Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a great week! Today kicks off an especially busy weekend for me. I have a 5k race Friday evening, the NorthFace Endurance Marathon Relay Saturday morning and Saturday is also K’s birthday (and the anniversary of our first date). Whew! It’s going to be jam packed! The theme this week is Five Brands to Love. Per usual, I’m linking up with my girls Cynthia and Mar for the #Friday Five. You can read our linkup rules here. Please note that if you don’t play nicely, we will delete your link note: this post contains affiliate links.
- Garmin. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen that I’m kind of obsessed with my new Garmin watch. I upgraded to the Forerunner 220 and I love it. My most favorite thing? It syncs up wirelessly so I don’t have to plug it in to get my runs on Strava. Love that so much! I also love that it takes no time to get a signal. Literally. Sometimes I get a signal when I’m still getting ready to run in my bathroom. And yes, my bathroom has a window, but still. It is just so much better than my old Garmin. Love love love.
- Oiselle. Well this shouldn’t be a surprise. I love their clothes but more than that, I love their philosophy about running and women. I’ve met the best group of women through being a part of the Oiselle team and developed relationships I’ll cherish forever. I am on the Oiselle team but have never been asked to blog about the brand. I wear the clothes and pump Oiselle because they are fantastic.
- Kimpton hotels. My favorite hotel brand by far. I love how Kimpton’s are unique, comfortable and the staff is superb. Kimpton does an excellent job of building customer loyalty and I’m always impressed by their team. Plus, they are super dog friendly and that’s a definite plus in my book.
- Miss Jessie’s. This is my new favorite brand of hair products and if you have curly hair it is a must try! So fair I’ve just tried the Curly Pudding and I’m obsessed. It helps define my curls and smells amazing!
- Zensah. Ah. My glorious calf sleeves. I love this brand because they have an excellent product and their customer service is second to none. I am on the Zensah team but have never been asked to write about them – I’m just really obsessed with my Zensah sleeves.
What brands are you loving right now? Share!!
I love my Garmin 220 too. It totally rocks my world!
No surprise here, but I also love Oiselle! I am thrilled that I have formed so many new friendships since joining the Flock. It really is a sisterhood of sport.
Other favorites: Nuun (not just because I’m on their team–I just really, really love their product!), J.Crew (the preppy in me will never die), and Warby Parker. I am also a fan of Kimpton hotels–we recently stayed at the Palomar in Philadelphia and really enjoyed it.
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Oh I love your whole list. I need to head to J Crew and get some new 3/4 length cardigans. And I love Warby Parker – my current glasses are from their shop!
My Garmin is starting to slow down getting it’s signal. I need to delete my runs off of it. It’s the most basic watch so it doesn’t have a lot of storage.
Have fun at your 5K and North Face Marathon Relay this weekend! I’m looking forward to reading your marathon recap.
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Except for Garmin, the other brands are not available in France. Will keep my eye out when I am in the US ! Have a great weekend.
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Love the list! It was so hard selecting just 5 5 😉
Happy date anniversary!
Good luck this weekend!
LOVE my Garmin. I have had it for five years and it has even been fixed by Garmin twice and it keeps on ticking (knock on wood!)
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I’ll my sister know that you love your 220. Her Garmin recently broke an she is looking to upgrade! Have fun this weekend racing an celebrating!
I love it so much – a big improvement over the 10!
The anniversary of our first date was last night. 🙂 April must be a good month to find a mate!
This will probably come as a shock but I haven’t tried Oiselle clothes! I hear the best things so I feel like I should remedy that.
My Garmin is probably my most important piece of running gear other than my trusty New Balance.
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Oh really? That’s so awesome! And yes, definitely give Oiselle a try!!
I just bought and wore my first Oiselle tank. I adore it! It’s amazingly soft and super flattering. I have another to wear in my race this weekend! I can’t wait!
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Woohoo – which tank??
I love Kimpton Hotels, too! They are usually such cool buildings and I love the animal print bathrobes! I also love Garmin – I have a running watch and a bike computer. Thanks for sharing
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A new Garmin is definitely on my wish list, I have the forerunner 10 and am due for an upgrade. I love Zensah’s calf sleeves too!
Try the 220 – I love it!!!
Funny, the thing I like least about my Garmin 10 is it’s lack of a bluetooth synch. At least the vivosmart is smarter. 😉
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I love my Garmin! Prior to receiving it at Christmas, I can’t believe I went so long just relying on RunKeeper.
Sounds like you have a fun weekend ahead! Happy birthday to K, and happy first date anniversary!
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Zensah made my list of favorites too! Couldn’t imagine long run recovery without them! Have a great weekend!
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Garmin – yes! Absolutely love this brand. I have the 110 and my sister has the 220. I love my 110 but having a wireless sync would be awesome. I’m considering the 220 for my next watch, either way it’ll be Garmin. Great list! Some of these brands I actually know of and others I have only heard of through other bloggers.
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happy date anniversary! I think you should always keep those 😀 I love Kimpton Hotels–they have such fabulous vibes and are dog friendly. I just wish that they had gratis breakfast….
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True. No free breakfast but their breakfast is soooo good!
I wish the basic Garmin had bluetooth sync…one day one day. Oiselle…really ?! 🙂 Have fun this weekend, can’t wait to see pics!
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Awww happy anniversary! 🙂 I would add to the list Splits 59 (amazing workout gear but SO expensive unless it’s on sale) and Paige jeans (really the only ones I ever want to wear). Good luck in the races, friend! The marathon relay sounds like fun!
oh yes! pure barre sells splits 59! super cute but not cheap – i wait until the studio puts it on sale 🙂 have a great weekend!
I have that same Garmin watch and absolutely love it! I’m a big fan of the zensah compression gear too.
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LOVE.IT. It’s so awesome! I’m going to do a full review soon!
I’m so glad that you’re loving your new Garmin, Courtney; they just keep getting better and better, don’t they? I don’t know why anyone would ever wear anything else; I think they’re the best. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for hosting such a fun Friday Five! Take care!
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I have a Garmin Forerunner and I love it! One of my best investments!
agreed!
I’ve never gotten a chance to try Oiselle, but they are on my list to explore! And my Garmin is just my favorite. I’m just in the 10 right now but am going to look at going up to a fancier version when this one goes kaput!
yeah my 10 was great until it stopped catching a signal. the 220 is amazing when you are ready to upgrade 🙂
great list! you know after hanging out with you all these years (wait, has it been years??) I have never tried Oiselle. Hmm… I should check it out since you love it so much. And I’m all about Kimpton – how excited am I to check out the new hotel in Pittsburgh!!!! Have a great weekend friend. We’ll miss each other on the TNF trails but good luck Saturday!
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yes, you should check out oiselle and YES it’s been since fall of 2013 (eek!). i can’t wait to hear about the kimpton in PA. i hope you have a great race as well – i’m looking forward to getting a bit messy! 🙂
Great post! I totally need more Oiselle gear in my life-I love the company philosophy and all the clothes are so cute!
You know I love the Oiselle love!! I still need to get some type of running watch. I can’t bring myself to drop that much change on one though. Garmin 220 is the way to go though, when I’m FINALLY ready??
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YES. and i understand the hesitation but this watch is EVERYTHING. it is so awesome. i’d say wait for a sale but i don’t think garmin really does many sales. i’m going to do a full review soon but it’s awesome!!!
Thanks for co-hosting the Friday Five! This is such a great topic. It was really, really hard to narrow down to just five brands. I’m a huge fan of Garmin, as well – my Garmin has literally changed my running life. How did we ever run without them!?!?!? Oiselle has some really high-quality gear – I would buy lots of it if I could afford it! I have a pair of Zensah compression sleeves which are nice, too. I’ve never heard of the other two brands so it’s cool to learn about them!
Great list. Just got my first garmin yesterday, the vivoactive, and love it so much already, haha. Also got a pair of Zensah through BibRave and loved them.
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The Oiselle clothing line looks awesome! I also love Garmin! I have the Forerunner 10 and love it!
I’ve always worn pro compression, but lately I’ve been curious about Zensah! I need to give them a try! Do you know if Miss Jessie’s is good for all hair types? My curls are so hateful to me, but I’d love to be able to rock them more often.
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i think if you have thick curls, miss jessie’s is good! check this out: http://missjessies.com/Photos
I love my Garmin 220. I can’t imagine running without it.. I hear about runners going “naked” all the time, but I just don’t think I could do it. My garmin pushes me and keeps me on focus.
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I love my CEP compression sleeves sooooooooo much! Also my Brooks Launch 2’s!!!
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I love love love my garmin as well! I’ve had my 310XT for five years now and it is just as awesome as the day I got it 😉 glad you are enjoying your new toy!
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This was a fun topic to do – so fun to read your faves! I haven’t tried Zensah!
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I’m totally looking into those hotels one day because I love being able to take my pup places!
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Hi Courtney! Where are Kimpton hotels located? I always stay at Marriott Residence Inns. Very dog friendly too! This was a fun link up! I love reading about and sharing favorite brands! I have Zensah compression calf sleeves and they are awesome!
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my garmin 10 has been acting nutty lately, so i’ll definitely be looking in to the 220! i’ve been loving clif lately; i recently tried their gels and really enjoy them!
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I also have nothing but good things to say about my Forerunner 220. I’m not even tempted to look at other watches on the market.
Kimpton is such a great hotel line. We stayed at one for the first time in San Francisco on our honeymoon, and we were absolutely sold on the brand. We’ve only been able to stay at one other location since, but it is our first choice if one is available in the area to which we are traveling.
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Yes, I love my Garmin and I’m also crazy about Kimpton. We’re actually going on vacation to Baltimore because there was a Kimpton there, so we could bring our dog. Plus they always have an afternoon wine hour.
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Right now I’m loving my Fabletics yoga capris and Balega socks! Of course, I also have a place in my heart for my Garmin 15 and heart rate monitor. 🙂
I love my Garmin, I have the 110. Wish mine would upload wirelessly. Kimptons are great too…so unique! Enjoy your weekend!
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Garmin made my list too! I didn’t include Oiselle but I do love the lux layers. I visited their headquarters when I ran Hood to Coast with Nuun back in 2013. It was very cool to get a vibe for the company. They were incredibly welcoming!
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awesome! i’m going to get to go to oiselle hq this summer and i can’t wait! 🙂