This month, I had my first experience with attending an event as an ambassador. I woke myself (and my boyfriend) up super, duper early and drove up to Princeton University. What a gorgeous campus! I actually wanted to apply to their urban planning program a few years ago, but talked myself out of it (wuss). After walking around the historic, Ivy League campus, I felt inspired to consider applying some day. Maybe... But, I digress. The real reason for this post is not to tell you all about all of my hopes and dreams, but rather to tell you about the wonderful 2015 National Endurance Sports Summit (NESS 2015) I attended on behalf of RunGo. NESS 2015 was a two-day sports summit hosted by Team U , an intercollegiate fundraising endurance team. I attended the first day of NESS 2015, which featured a variety of speakers with various backgrounds, but all with fascinating stories to tell. ...
That's how I would describe last weekend. You know how you can get a runner's high? I think I had a parkour high! Last Saturday morning, early, early early in the morning, to the point where I beat the sun up and out the door (which almost never happens), I drove up to Princeton University for the National Endurance Sports Summit . I attended on behalf of the RunGo App , as a RunGo Ambassador. I learned so many things, and met so many interesting people at NESS 2015. I can't wait to share a more detailed write up about it! I learned a ton about nutrition, motivation, and what it takes to be an endurance athlete.  One of the coolest things I took away from the experience was learning about parkour , and actually taking a lesson in parkour out in the lawn in front of the Frist Campus Center. I'd never actually had in-person exposure to parkour. The limited exposure I had was a ridiculous scene in The Office , and seeing videos of crazy guys jumping and flipping ov...