The Flock

Today was a pretty exciting one in my book. Well it may not seem like a huge deal to some, but let me tell you about why I am so freaking excited. 

Today I joined The Flock. You might be thinking to yourself, "what the hell is Lexi doing joining a bunch of birds?" These birds aren't any kind of birds, people. They're inspirational ones, they're unique ones, and they're fast ones. These birds are the Oiselle Flock. It consists of women like me. Women that want to find a community of other athletes, more specifically runners, who are as passionate as they are.

The Flock isn't insignificant per say, but the Oiselle Elite team has some pretty big names who also happen to be my idols in all sports- Kara Goucher, Lauren Fleshman, and more recently Kate Grace. If you know me you probably know my obsession with Kara Goucher, American marathoner who came up short at the 2012 London Olympics. I first grew a liking to her when she was supposed to speak at an Arizona Girls Sports Expo I attended back in 2007 when running was new to me (she didn't attend but Alicia Shay's talk was just as awesome). So I began to follow Kara. I loved her as a Nike athlete. But when her contract was up with Nike she went to Oiselle. I had known of Oiselle before because of Lauren Fleshman. She's the wife of triathlete Jesse Thomas. I followed Lauren on social media but didn't know a whole lot about Oiselle till Kara joined the team. In short, Oiselle is a running apparel company specifically for women. What woman doesn't like awesome looking clothes that fit her correctly!? But anyways, I was on the company's blog a few months ago and saw a post about The Flock. I got super excited and texted some friends about the prospect of joining the same team as Kara and Lauren. So today I sat on my computer at 10am hitting the refresh page on Oiselle for at least 10 minutes. I was growing concerned because I didn't know if I had been to late to the train and had missed a spot, but turns out, I didn't. I got in. I get to connect with all these inspiring women and I'm so excited. I also get a really awesome Oiselle singlet (I hope to debut it at the Lake Powell Half Marathon a month from tomorrow), a spike bag, and free shipping for a year! I think my most favorite part of the membership, however, is that a portion of my membership fee is going to support the elite athletes of Oiselle. These women inspire me everyday so having the opportunity to help them out a little means a lot. 

With this exciting event expect to see some more Oiselle/triathlon/running things on this blog in the future because yay passions!!!