I have great news for all you girls who love to run. You can feel good AND look good while you run. SkirtSports is the company responsible for bringing femininity to the sport of running through the creation of the original fitness skirt in 2005. I’m not sure where I’ve been hiding because I didn’t know running skirts existed until last year when my mom showed me hers. Since then my interest has piqued. It is no wonder that SkirtSports is turning heads in the fitness community. These fabulous fitness skirts are the brainchild of triathlete champion Nicole DeBoom. The fact that they are created “by women and for women” is evident in the design details.
Ready for more great news? SkirtSports is giving one “mother/daughter” team a Skirt of her very own. Mom (or grandma, aunt, big sister, mentor…) will receive the GymGirl Classic and daughter (or granddaughter, niece, little sister, mentoree…) will receive a Girl Skirt (sizes 2T to girls size 8).
Skirts come in many styles. Some are sport specific (thriathlon, cycling, tennis, golf) and others are for the more casual athlete. The GymGirl Classic is the best selling and most versatile Skirt. It’s design includes built-in shorts (long legged) and pockets on the side of each leg. The pockets even have buttonholes for threading your headphone cord.
Both the GymGirl Classic and the Girl Skirt are made with lightweight performance fabric. The Girl Skirt has a built-in spankie and a drawstring elastic waistband for the right fit on those little waists.
In addition to the giveaway SkirtSports is offering 10% off any on-line purchases made at www.skirtsports.com. Use the discount code: KRISTENM. (Offer expires 8/31/08)
Win It! To enter the “mother/daughter” Skirt giveaway simply leave a comment telling me one of two things: (1) who you are entering for or (2) your favorite Skirt or Skirt feature. The giveaway will end at 5p.m. on Sunday, August 31st. I will notify the winner via email.
One thing is certain…empowered girls should look as good as they feel! Speaking of empowered girls, don’t forget to enter my other giveaway for the book We Are Girls Who Love to Run
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I would like to win these for my daughter and granddaughter. I like them because they look very stylish!
I love these skirts and we can put them to good use!
wow how cute i realy could use this thanks
I’m entering for my friend and her 3 year old daughter. She LOVES running skirts
I just read her story about how she developed the skirt and it was so inspirational. To believe in something so deeply and do something about it…that is the power of a motivated woman!! The skirts look very feminine while still allowing you free movement..that’s what I like best!
Thanks
Angie
I like that there’s buttonholes for threading headphones through! Running is so much nicer when I have my iPod!
I love that it has *pockets*. Silly, I know. But I can never find exercise shorts that fit well and have pockets, or skirts that have pockets period!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would give these to my good friend who is a marathon runner – and she loves to run. And what better way to stay in shape!
Her daughter looks great in pink. I think they would LOVE THIS!
kristin
I will be entering for my favorite running partner and I. My favorite running partner being my 5 yo daughter. She can keep up and loves to go jogging with me as does my son but he sits in the jogging stroller. She would be thrilled if we had matching jogging skirts!
Thanks for the entry
tonyamcrain [at] aol [dot] com
I really like the “Gym Girl Skirt!” I am hoping to win for my niece and my self. Please enter us in your delightful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
I would love to win these for myself and my daughter. I like the Gym Girl Classic because it has the built in shorts. Let me tell you how perfect these would be. I just joined a training club for the LA Marathon! I am going to walk it for sure but I am also trying to build my stamina and endurance so that I can perhaps jog part of it. I also just joined Jenny Craig last week and have lost 4 pounds. I am on my way to looking HOT in a running skirt!
I love running skirts. Thanks for the chance to win. Visit mine at http://www.mypreppypurse.blogspot.com
this is great. i’m entering for MYSELF
Great giveaway! I hope i’m the lucky winner
This will be for me and my sister. I really like small slits on the side.
I’m entering for my daughter and I…she loves to match clothes, but we rarely are able to do so. This would be great! Thanks for the offer…
dkkwhcs@yahoo dot com
I’m entering for my sister and my niece who would both look FABULOUS in these skirts!!
Thanks so much!
Michele(CA)
luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com
I am entering for my daughter and I. She is 8 and starting to explore her own love of running with me. I may have to slow my pace a little, but it is worth it!
I like that the “Uptown girl” skirt is longer than most sport wear.
What a great idea! I am entering for myself and my friends daughter. I just started running in April. I am sick of shorts that are constantly riding up!
I am entering for me and my Mom. I love all the colors the shirts come in!
I am entering for me and my little girl. I love the GymGirl Ultra skirt. It’s really cute
I have always wanted one of these skirts. I’m doing a triathlon in a few weeks and all their triathlon stuff looks super comfortable.
I’m entering for me and my daughter!! She’s small, but she can run FASSSTTTT!! I love the variety!
learningmama at yahoo dot com
I would love to have this myself. And I’d give the girl’s to my niece. Cute!
fourkidsrgreat(at)gmail(dot)com
Too cute for me and my daughter!
I am entering for me and my mom, because we do yoga together and could wear these! We also both work out, so these would definitely come in handy.
I am entering for my 4 1/2 year old and me! Thank you so much!
art and nature [at] juno *dot* com
I am entering for me and my 4year old daughter, I love the roller girl skirt, how cute!
I’m actually entering for my MIL who’s training for a triathalon at the moment, this would be fun to be able to give to her! And the daughter one could go for my 9 year old SIL. Thanks so much!
Katie Lyons
babylyons at live dot com
for me and my daughter. thanks!! those are great
For me and my daughter! Cute!
the_other_alice_ (at) yahoo.com
I adore these skirts. It’d be awesome if i could win this for myself and my daughter. I like the pockets with buttonholes idea, added extra fun into the skirts.
My daughter and I will look fabulous!
I like the adjustable waist for the little ones! I would get them for my 4yo and me, or maybe the adult one for my teen daughter, just not sure if she would wear one.
These are GREAT! I love the fact that they have pockets, first of all, and second, that they thought about it enough to add the buttonhole for the headphones. Love it.
daisyaday [at] gmail [dot] com
I would love to run in one of these. They just did a feature on running skirts in Runner’s World last month…I would love to finally be in style!
owatz (AT) telus (DOT) net
love that it has pockets and space for headphones. great giveaway
I am entering for my daughter and myself. I love the fabric it is made out of and the style. I would love a blue one for myself and a pink one for my daughter.
Ahhh, what cuteness! I’d definitely wear the big-girl skirt, and the little-girl one would be great for a niece (probably too small for my 12-year-old).
I would love these for my sister and her daughter!
These would be wonderful for my daughter and I, even tho my daughter is still little she can still run as fast as her tiny littl 2yr old little legs will carry her.
Stormy5475@aol.com
I would love to win a set so I could match my daughter–she’s always clamoring to do that, and this is something that is girly but not too princessy
And it’d encourage us both to be more active–a very good thing!
How adorable! My four year old and I would look awfully cute in these! We love to go walking together.
I love that it has pockets yet still isn’t bulky. How great is that?
Well, is it OK if I enter for…me?
I am training for my first triathlon – just 17 days away! – and I would love to try one of these skirts. I’ll pass the little girls skirt along to my best friend’s little girl! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I’ve heard of these, and thought they were awesome! I would love one for me and my daughter. I really like the Sweetest Thing Capri Skirt to cover up some more of my legs! (I don’t like to show them off) Thanks for a great giveaway!
Hey K – I’d love to get this for my girl and I. she’s such a girly girl and it’s hard to look good while running marathons.. I need all the help i can get.
I’d like to win these for my daughter and myself. I don’t normally wear skirts because they seem immodest, but these solve that problem, and would be a lot more comfortable to play basketball in than jeans!
I would love to win these for my 5 1/2 year old daughter and myself. We go walking and biking a lot and we wear skirts a lot so they would get well used!
I am entering for me and one of the little girls at church – we’re buds!
It motivates me to work out to look good while doing it! My favorite features are absolutely the iPod headphone buttonhole and built-in compression shorts. I won’t even buy shorts without that.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I am entering for my daughter n law who is a runner. She would love this.
I’m entering for my daughter. She wants to take track this year in school. She’s a good runner. Great stamina.
I love that the design of the skirt and the fact they have other great clothing on their site (not just skirts).
I would LOVE this for myself. I am working on losing weight, and buidling up to running in a race, so this would be FANTASTIC. I would get one for my daughter as well. She’s 6.
julie_ruhlman(at)hotmail(dot)com
I’m entering for myself and my daughter.
I like the they are not flaired but are slim cut. It’s more flattering and slimming. I also like that they have pockets. So many running shorts don’t.
Well it’d be a walking & general usage skirt for me, but great idea! My favorite feature is that it’s a wicking material. Too many exercise pants are cotton and get soggy from sweat.
I love these! For my daughter and I…I’d love to start running with her…she’s so fast and can’t wait to start track and field!
I love the GymGirl Ultra… it’s so cool that it has a music port built into the skirt. There is never a good place for my ipod but that skirt solves the problem!
ohh, i love my running skirts! probably the best thing ever.
Oh – I love that they have pockets so we could use them for tennis also!
I love the color of these skirts. Pink is my all time favorite as well as my daughters. The fact that this skirt has pockets is also a plus for me.
Thank you so much for offering this wonderful giveaway.
I would LOVE to win !!
I would love to have a matching set for me and my daughter. Love the built-in spankies!
Honestly, this is my favorite running skirt! I have 2 already. I’d love to have this for me and my daughter (when she is finally big enough to wear it…she’s only 10 months old). We’ll make a runner out of her yet!
I want to win this for myself and my niece. I recently took up jogging. I started off walking, lost some weight, now I’m in the jogging phase of my fitness. My long baggy work out pants still make me feel overweight. I think these will help me feel better about myself.
My favorite item is the GymGirl Ultra especially because each legs has a pocket.
I love my classic skirt so much that I’ve worn it out from wearing it too much. I’d love to have a replacement for me and one for my daughter, who has just discovered the joys of running.
I’d love to win for my daughter and I. I appreciate the overall design and the color selection is pretty good, too.
gkstratos@yahoo.com
I love that the skirt has a pocket. So often running shorts don’t have them and I am always looking for one.
I’m entering this for my friend. She has a daughter that’s almost 5, who would love this. Plus, my friend is a workout queen. Would be fun for them! Thanks for a great giveaway.
My daughter and I were just saying we’d like to have a matching outfit! And since I go to the gym most days, we’d be able to match each other.
I am entering for me and my daughter. I love the built in pockets!
I am entering for myself and my daughter who will be 6 on 8/21.
I’m entering for myself and a niece – and my favorite thing about the skirts is the colors. Great giveaway – thanks!
I’m a runner and I would love to win this, even though I don’t have a little girl- I’d probably gift the small one to a friend.
I love that these look so much better than the old shorts I run in!
I’d love to enter this for me & my daughter! These skirts are just too cute for words!
my daughter and I…love the pockets
3beez at bellsouth dot net
This is for me and my baby girls–AND I just starting running and this skirt would help me feel like I look better than I really do!
I would love to win these for me and my niece. I love how they are shorts and skirts together, and that they are flexible material. =)
I would love these skirts for my daughter and myself! We do a lot of biking and the hidden pocket sounds awesome!
I would love to win these for my daughter and myself! I love them because they make your legs look better than shorts.
i hope to win these for me and my sister who run many times throughout the week they would be so great to have!
The pockets are very useful! I also think that they are adorable! Thank you for the giveaway!:)
I would LOVE this skirt. Main reason? Shorts ride up between the legs. Yuck-o. The running skirts don’t. So much better!
Thanks for the contest.
i would love them for my daughter and me! wouldn’t we look cute in matching running skirts on the exercise track!
I am enterinh for myself and my daughter.
i like the pocket feature where you can loop your sell phone thru.
I’d like them for me and my daughter to wear together. I like how they are more feminine than some work out gear. Thanks!
I’m entering for my best friend and her daughter! I love the built-in shorts! Thank you so much!
bunnybx at gmail . com
i like the gym girl classic the best. i am entering for me (training for my first half marathon and my 4 year old daughter) !!
feener44@gmail.com
I’d love these for my daughter and I. We currently walk together since she’s only 4 but running is right around the bend. Thanks.
thundercloudgirl AT hotmail DOT com
I could so use this. Getting back into running and got some new shoes today. This skirt would be great for me and my 5 yo would so love to dress like her momma. Thanks!
I love these! Would love to have it for my niece and grand niece!
I’m entering for me and my daughters until I can think of someone else…we aren’t runners but I’ve always wanted to be, and maybe this will inspire me.
I like that it has shorts with pockets built in. I would use the big girl’s skirt and give the little one to a friend’s daughter.
If I win, my daughter and I can be matchy matchy! Thanks for the giveaway.
For myself and my niece! Thanks for the chance!
I am entering for my adult daughter and a 5 year old family friend. Thanks!
I would love one for myself and my niece! (I have 2 sons!). I like the pockets…I never know what to do with my keys when I’m running! Once at a 5K I got some random lady to hold them for me b/c she looked trustworthy!
onlycancan at hotmail dot com
I will be entering for my sister and her daughter as my daughter is all grown up.
I am entering for myself and my daughter.
I’d like to win for me and my daughter. My daughter is such a girly girl and she always asks me to wear more skirts/dresses. This would be a treat for her, me not only wearing a skirt, but one that matches hers too.
Thanks,
I love that these are stylish, and have the shorts built right in. Cute too!
I would love to win this for me and my daughter!!!
I am entering for my 1 year old and I, who go out walking/jogging every morning!
I would like to win these for my daughter and myself. They are adorable, functional and feminine. Thank you.
I would love to win these for myself and my 3-year old daughter. It would help motivate me back into the gym and we are trying to encourage her to enjoy an active lifestyle. If I ran in a skirt she’d want to run or jog in hers.
I really like the 2 pockets in the GymGirl skirt because I need one for my iPod playing inspirational music to keep me going and the other for the key to get back into the house and collapse in my bed.
I like the lightweight fabric. Makes running so much easier.
i heart these for me and my lil perry! thanks. kristen
ryankristenwilson(at)msn(dot)com
I’m entering for my Sister in Law and her daughter!
I never knew these existed, either; wow! I am entering for myself and my daughter (who turns six today). I love that these allow for the easy movement required for exercise or sports, while being feminine, too.
I am entering this contest for my daughter. She is 4 years old and if you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up she says “A really fast runner!” She practices running like most kids practice drawing or shooting baskets. This little girl is all run and no walk, plus she is all skirts. She is usally running in her pink see-thru tutu! I would love to be able to give her a skirt just for “running!” She seriously would be tickled pink. I can’t wait to see if we win this, watch out 2020 Olympics her we come!
I am entering for myself and my daughter — those skirts look functional and very comfortable!
I am entering for myself and my sister (she’s 14). We’re both runners and would love this!!
would love to win this for me and my little love!
thanks so much!
moore.g at insideconnect.net
I just read the article in Runner’s World about the running skirt. I love it because you can look cute in public before and after a run!
Thanks,
Davina
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For me and my 3 year old. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
One for my daugter and one for a friend. Thanks!
I like the uptown girl for it’s longer length. I like it because it is a longer athletic skirt; companies seem to not realize that some of us consider our legs personal property and not for public display. I would like the adult one for me, and the little one for my little niece.
I would love one of these. I think skirts are just so much nicer to wear than shorts, love this feminine option. I am entering for myself and my daughter.
I would love to win this!!! I just had my 2nd child 9wks ago and I am getting back in to working out and all the shorts I have just ride on up……I am so much more comfortable in skirts!! So a working out skirt would be awesome!!!!!!!!!
im entering for me and my niece
I am entering for me and my niece. I love the handy pockets! Thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter – love the elastic waistband
I like these because they will eleminate that unsightly bunching I get with shorts. Since my thighs now meet in the middle, they push my shorts up, not attractive. So, not attractive.
I am entering for me and my daughter!! How fun! What a wonderful giveaway!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Katie
http://boastinginmyweakness.com
I would want this more my daughter and myself. I love the pockets, as a mom my daughter is always giving me something to put in a pocket
I am entering for my daughter and I. Great giveaway, thanks!
What a great giveaway.
I would like to enter me and my daughter. She loves to wear whatever I am wearing, so matching skirts would be so much fun for her.
I like the shorts under the skirt. Too short skirts make me feel exposed.
I’m hoping to win this for my daughter and I. Very nice giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
I am hoping to win for my sister. She is a Non-hodgkin’s and bone marrow transplant survivor. She ran in a marathon two yrs after her transplant with her donor and her husband. She loves to run now with her adopted 5 yr old daughter.
I’m entering for myself and my daughter!
I would like to enter for myself and my twelve year old daughter. She is in ice skating and dance, this would be a great thing for us both. I like the built in spanky.
I would like to win this from my daughter and I we both play Tennis!
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
great giveaway! i’m entering for my daughter and myself.
My Mom decided to start running last year. Her goal was to run a half marathon by her 65th birthday. I am so proud of her…together we ran the Disney Half and the ING Half!! We are planning to run two more in 2009. She is so confident and proud about her body now that it is time to get her in a cute little running skirt. There is nothing better than feeling like you have a great outfit on while you run. I would love to wear matching skirts in our next Half Marathon
I would love to win these for my sister and her daughter (my neice)… I’d love to say myself, but my girls are only 8months old..
I am entering for me and my daughter – or is it my daughter and I?!
These would be for me and my niece!
I would like to enter for me and my daughter. I’ve never had any workout skirts! These are pretty and stylish too, and I like the built in spankie! I like that it doesn’t show too much, but then I don’t want to suffer esp in the heat and wear sweats!
Little did I realize when I joined the YMCA with my family to lose weight that it would lead my daughter to love exercise so much that she is now a triathlete. Perhaps if I wore one of these workout skirts, I would get the courage to try a tri-athlon. Thanks for the chance to win!
I like the adjustable waist, that would really help with my daughter’s normally too small waist for her size. I am entering for my daughter and me.
legacyofbrutalitysa{AT}gmail.com
I’d love this for myself and I like the GymGirl Ultra in Sapphire Blue
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Rebecca Warriner
Skirt Entourage, Elite Member
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