#trailqueenthursdays

Thursdays flying high when it begins with running with these absolute legends 👑😍⛰️ 16k / bunch of hills / non-stop chats / countless smiles / a very calm me delivered to my desk at 9am. #trailqueenthursdays #thebestdays https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsfFMiH7gWMDQ3TAG6wG2NTtpHkHVxyNfzz-c0/?igshid=1iu14d8o46krp

THURSDAYS how I love thee so! The early morning, the unfurling light, the conversations that untangle as we move across the hillside and down the trails -- and the kinship with amazing people I respect, so much. 😘 This gave the day an energy and possibility I didn't expect. Hard at 6.20am this morning. Mega gratitude in what it meant in all the minutes during and after. ❤️ (Happy bonus of running into the p.m. crew en route home on the waterfront too!!) #trailqueenthursdays https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2l1BSnwQpQVUKGLIEPG_39sJu1DaRn0XnQKU0/?igshid=132o5zi5rzav

I love these mornings on trails with amazing people! Dark start, bright day. Hello world ✨ #trailqueenthursdays https://www.instagram.com/p/CAtc2VtnxzVoIrwnC3i1zZg1CjG0wN3S1TA4480/?igshid=lsnq4nquf6na

I was asked this week about what Trail Queens means to me. And are there even words? When I think of life I think of this. Here we are in all our rainbows. Whirling our way along the hillside, chirrups of greetings to our fellow bikers and runners Every Thursday we run out a door of commitments and dedication and plans and responsibility, into wide open expanses of conversation and connectedness and possibility. This week was an au-revoir for one of our beauts to her home country. Jeez I miss you already @mckinlayclare ! And instead of mourning what we'll miss every Thursday, I'm so heckin grateful for what we've built and what we remember you with 🏃‍♀️👑😘❤️🍃 #trailqueenthursdays #trailqueens #nowords #wellingtoniansinscotland https://www.instagram.com/p/B7-ie1HnvJjMESv_KB_XoxRYKceguUEOV9aEoc0/?igshid=svut4a1l1lph

Tonight we talked and beamed and laughed. We shared a million stories. We winced at the OH CRAP HELL NO situations and then awwwwww heck yes! at the others. We leapt in glee. We toasted marriage, birthdays, travels, apartments, study, jobs, presence. We admired this magical #woagd city. We drunk it all in as we went from one place to another winding our way from workplaces to waterfront to trails to hilltops and back again. And we ran. Running was the catalyst. One year ago it brought us together and almost every Thursday since we've talked and beamed and laughed and shared. Sure, it's the beginning and a way of consistency uniting us. But for everything else and in these beautiful moments it inspires: I'm so hecking grateful to count these treasures in my life, and to be in theirs. 🏃‍♀️☀️😘 #trailqueens #trailqueenthursdays #ifuckinglovethursdays https://www.instagram.com/p/B7F5iFOHveNc9u_iFSxXxZRwwVOdv9eAG2iEwo0/?igshid=1cvh7cktxy48q