Work + Lunch
The morning indoor cycling class I taught today went well. It looks like I’m slowly beginning to have some regulars, but there were a few new faces in today’s class, too!
After class, I grabbed a snack and worked at the gym until it was time for me to head home and grab a quick late lunch.
On the menu for today was a spicy kale and black bean soup that I amped up a bit by adding a handful of fresh greens and a dollop of Greek yogurt to the mix before digging in.
I also ate some pumpkin seeds and two clementines on the side because citrus fruits have been rocking my world lately. Love ‘em!
5K Goody Bags
After lunch, I made myself a cup of Celestial Seasonings Caramel Apple Dream tea and got to work stuffing the goody bags I’ll be giving my Girls On Track (the 6 – 8th grade version of Girls On The Run) girls after they complete their practice 5K today!
A week or so ago, I reached out to three of my favorite fitness/outdoor companies to see if they might want to donate some surplus water bottles, hats, socks or something of the sort to our Girls On The Run team and I could not have been more floored when I received incredibly generous donations from Reebok, Columbia and Fabletics!
(And yes, Williams-Sonoma was kind enough to give me 20 bags to use as the goody bags when I popped into the store last night!)
Fabletics sent an entire new running outfit for each girl, including leggings, a long-sleeve top, running hat and no-show socks!
(I was especially excited about the top they sent since I wore the same one I previously bought in blue to Tuesday’s practice and a few girls asked me about it!)
Reebok donated a pretty pink towel and purple water bottle that I know the girls will absolutely adore!
And Columbia was kind enough to send hats, beanies or ear warmers for each girl!
Since I fell in love with their super-warm beanies in Park City earlier this year (the traverse watch beanie is all kinds of fabulous), I was especially thrilled about this thoughtful donation.
I am seriously beyond excited to give the girls their goody bags at today’s practice. I know they will be absolutely floored!!! I really hope they love everything.
Now it’s time to head out! Our Girls On The Run practice 5K is about to be underway!
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Just thought it was so awesome for all those companies to donate such great stuff for your girls!
That’s SO awesome! What great motivation and an awesome organization!!! PS. GREAT goody bag 🙂
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You have outdone yourself. What awesome donors! These girls are going to be over the moon excited 🙂
What great donations! The girls are going to love them. Those are all great things for runners during the holidays.
What lucky girls! Those are amazing goody bags!!!
They might be a little confused when they see the William Sonoma bag, but such awesome gifts you have for them inside (I’m jealous!) PS definitely share a recap of the 5K- Girls on the Run is a program I’ve been thinking about getting involved with and I’d love to hear more about your experience!
I definitely will!! The main race is on Dec. 13 and I’m planning to write a big comprehensive post about the whole experience after the season wraps up! I have LOVED it so much and cannot recommend coaching enough.
I think that would be such a fun job… to be the person in charge of picking stuff to send out for things like this. Like, going through your inventory and thinking “Oh, they’d really like this!” and into the box it goes!
Me too!!!
How incredibly generous of them!! I love it!!
Whoa!!! That is beyond awesome!!! Can’t wait to hear about the reaction from the girls. What a fun, thoughtful coach you are and that was genius to reach out to those companies. So generous!
I wish I was on your track team lol
Way to go to those companies for supporting your girls! Makes me want to shop more with them (although I’m already a Columbia lover
🙂 ).
This is so awesome! I am trying to get involved with GOTR here in Pittsburgh for the spring season. Julie, are you working as the head coach of a team? Do you have assistant coaches? I’m looking forward to this recap post as well!
Yes, I am the head coach, but I am working with two other awesome coaches who are basically “head” coaches as well — we all share responsibility and will each lead lessons. It has been a truly awesome experience and I’ll definitely share more!
Wow, that’s so generous!! What a great goody bag and idea!
Wow! Talk about generous! SO NICE of those companies, especially Fabletics!
I can’t get over how generous those companies were! What an incredible addition to your girls’ experience. I would love to volunteer with something like Girls on the Run; however, I’m not much of a runner. I wonder if there are other fitness-based orgs that help young girls?
you really don’t have to be a runner! during our training there were actually three coaches who NEVER run that are leading a group! 🙂
That’s amazing! What a treat for them. I have been toying with the idea of coaching as well since I know someone else who has been doing it for some time and seems to really enjoy it. Looking forward to your review!
Crazy jealous of those gift bags!
I am training right now to be a GOTR coach. So excited to work through this awesome curriculum with some amazing girls.
Awesome donations! These goodie bags are going to go down well, I can tell!
And super motivation to keep up the running too.
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What an incredible goody bag! And an entire outfit from fabletics?! That’s awesome that your partners were willing to be so generous and I’m sure the girls were blown away.
wow, you have some amazing sponsors! Those girls are VERY lucky!!
-AJ
Julie it is so great that you have such amazing sponsors. You are very fortunate for the connections you have and I love to see how you like to pass it on to others. 🙂
Those are amazing goody bags! Thanks for all you do Julie!