sizes 2-10, $88 and made of Vitasea. I was incorrect in my post yesterday stating it was made of tencil. Unless maybe it’s a tencil blend with Vitasea. I’m loving the use of Vitasea lately, I know I keep repeating myself but I feel if I keep saying that it will stick around. I just find it a lot more durable then the regular Pima and it has a softer silkier texture. Vitasea is the cats ass in my books.
The Lululemon Lab has started a new blog with some great photography showcasing the designs. I’m really looking forward to reading up about the inspirations behind the collections and the artists behind them. Fashion seems so much more interesting to me when you get the whole story behind certain items and seeing it in a blog format with great photography is like opening up a crisp new edition to Vogue Magazine.
Reverse Wrap ($98)
Gorgeous!!! I so badly want this but can’t make it down today.
This Get Up And Go Jacket retails for $128 and if it’s anything like the Hustle Jacket that’s well worth the price. It looks like Grapeseed Seabed Print with lots of ruching detail and reflective stripping at the zipper and running luon cuffins.
5 days and 22 hours to go for the BMO Vancouver Marathon. Taper week is messing with my head. Big time. I had a most splendidly horrible run on Saturday where I set out to do a final long run of 8 miles. My longest run to date was a 12 mile run last week and it went very well and made me feel like this half marathon is no sweat.
Well my run on Saturday was a struggle to do 4 miles and at just under 5 miles I had to stop and I walked home for 3 miles. I chose to walk 3 miles and take much longer to get home then if I’d just run it. I had a few things working against me that day. 1. the temperature jumped 3* and it was the warmest day of the year so I was overheated wearing my tank top and I had not adjusted to running in that temp. I had hydrated before and during but I still think I was a bit dehydrated considering I was sweating a lot more then usual. 2. I was wearing brand new runners. I got them for my birthday and I figured they were the same shoes I already own so it would be a seamless transition. Apparently my feet like my very worn out sneakers better so I will be running my marathon in the shoes I trained in. 3. Taper week was playing tricks with my confidence. I kept thinking ‘what the hell am I doing running a half marathon???? who told you you could do this??? I can’t run a half marathon!!! that was my mantra the entire time. I was literally entertaining the thought ‘what if I can’t do this’ and I was hoping I would get minorly hit by a car on my run so I would have an excuse not to go and embarrass myself with my Rain Man shuffle. I was just hoping a car would slowly back into me enough to slightly injure me but not cause me to have to go to the hospital. when I got home I had a long bath and I cried in the tub over my all of a sudden lost super powers of running.
The next day I had new resolve to try again for a distance longer then 4 miles. The goal was 8 miles but I figured since it was my taper week anything over 4 would be fine. I set out again in my old runners, my Hustle Jacket and my music and I ran in my favourite weather which is cool and rainy. I like that when it’s rainy I have the streets to myself but yesterday the streets were especially empty due to the Canucks game. When I felt like quitting I just sang along to my music instead and there was nobody there to witness that insanity. Also, it helped that at mile 4 I ran past an idling car which was being Hotboxed just in time for the driver to open the window. That totally mellowed me out so I switched my ipod over to Snoop Dogg and I managed to do 7 miles and get home in time to watch the epic fail of the Canucks game. Drop it like it’s hot, yo. I’m pretty happy with those 7 miles though, they rebuilt my confidence and now I can take the rest of the week really easy with maybe a 3 mile run on Tuesday or Wednesday and then rest until race day. I plan on hydrating this week more then I usually do and also eating some extra complex carbohydrates as well as my Whey Protein Smoothies to help in muscle repair. I have no idea if these things will make a difference come race day but I feel the need to have a ritual this week and take extra good care of my body which I plan on taxing the hell out of come Sunday.
I’ll have a few more BMO Half Marathon posts this week as I prepare for the big day and then I’ll be sure to post after the race and tell you all about it.
What does your week before the race look like??
driven on Friday with my husband to scope out all the hills
Your Best Breath Wrap
Word on the street is that this is not a knitted wrap (bambo/rayon/cashmere blend) like the Mudras Wrap and not quite Pima {It’s Tencil!} but something like a silky, thinner version of Pima Cotton. Retails for $88 and the front panels of fabric are not long enough to wrap around like the Oasis Wrap.
Embrace Crop
This looks like luxtreme to me so I’m hoping it’s a new running crop. Although after getting the Mind over Matter Crops if I were to get another pair of luxtreme tights for running I’d want them to be knee length or shorter. I do like the detailing on these though.
Salutation Crop
I was originally really crazy about the Pure Focus Tank in Grapeseed when I first saw pictures of it but when I purchased it in store I had second thoughts and felt a little meh! about it and just felt like I loved my black one way more, so it sat in a bag by my front door while I decided if I was going to keep it or not and today low and behold I have fallen in love with it after seeing a few more pictures online of people wearing it. Don’t ask my why, I really don’t know why the change of heart so suddenly other then it’s bright and sunny today and I felt like I wanted to wear a pretty purpley feminine top like everyone else in the pictures I’ve seen of it. So I’m keeping it 🙂
The Luon Headband Light Grey Pique
I hadn’t planned on getting another headband since I mostly use my Brisk Earwarmers as headbands when I run (I like that it holds all of my hair back and keeps the sweat well back) but when I saw this Light Grey Pique Luon Headband I had to have it. It was a total impulse purchase but I think this must be the prettiest most versatile headband I have now and I plan on wearing it to my BMO Vancouver Half Marathon next week. If I see a Tango Red Cool Racerback Tank in store in the meantime I may grab that to wear on the big day. I haven’t totally settled on a top but it will either be something Tango Red or the Energy SL I wrote about last week.
Over on the Lululemon Addict Blog is an interesting post highlighting some of the customer comments regarding the Lululemon shipping hiccup that has occurred with the launch of the new lululemon e-commerce site on April 15th.
Lululemon has come thru and responded to your customer feedback with an email explaining the situation and a token of good will to the affected customers.
Thank you for your patience during our ecommerce transition. We have been working through some shipping issues from orders placed last Friday and Saturday and sincerely apologize for any confusion or delays that these may have caused. We installed 4 new FedEx stations in our warehouse, and each of these stations started processing at the same tracking number which led to the duplication of tracking numbers and confusion. We can assure you that this has been fixed, and we are working quickly towards a seamless operation and are feeling very confident about on our new operating platform.
We are partnering closely with FedEx to get your product to you as quickly as possible. Our guests are the heart of our business, and to thank you for your loyalty and understanding, we will be sending you a $20 gift card and a complimentary upgrade to expedited shipping when placing your next order. We will send out your gift card next week as well as instructions on how to redeem your complimentary shipping upgrade. In the interim, should you have any questions at all, please call our guest education centre at1.877.263.9300 extension 1.
Thank you for your trust and confidence as we work through these growing pains.
Love from,
Your lululemon athletica team
This is all I have on these pants so far but I’ll post when I or read more.
This came from an Australian product alert. It also say the Scuba will be coming in Surge Blue and Thoothpaste.
Citron and Black Citron Tinted Canvas Print items have been uploaded today along with the much anticipated Tango Red Scuba Hoodie that was missing from yesterdays Tango Red Upload.
One thing I noticed about the Scuba Hoodie uploaded today is the contrast logo on it is White and all of the product alerts I’ve seen of the Tango Red Scuba have been Coal. Is this a second Tango Red Scuba Hoodie? Possibly this one has a plastic zipper?? The Coal contrasted version has a yucky metal zipper.
