Day: March 11, 2023

Margaritaville’s St. Somewhere Spa transports visitors to relaxing, vacation state of mind

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Nestled deep within the Lake Conroe location of the Margaritaville Lake Resort lies a revitalizing and relaxing oasis. It’s not a private island, but booking a service at the St. Somewhere Spa can make it feel like you are on one.

Despite sounding exclusive, the spa is open to the public as well as resort guests, making it accessible for anyone who wants to book a spa appointment. On the service menu are massages, facials, body treatments, waxing, hair styling and nail services, including the Margarita Pedicure, a service fragranced with Pure Fiji products to make you feel like the pedicure is happening on a tropical island.

“St. Somewhere Spa is an expansive retreat, at over 18,000 square feet and with 13 treatment rooms, it really does feel like an oasis,” director of marketing Rachel Horgan said. “If you want to bring your significant other, or if you want to bring your friends and have a girl’s day at the spa, we’ve got plenty of space.”

One of the best deals the spa offers is its membership. Once someone signs up for a Retreat Club Membership, they pay a flat monthly fee of $178, which includes one massage or facial a month as well as 20% off all other spa services. It also grants members access to all the spa’s amenities along with the fitness center. St. Somewhere Spa’s amenities include a steam room, relaxation lounge areas, an atrium, showers and locker rooms.

“Access to our fitness center is another big selling point of this membership. Our fitness center is 10,000 square feet with three different studio rooms, lots of cardio equipment, weight machines, free weights, spin bikes, two indoor racquetball courts and a yoga room,” Horgan said. “Your monthly spa membership also includes access to all of

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Lauren De Crescenzo: ‘Just the idea of mountain biking used to make me nervous, but it’s now becoming exciting’

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In her second column for VeloNews, pro road and gravel cyclist Lauren De Crescenzo reflects on her journey to becoming a mountain biker ahead of the Life Time Grand Prix series. 

I’ve been putting significant work into my skills over the off-season, with a mountain bike camp in Colorado and dedicated skills work almost every day. I needed a checkpoint to measure my progress against my real deadline: The Sea Otter Classic, the first race in the Life Time Grand Prix.

For my first mountain bike race ever, I chose The Gobbler 6/3, hosted by Chainbuster Racing near my home in Atlanta, GA.

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I chose the three hour option, where we raced to complete as many laps as we could in three hours on the approximately nine mile course with 800 feet of elevation gain. The course was majority singletrack, twisting through the woods along the Georgia International Horse Park, using many of the same trails as the first Olympic mountain bike race in 1996.

Being majority singletrack, we knew I wouldn’t be able to disguise my lack of mountain bike skills with my legs, and the race would be a good indicator of my progress.

When I clicked “confirm” on my computer screen to register, my stomach dropped. These past couple of years of racing and winning in gravel have felt surreal in a lot of ways. I know and trust my capabilities on the bike, but some days doubt creeps in and I still feel a sense of imposter

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