What happens when 150 Brooks Run Happy ambassadors meet up for a weekend of fun and fitness in Park City, Utah? A full weekend of all things #CampRunHappy. Brooks running generously invited all of their ambassadors to attend an all expenses paid weekend in Park City. You know I am in for that! Here’s a recap of our whirlwind weekend.
Camp Run Happy
Park City is not the easiest place to get to from the DC area but I was not going to miss this! I flew out early Friday morning and finally arrived in Park City at around 5 pm. I met up with the other Run Happy team members at the YotelPad. My roomie for the weekend was Wendy. She was very gracious and gave me the better bed and put up with high maintenance sleeping routine. Yes, I do travel with my white noise machine, sleeping mask, and ear plugs. Don’t you?!
Friday night
After meeting up with Wendy and chatting nonstop, we headed down to meet all the other happy campers. It was so cool to finally meet so many “IG friends” in person. I was especially excited to meet Natalie and Lauren both of whom I have been following for a while.
We were treated to live music with Stray Local, dinner with a food truck, and cocktails. Friday was a science-themed night to go along with the new “run on Nitro” campaign from Brooks. I did my best with the science look! We were both tired from the day of travel and the time change so headed off for an early sleep.
Saturday morning
We were up bright and early to meet up for the group run. The cool mountain air was such a gift. This girl is not used to any altitude and I was huffing and puffing for dear life as we began to ascend the mountain to the trail. Wendy did her best to try to convert me to trail running, but no such luck. We decided to make our run mostly a hike and enjoy the gorgeous views.
After that workout, we treated ourselves to a great breakfast before showering and heading to the activities. Next up was an inspirational Q and A with Jeff Binney (a self-described husky ginger runner) on the Run Happy Team. He taught us all a fun tik tok dance which was a hoot to film. We are on the left side midway in.
@jeffreybinney Found my people! Vibin’ hard at the @Brooks Running Run Happy Team Camp! #runhappy #runningmotivation #run #runhappyteam #plussize ♬ original sound – Jeffrey Binney
We walked around the quaint ski town and hit up a few boutiques before heading back to get ready for dinner with the crew. This evening’s theme was retro ski night at a local Brewery. Everyone had a blast with the creative costumes and of course all of the beer choices.
Sunday morning
We woke up to another gorgeous cool morning (high 40’s!). The fresh mountain air was calling us. Some of the campers headed out for another run while Wendy and I opted for a power walk. We were all treated to another breakfast with coffee and mingling. So many photos and videos! You sure could tell we were a bunch of savvy social media runners.
Before we knew it, the weekend was coming to a close and we were ready to head back to the airport. We piled on a few shuttle buses and were off. It was a whirlwind, activity packed weekend of fun and new friends.
I am so grateful to Brooks Running for hosting us all at Camp Run Happy and I feel very lucky to have been included.
Thanks for helping to make the Runners’ Roundup a huge success by visiting all of the hosts: Me, Debbie, Jen, Lisa
What a wonderful event! So cool that you and Wendy go to do this. It looks like you had a blast!
Your photos are wonderful and give me a good idea of what the area looks like.
That trail run had quite some elevation!
we did have a blast together! That trail run was no joke!
I can’t believe it was in the 40s in the morning there! It did look like you guys were bundled up at some points throughout the weekend. Looks like such a great time and Im so sad I missed it!
the cool breeze was a nice treat and I can’t wait until fall. We missed you and Michele
What a whirlwind weekend. But they packed a lot of fun activities.
Glad you and Wendy had fun.
Park City looks beautiful too.
It was a whirlwind and we did have a great time together
Just reading this makes me want to go back and do it again. Truly, my only complaint is that the trip was too short! Ok, the altitude was an issue, lol. Thank you for joining me on this journey and being such a great traveling companion. We would have gone hungry otherwise…lol
It was too short! No one ever goes hungry on my watch 🙂
What a fun whirlwind adventure! I bet you really liked those cooler temps (you know me, I would have been shivering, LOL). Looks like you scored a new coffee cup (among other fab loot) from the swag pic. Glad you had a fun time 😉
The cooler morning temps were amazing! A really fun weekend
Sounds like such a fun time! Running out there would be challenging! Skiing down is much easier. 😉
yes, I imagine so!
The TikTok with Jeffrey was so funny!
I didn’t know there were 150 ambassadors at Run Camp – that’s quite the squad! So glad that you were able to meet runner friends in person. It looked like a super fun weekend!
yes, it was quite a big crew! So fun to meet everyone
I don’t think you can judge trail running by running at altitude! That is no joke. But a hike is always worthwhile! We did lots of hiking when we were in UT (also Park City for the race) a few years back & we had a great time.
Glad you guys had such a fun weekend!
The altitude was crazy!But it sure was a beautiful place to visit
Wow, those temperatures combined with the scenery sound like heaven. Except for the altitude- I know how hard that is. I was visiting my aunt and uncle in Denver several years ago and was huffing and puffing while going for a walk! Anyway, the whole weekend sounds amazing. Glad you guys had so much fun!
yes the temps were amazing and you can’t beat the views
What fun!
I can’t get over the gorgeous weather and scenery and all the smiling faces!
I’m so glad you got to experience this incredible weekend!
the weather was amazing only wish I had planned to stay longer!
Sounds like a blast!
We had a good time
That sounds like such a fun weekend. 🙂 I am glad you got to go and meet with friends.
It was a great time and I am lucky to have had the opportunity