The other day I received an e-mail with this information in it:
I had contacted Oiselle a few weeks ago while I was working on my running sponsorship strategy. I was added to the list and received this email that they are opening a limited number of spots for their team. I was excited when I got up today because I new it was the day for the new openings on the team and I really wanted to be a part of this team! I had my reminder set on my phone and my computer all ready to go for noon EST. I had NO idea how popular the registration process was going to be. The membership application process froze up the Oiselle servers today for a good hour when they opened up the process. I had TweetDeck running and was following @oiselle and #oiselleteam to keep up with what the issue was. It was exciting, but nerve wracking at the same time!
Last year the team name was referred to as “The Flock”. This year the name of the team was being changed to Volée, which means “flock” in French. So all previous Flock and Volée team members are under one team name. I am looking forward to being a member of Team Volée! I love being a part of teams. I have made great friends while being on the Mickey Milers Team, Team Chocolate Milk, and now I am looking forward to connecting to new friends on Team Volée. There are team members from all over the world and all 50 states are represented in this community.
To me running is not only about living a healthy life and being an example to my children, having my time to myself to do something that I love; but it is also about the connections I am making. I am looking forward to getting to meet my team mates and hooking up at races! I am representing Connecticut but race at many of the runDisney races. Please follow me on Twitter, Instagram, FaceBook or Pinterest so we can hook up!