Category — Clothes

1. I’m officially a crazy person, but not the only one: I went running outside Tuesday and Wednesday evening. It was hot. Even too hot for me and after Wednesday’s run I decided I was crazy. That said there were other runners out, so at least I have company in my craziness

2. The running skort I wore on Tuesday night is the devil. I’ve only worn it a couple of times before and thought it was o.k. I was wrong. This piece of clothing has chafed the hell out of my inner thighs.

3. Running earlier in the day may be the best solution. Just came back from doing my long run of the week and was a much more pleasant run.

4. I’m officially in love with this new top I bought – not too sure about the colour. Thanks to The Little Honey Bee for helping me discover this!

5. I much prefer Hollywood gelato over Il Gelatiere.

6. Born to Run is a good read. I highly recommend it. It definitely makes you think about your own running technique. One of the best parts of this book, though, was this part:

“Forget yoga. Every runner I know who does yoga gets hurt.”

What do you think?

Source: Lululemon addict

For some reason I love to buy new “race clothing” for any race that I do. This is not a smart decision on my part (I’m sure my friend Run Shorts has a blog post on why you should always wear race clothes you have run in before), but I just can’t help myself. Going to a race is kind of like the first day of school for me. I want to wear something new!

So, what was the race outfit at this weekend’s half marathon & how did it hold up?

• Lululemon tracker skirt (new piece of clothing)
• Shock Absorber bra (previously owned)
• Lululemon’s  Cool Racerback Tank (new piece of clothing)
• Nike Lunar Glides (previously owned but never run long distances in)
• Unknown brand of socks (previously owned but never wore running)

The best part of my outfit hands down was the Shock Absorber bra. No chafing whatsoever and it provided support throughout the entire race.

Worst part was the shoes/unknown brand of socks. This shoe does not work for me for long distances (over 10km). Some people I know love these shoes but they just didn’t feel supportive enough for me. The socks I chose to wear didn’t help as well as they kept slipping below my ankle..bad choice on my part.

As for the Lululemon pieces of clothing I wore they were great and a close runner up to the bra. As someone who wears Lululemon quite a bit I kind of knew what to expect and wasn’t surprised that the clothes were comfortable to run in. Only issue I had was with the built in shorts that were a part of the skort – there was the potential to chafe there, but thankfully I was wearing some Body Glide. The clothes also held up during the torrential downpour we experienced mid-way through the half marathon.

Does anyone else out there buy new race clothes or am I the only crazy one?!

Credit: Lululemon @Flickr

Throughout the month of January I followed the adventures of someone who challenged herself to wear only two pairs of pants for the whole month. The whole idea around this challenge was to dress for your workout and your day in basically the same clothing…or maybe it was something to do with being more environmentally conscious with your clothing habits. Whatever the purpose it was a cool idea and I did check in to see how she was doing each day. However, I think I was more intrigued by the following:

Both pairs of pants that she had to live in for an entire month were skin-tight legging type material and one was a crop pant. How was she going to be able to come up with multiple outfits that revolved around this look? She definitely pulled it off and by the end of the month I had convinced myself that I too needed a pair of wunder under crops for my workouts. 

Slight problem, though.

I have hips and am not 6 feet tall. Could I really pull off this cropped, skin-tight legging look for my workouts? Doubtful. 

But a girl can dream and maybe there is a pair of skin-tight workout crops that could work for me. 

PS: I’m not delusional enough to think I could actually wear these for a full day outing…only for exercise.

Loved wearing my latest Lululemon piece on this morning’s run. I saw it last week on another runner and knew I had to have it (she has the lilac). After finishing yesterday’s 5km race my very sweet boyfriend bought it for me. I’m feeling that this is going to be the perfect transition piece for Toronto’s weather – is thick enough to keep warm without having to put on another layer, has a hoodie, built in mittens and a very cute pattern on the back. I got the grey coloured one.

I was torn between this piece and a few others, but decided this one was the most practical for the coming winter months. That said maybe Santa will bring me this.

Credit: Zazzle tshirt

This weekend one of Toronto’s biggest running events will take place – the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront. This marathon is marketed as “Canada’s #1 big city marathon”. I have no clue how many people in total will be running, but I know that it will be busy. I also know that it will be a great weekend for picking up all sorts of goodies.

Even if you aren’t a runner head down to the expo and stock up on all sorts of goodies. There are usually some great deals to be had on shoes and clothing! You will also be able to pick up some samples of products like Clif bars and all sorts of sports nutrition type thing!

There will also be some fun exhibitors there and you may be able to pick up some Christmas stocking stuffers! Never too early to start! Last year I picked up some pairs of Dirty Girl undies which have some great slogans on them and are super comfortable! Perfect gifts for any runner in your life!

PS: If you have some time come cheer some of us runners on! I’ll be running the half marathon!