My First Running Skirt

I finally did it! I bought a running skirt. I have been tossing the idea around for awhile and haven't been able to find anything that was cute and reasonably priced. Just recently I fell in love with this skirt from lululemon which was completely sold out at the store and is now going for around $80 on ebay....as much as I want it I cannot justify spending that much.

Isn't it beautiful??

Instead, I scoured the racks at TJ Maxx and managed to find a cute navy blue running skirt for $12.99. That's more like it!

I took it for its first test drive on Sunday. I left with intentions of running 10 miles, but it was quite hot out. Well....not crazy hot but hot for the girl that only usually runs from January through April! I ended up running only 7 miles and probably wouldn't have even made that far if it wasn't for my friend Maggie who I met 3 miles in. The good news though is that the running skirt is amazing! My shorts always seem to ride up when I am running (darn you thighs!) and I have to tug them down every 5 minutes (or whenever a car is driving by). With the skirt, which has spandex shorts underneath, my legs stay covered even if the underneath shorts ride up a little! Just one less thing to worry about while I am running. Here a couple of pics of my first running skirt! Disclaimer: These are my first attempts at photo taking. I am hoping I will get much better soon or I will have to enlist a photographer :). Also, this is post run so pardon the sweat!

I was pretty skeptical about running skirts at first but now I think I may have to take a trip back to TJ Maxx and sift through the rack to find a few more!!