Chicago Run TEAM

In the words of The Four Seasons, oh what a night!  Team LUNA Chix Chicago Run kicked off the 2012 season this Wednesday night with help from some awesome new faces!  About 15 women came out to ring in our new year.  I have to admit that I’ve been spoiled by the amazingly mild winter and spring we’ve had here in Chicago, and it was a little chillier than it has been the past few weeks.  But once we got going, we warmed up pretty nicely!

This season the TLC Chicago Run women are trying something new.  We always hear from coaches, physical therapists, chiropractors, and pretty much anyone else in the business that we runners need to stretch more than we do.  We’ve also increasingly heard in our clinics and from our speakers that a dynamic warmup routine is an easy way to start a run off right.  So why do most fun runs start off with the main course: the run?

Warming up!

This year we want to practice what the professionals preach, which is why we’re beginning our runs with a short dynamic stretching session.  Sure, the moves may look a little silly.  But if you’re going to look silly, why not do it with a group of fantastic women?  This week everyone was a pretty good sport about the stretching.  And the run afterward was fun, as always; it was great getting to know some new women!

Some Chix and participants, mid-run

After the run we stretched, hung out, and snacked on water and LUNA minis before heading down the street for an adult beverage courtesy of Joel at Universal Sole.

Brandy, handing out goodie bags to our new participants!

Thanks a lot to Joel for the celebratory toast and to all the women who came out to start our new season with us!  We look forward to running with you soon.  See you next week!