Hello from O’Hare! I was supposed to be most of the way to Roanoke, VA right now to run The Blue Ridge Mountains Half Marathon (+ the last 6 of the full with Alexis in her first marathon.) Hopefully, I’ll get there tonight. In the meantime, I have some time write this post. So that’s good – right?
5 Things I’m Loving Lately
Picking favorites from my Expo West haul. Two of my absolute faves are OBA snacks (check out my giveaway) and Sound sparkling water with tea and botanicals. I’ll have a review of the latter soon, but in the mean time, get 20% off online with code ERICAAGRAN.)
Meeting up with friends to run and supporting Alexis in her first marathon. Last summer at Flex and Flow summer camp, one of the sponsors was Visit VBR. They invited us to come back for the Blue Ridge Marathon and are even hosting us. I feel like kind of a big deal. Jamie is doing the double marathon (yup 2 times starting in the middle of the night!), Aaron and Alexis are doing the full, Lauren, Jackie and I are doing the half marathon and Tikima and Natali are doing the 10K. We’re excited and feel like a pretty big deal!
Arc’teryx Run Club. This month, I’m leading a weekly run club with Holly at Arc’teryx Chicago on Wednesday nights. We had a great turn out both weeks so far. Despite massive rain storms, we had about 20 people last night. Success and so much fun! I’m also loving this spring’s run collection. The tanks and t’s are super light and breathable. (See new run ss below!)
Spring time weather. And by spring time , I mean Chicago style “spring.” That means it’s in the 60’s and 70’s for a hot second and you have to stay outside to enjoy it before the cold snap or wacky storms roll in. The weather on Sunday for the Lakefront 10 was ideal. I had an unexpectedly awesome run and was captured smiling throughout.
Run tours are picking up! I had the opportunity to lead three morning 5K tours this week in conjunction with a company meeting. It was so much fun running in the Loop, River North and the lakefront with folks. Our groups were small but everyone loved the opportunity to see and learn about the city while working out. I was definitely energized about it!
And a few that I’m not…
They changed the date of the Mountains2Beach Marathon. Due to police staffing shortages in Ventura, the Mountains2Beach marathon did not get permits for Memorial Day weekend so they had to move the race to June 5th. It’s better than cancelling but all of the hotels are full that weekend for weddings. I rescheduled my trip and then decided to defer the race to next year and head up to Grandma’s Marathon with Jen instead.
My flight to Roanoke keeps getting pushed back. Now we’re 2 hours + delayed. They had us deplane which is nice so we can use the bathroom and stuff. I really hope that we get out tonight. [Made it 3 hours late – womp womp.]
There are other things of more import that I’m not loving lately, but those big world/life issues are too big to cover here today. What are you loving/not loving at the moment? Please share it in the comments.
I’m linking up with Darlene, Michelle, Renee, Jenn and Zenaida, for Fit Five Friday. Join us!
Have a great weekend!