Skirt Culture

I bet every mom can relate to me! I had plans to head to Tempe this weekend for our SkirtChaser 5k www.SkirtChaser5k.com but put off buying the plane tickets. I had to make sure my kids were not sick, how could I leave them for a long weekend if they were? The past 4 weeks have been filled with many sleepless nights, only leaving the house for trips to the doctor and pharmacy. All four of my kids had strep throat at the same time, 2 of them also got ear infections and the other 2 had pink eye. What would I do without my kids!?! They also diagnosed me with walking pneumonia and it was hard for me to exert much energy. I was going crazy and really needed to get away. My life in '08 had consisted of cold Chicago winter weather, being stuck in the house with sick kids and not being able to go to the health club. But I just couldn't do it! How could I leave my kids knowing that they didn't feel good? I am a mom first and foremost! I am just so disappointed that I had to miss such an amazing opportunity as being involved with the 5k! I am looking forward to getting to Raleigh and then making the Chicago race the best one yet!!! I finally did get in my first run of the year outside today wearing my toughgirl skirt and baselayer top. I just couldn't wear my new gymgirl ultra and 9 to 5 hoodie as it was still a tad bit too chilly (I am a wimp). The outfit was perfect for our weather which was finally in the 40s :) And I ran 30 minutes so I felt like I had in fact done the 5k anyway.

Secondly, even though I am done having my babies, I know there are many moms-to-be out there wanting some maternity SkirtSports apparel. As my youngest is now 16 months old I have gone from a size medium to xxl and now back down to a medium with my pregnancy and post baby. I would love to hear from you on what your favorite necessities would be from skirts to tops to bras. Email me directly at green@skirtsports.com with your comments. I have already received some pregnancy and nursing suggestions, but we want more. We realize that us mommies need to stay in shape during pregnancy as well as after having those little bundles of joy! Like I said at the beginning, where would I be without my kids? I guess in I would have been in Tempe!

Can't wait for the next race!!!

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In addition to being Nic's sister, Michele Green also provides fantastic customer service for SkirtSports.

Picture this. It's 2:15 am on a snowy Colorado weeknight. There is an unidentifiable figure in a black car zipping and swerving down mountain roads with windows down and base turned to the max to R.Kelly's "I'm a Flirt." Seeing and hearing this fast Subaru wiz by him, and catching the radar gun with a solid 68 in a 45, Officer Jim Folter's heart raced, as he knew it was his duty to pull over this absolute maniac or, even worse, crazy drunk.

The stop was easy, Officer Folter flashed his lights and the car immediately pulled over. But to his surprise, it wasn't a maniac or a drunk, or at least by his standards. He flashed his lights into the car to see a smiling athletic blonde in a Yellow RollerGirl and tight-fitting Base Layer with Snowflakes, complete with hot pink DeFeet knee warmers tucked into UGGs. What a surprise, he said outloud, not knowing that his thoughts didn't stay inside his head.

Officer Folter then asked the blonde for her ID, registration, and insurance. The blonde stumbled for a bit, came up with an ID, expired, and neither registration nor proof of insurance. "Where are you coming from?" he asked. Work, well, more like play. I work at SkirtSports. Have you been drinking? Nope... Oh boy, said Officer Folter, and returned to his car to process the site.

To the blonde in the Yellow RollerGirl's surprise, Officer Folter returned to the car with a card in his hand. But I never get tickets, thought the blonde. He then said, "I've written the following: running a red light, speeding excessively, noise pollution, failure to have registration and insurance, and expired license. I've written it on the back of my business card so you can call me and I can take you out to dinner. Drive safely home."

The lesson Officer Folter taught me tonight – I'll never speed again without my Yellow RollerGirl.

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Meg Gill is the Marketing Manager for SkirtSports

Odi et Amo. From the ancient Roman Catullus' famous poem about a passionate love affair he was having with the senator Cladius' wife, "I hate and I love."

Odi et Amo Las Vegas. I hate and I love Las Vegas. Which emotion is stronger, I don't know.

I've only ever been to Vegas on business, but as I'm sure you can all tell, SkirtSports isn't exactly "work." It's a lifestyle, and as a marketer of Skirt, it's my job to travel the country doing events (now primarily the SkirtChaser Race Series – www.skirtchaser5k.com), trade shows, media visits, and finding companies with parallel missions and cultures to become corporate sponsors; all of this in the name of the Skirt vision – fun and fitness, look good and feel good, run hard and play hard.

Thus, I am sent to Vegas often, as it is a Mecca of trade shows, events, and Skirt-worthy companies. Every time I arrive, I'm overcome with a feeling of badass Skirt. I'm ready to take over the world, via SkirtSports, and nothing can stop me. Usually, my meetings on the first day in Vegas are by far my most effective. I'm high on life, high on Vegas. That first night, I'll do the standard $100 withdraw from the ATM for blackjack, either double and cash out, or lose it all. Oh the life of extremity, oh Vegas, I love you.

Then comes the walk after being out with clients that takes 8 miles to get from the lobby to your room in a Vegas worthy brainwashing attempt to get every person who walks in the door to be physically and mentally incapable of trekking all the way to their room without taking a break at one of the slots. Then comes the constant smoke clouds. Then the shin splints from attempting to run on the strip. Then the lack of sleep. Then the lack of finding a pool not in the shape of a figure 8. Oh Vegas, I hate you.

Catullus was right, and so was Hunter Thompson, sitting there in the Tropicana and basking in Vegas extremity – "we're going to need golf shoes to get out of this muck." Every time I leave, I vow to never return, and every time I'm on my way back, I'm ready to conquer the world again in Vegas.

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Meg Gill is the Marketing Manager for SkirtSports