Lauren Wingenroth

1 week ago | self.com | Lauren Wingenroth

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Love it or hate it, the treadmill is part of life when you’re a runner. Whether the weather is unpleasant or you need to squeeze in a few miles while keeping an eye on a kid or a Netflix show, odds are that you’ll log some indoor miles occasionally. But when the tread calls, will your road running sneakers cut it?

1 week ago | onlyinyourstate.com | Lauren Wingenroth

Hear me out: The best soft serve in North Carolina isn’t from a quaint beachside shack or an old-school spot in one of the state’s many adorable downtowns. It’s at Broken Spoke Farm, a family-owned, central NC establishment miles away from the nearest town and surrounded by farmland and grazing animals.

1 week ago | onlyinyourstate.com | Lauren Wingenroth

Travel-related decision fatigue can catch up to even the most adventurous among us. After all, even a weekend trip comes with dozens of decisions, from where to stay to where to eat to where to hike to what to order at that sandwich shop that everyone’s talking about. Sometimes, parsing through the choices and doing all the research can feel a bit much, and can start to take some of the fun out of it (and need we remind you, the fun is the whole point).

1 week ago | dancemagazine.com | Lauren Wingenroth

A few years ago, I went to a dance performance that made me feel physically unsafe, where sweaty performers crawled on top of me and the other audience members. I worried for the performers’ safety, too—at one point one of them accidentally kicked and broke a house light, sending glass shards flying. In the time since, I’ve wondered if I was being too sensitive. Was I truly unsafe, or just uncomfortable? Was I too dismissive of the artist’s prerogative to take risks and challenge audiences?

2 weeks ago | self.com | Lauren Wingenroth

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. About eight miles into a recent ten-mile race, I was tired, dehydrated, and starting to feel some serious brain fog set in. What made me feel even foggier? My sunglasses—an old pair I should not have been running in—completely clouded up, making it hard to see and impossible to concentrate.