loud about my favorite season and linking up with Amanda over at Running with Spoons. I can't believe the races that I've been waiting to run are just over a week away. After I ran my first Mainly Marathons series in spring of 2013, I targeted Center of the Nation as one I absolutely wanted to do. It's taken two years to get to this … [Read more...]
Summer activities and Runfessions
This has been a fun summer, but it's been a challenging one as well. It was the first time in 7 years that I maintained a training plan over the summer and I can't say that I've loved it. It's had its ups and downs for sure. Today I'm sharing double fives with you today: 5 things I did this summer and 5 runfessions. I'm linking up with Courtney, Mar, Cynthia, and Marcia. This summer we went to Asheville for our family vacation. I really enjoyed the hiking and the breweries, but OMG, the hills nearly killed me on the runs! As per usual, we spent a good chunk of the summer in Wisconsin as well. I always love seeing my parents, eating all of the home grown produce, and taking a few dips in the backyard pool. I may also have enjoyed the … [Read more...]
TOTR: Coralling the girls AKA my favorite sports bra
I'm gonna be honest here - I'm the queen of the cheap sports bra. Most of my bras are the inexpensive ones from Kohl's that just smoosh the girls on down. So, I'm perhaps not the best person to recommend a sports bra. However, since April and Patty suggested that we talk sports bras, I'll talk bras. ;o) I've recently realized that I need to treat the girls a bit better. After all, I'm not a young chic anymore (and am actually turning 45 today!) Thankfully, Skirts Sports has two sports bras that work for me. … [Read more...]
Living the Skirt life
It's not exactly a secret around here that I love Skirt Sports. I've been running in the Happy Girl skirt for years now. In fact, I love them so much that I got chosen to be one of the Skirts Sports Ambassador Captains. But let's get real here - I'd wear their skirts even if I wasn't an ambassador. And I'd try to convert all of you to skirt runners as well, because I happen to think they make some great products. But here's the thing. Even though I spent a lot of time in my Happy Girls pre-run, I very seldom wore them post-run. … [Read more...]
Runner’s World Half and Festival discount + coffee!
Ok, big news around here - I've been invited to the Runner's World Half and Festival in October. The Runner's World Half and Festival has been on my to do list for a while now, but fall is a busy time around here and the date never really worked for me. Apparently procrastinating worked and now I not only get to run, I get to be one of the bloggers attending all the events. One other cool thing about this year is that Runner's World added a trail race on Friday. I'm excited to run all four races: 3.8 mile trail, 5k, 10k, and half marathon. (Add those numbers up and what do you get...?) I'm a teensy tiny bit nervous about it being the weekend before Marine Corps Marathon, but I survived two marathons in two days, I think I can manage it, … [Read more...]
Fun weekend and the training week that wasn’t
It's Monday, so of course, it's time to recap my weekend and last week's training plan. This past weekend was fun, fun, fun. I was the guest instagrammer for the Skirt Sports instagram account and we had a busy weekend planned. … [Read more...]
#31daysofSkirtSports
Today kicks off some fun with Skirt Sports and instagram: 31 days of Skirt Sports Just because I was curious, I pulled out all of my "summer" wear and discovered that I do indeed have 31 items, so theoretically I could wear a different one each day LOL. No, I don't have a problem. Ahem. Join me on instagram for the fun! (And make sure to check out Skirt Sports' account on July 11 when I take it over for a day!) … [Read more...]
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