Finding the Strength In Myself with Soffe!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Soffe for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

As many of you know, I’m not a big runner.

I grew up playing soccer from the age of 5, then played on the same competitive club team for over 5 years until I graduated high school. For me, the team aspect and feeling the togetherness that comes with being part of something greater and stronger than just myself played a huge role in making me fall in love with the sport. Once I moved away to college, though, my workouts started to revolve around solitary trips to the gym and sweating and being active became more of a chore and less of something that I absolutely loved to do. Then, just about a month ago, a group of my housemates and I made exciting (albeit a bit scary!) plans to sign up for a half marathon to run together. We started pairing up for runs and BOOM. It hit me. I fell head-over-heels in love with running. Something that used to be so tedious and painful for me transformed into a new form of connecting with my body by simply experiencing it with some of my closest friends. Counting the miles turned into lots of laughs and the miles started to fly by. I can still remember the exhilarating feeling that I had when I went running with my roommate, Abbi. We were only planning on doing four miles, but ended up pushing our limits and reaching six (and sprinting at the end). That was the farthest distance I had ever run at the time and once we reached the six mile mark, we were all smiles and hugs and I felt an overwhelming amount of joy in my heart. I was part of a team again and it felt simply magical to experience that running milestone with someone I’ve grown close to.

I know that was a bit of a rambling story, but I want to lead into a new product discovery that emphasizes the importance of the team mentality and focuses on bringing young women together to stay active and realize that the strength is in us to empower our bodies and reach new personal fitness goals. When I was contacted about Soffe‘s new campaign titled “Strength Is In Us”, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. A few weeks ago, I received a package in the mail containing an amazing pair of performance leggings and a gorgeous blue dry-fit top. And yes, and couldn’t help but squeal when I opened up my mail and saw how cute the apparel was! I changed into them a second later and was amazed by the quality and comfortable fit. I’m usually a little weary about trying on new pants/ since I’ve always been a bit self-conscious about how my muscular legs look in them, but I fell in love with how flattering the pants were and how well they hugged my body. I took them out for a quick run with my friend Taylor and found that, unlike a lot of other fitness apparel, they didn’t ride up/fall down and I didn’t have to concentrate on my clothes staying put. Instead, I could focus on having a wonderful ocean-sidejog! Talk about literally the perfect fit!

I would highly recommend Soffe athletic wear for anyone looking for comfortable, flattering, and affordable gear that will help you reach your fitness goals (and look darn cute doing it!)

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