(3 Things) Egg Hunts, Spartan UP and Nike Women's excitement!

B and I bought our first piece of art this week. Isn't she beautiful? After obsessively talking about the Fabrege Egg Hunt, we saw that our favorite egg was also being sold in smaller form as a painted Ostrich Egg. Seeing as we didn't have thousands of dollars to bid on the original (pictured above), this one works out perfectly! It was a bit of a literal "egg hunt" to find it, though. After Easter, all of the pop up stores all over the city closed. Luckily, we discovered the hidden pop-up headquarters underneath Rockafeller Center (past the Men's Room, incase you too need to find it!) and got to bring our new piece home (shout out to the awesome folks who let us buy even though they had just closed!). I even braved the tourists last Friday to go see all 260 eggs together. Not gonna lie, it was really awesome! Can't wait to see where it goes next year.

 

Congrats to Seth, who won the Spartan Race giveaway earlier this week! I had so much fun spectating, that I'm seriously considering running it next year. When I was doing a little research about the races, I came across Spartan Up, the book written by the founder of Spartan races, Joe De Sena. It debuts in May but they're excepting pre-orders now. Since I expressed interest in reading it, my Spartan friend sent over a 20 page excerpt and I can't wait to read the whole thing! I think it's a perfect motivational kick in the pants to Spartan Up. The promotional video alone makes me want to run out and CONQUER! What exactly? I don't know. . . but that's how awesome it is!

I'm pretty sure I've been driving everyone around me nuts all week, but I can't help it! I'm really excited about my first Nike Women's and that the branding is awesome. But the number one reason why I'm kind of already in love with this race weekend is because I have already bought all the race merch I want and I haven't even stepped foot in an expo. Granted, I'm sure there might be something I will have to have once I get there, but as of right now, I'm content with my purchases and I don't have to be upset when they are sold out in my size because I didn't get to the expo SUPER early or because I'm a slower runner. Other races please take note, this is how you do it! 

Dear Nike Women's, thanks for offering your race merchandise online beforehand (even some finisher's items!) you've made me very happy even if my bank account doesn't agree.

Fitness, Fun, FITBIT event hosted by RadioShack

Last week, I was invited to The Fitness, Fun, FITBIT event hosted by RadioShack, FitBit and Sol Republic headphones. It was located at one of RadioShack's new concept stores (81^st and Broadway). These are new boutique stores they will be rolling out all over the country soon. The new layout is open and bright with lots of interactive areas for costumers to test out all the different technologies. These stores look and feel like a modern technology store should. The quote of the night for the new look was "this is not your dad's Radioshack."

Fitbit had experts on hand to showcase their high-performance wearable devices and products. In case you aren't familiar, Fitbit's tools measure personal metrics including real-time stats that monitor steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, stairs climbed and active minutes throughout the day. It makes it easy to track activity, sync stats, see trends and reach goals. I'm a fan of my FitBit Flex, but have my eye on the (semi) new, Force- it has a screen and it tracks elevation on top of what the Flex tracks. They also mentioned that they will be partnering with Tory Birch for a line of accessories. Can't wait to see what those will look like! 

Sol Republic headphones were also on display. This brand was new to me, so it was fun learning that you can pick and choose the color headbands you want! I got to test the headphones at the display, which is also a new feature for all of the new Radioshack concept stores. Sol Republic introduced us to their new style of in-ear headphones, The Relays. They're specifically made to seamlessly work for everyday and for being active. A pair was graciously given in our gift bags and I've already run in mine. They're really comfortable and the sound quality is amazing. They should be to retailers starting in March if you're interested. 

The event was full of great information and really fun! 
Thanks again for inviting me!

I was not asked to write this, I just wanted to tell yall about the new exciting stuff coming in technology. All opinions are my own.