I got a funny email the other day asking me to surprise my best blogging friend with a gift for National Friendship Day.

I wasn’t quite sure about this because:

1. My blogging friends are my real friends and I think it’s weird to separate the two

2. My friends like food and they company was only offering sports kit

But then I had a look at the Lands’ End Activewear range they were offering and found the perfect gift to send to my friend Cathy. A running skirt.

Cathy and I with our friends cat, Laura and Polly cycling to Brighton last year

Everyone knows I’m not a running skirt person (give me a runsie anyday!) and almost all my running friends have succumbed one-by-one to the skirt. It looks great on all of them and I wish them the best in their skirted adventures, but it’s just not for me.

Cathy is my do-everything-faster friend.  She’s currently training for a sub-40 10k time, has a Ironman goal in the near future, and works hard daily to control her wild lion mane hair. She even came all the way to Dublin to cheer us on in the marathon wearing crazy leggings.

If anyone is going to convince me to go go go in a running skirt it’s Cathy – so I’m sending her this Women’s Performance Control Mini Skort.

Lands’ End is sending Cathy the running skirt for National Friendship Day. I didn’t receive anything for writing this post.