Rev3 Team Summit

This past weekend was the REVOLUTION3 Triathlon team summit in Boulder, Colorado.  I was very fortunate in being able to step away from work and travel for the weekend!  Knowing what I know now, I would have been extremely sad to have missed this experience!

I flew in on Thursday evening and met up with some of the team at La Cantina for dinner and drinks!  It was good to catch up with some familiar faces and meet some new ones!

Team REV3 at La Cantina.

Friday morning, we met bright and early at Hotel Boulderado for our first full day of sponsor meetings.  The morning started off with an icebreaker egg drop competition.  Here are a few photos of Team Awesome and our Lunar Lander Egg Mobile.  We rocked it, although I have to admit that no one's egg actually broke.  Yep, we have a team full of smart cookies!

Team Awesome putting the final details on our egg drop device.

L to R: Heather Oravec, Jen Small, Nina Jack, Steve Muckerheide, Robin Blackburn, Davind Naelon, Jeff Vanis, Tim Andrus.

Our egg even had its own aero helmet, designed by JSmalls!

The rest of the day continued with very informative sponsor meetings and question and answer sessions.  We are so lucky to have such wonderful and supportive sponsors!  Make sure you check out my sidebar to view all of Team REV3's awesome sponsors!  Click on the logo to learn more about their products!

After lunch we got to go to Pearl Izumi headquarters for a tour of their facilities and a preview of the 2013 product line.  This was one of the big highlights of the summit!  Pearl Izumi is an amazing company with some quality products and it was great to get a behind the scenes peak!  Here are some photos from PI:

PI warehouse and where clothes get repaired.  Did you know their products offer a lifetime guarantee? Just send it back and they will fix it for you free of charge!

Jordan Vance taking a bite out of my favorite shoe in the 2013 lineup!

Tim DeBoom telling us about his sponsorship!

Some old PI cycling jerseys.

Susan Zody in the PI warehouse.  Yay for getting to try on kits before we order them!

One of PI's advertisements.  They had an entire wall of awesomely inappropriate advertisements!

After the tour at PI the majority of the team ended up going out to Centro for happy hour and dinner.  I was a total party pooper and needed some normalcy in my day, so I decided to head back to the hotel and get a run in.  I will admit I am sorry to have missed out on all the fun though.  The stories from that night were quite entertaining and on the verge of  well over the line of "TMI", but that's just how Team REV3 rolls....what happens in Boulder stays in boulder ;)  

Saturday was round two of sponsor meetings.  And our team dinner at Maggianos in downtown Denver.  It also happened to be initiation night for the newbies and let me just say it was high quality entertainment for all!  If you haven't seen the video check it out on my FB page.  I have to say that these newbies are pretty bad ass and awesome team players.  They fit right in with this crazy bunch.

2013 Team REV3.

That's more like it!

Dinner at Maggianos.  Thanks for the grub, CP!!!

Carole and Jen, two of my favorite peeps!

Much of the team stayed an extra day for hiking and skiing.  I was bummed to miss out on the team hike/run on Sunday, however I got to spend the day with one of my really good friends from grad school and her husband.  They took me rock climbing, which I haven't done in about 6 years, but it was absolutely AWESOME!  I am currently in climbing withdrawal and need to find a local rock climbing gym to go to!

Rock'n & Jam'n Climbing facility.

They have a million different routes and levels to choose from!

This inversion climb was the most fun of the day!

Making my way to the top.

All in all it was a fantastic trip!  I got to hang out with old friends, meet some awesome new friends, and learn a lot more about REVOLUTION3 triathlon and our sponsors!  It didn't hurt that Colorado is a beautiful place and the weather was sunny and in the 60's.  I am sad to be home, but life must go on ;)

I'd like to give a huge thank you to Charlie Patten, Carole Sharpless, and Alex Poon for putting together an amazing weekend filled with fun and lots of memories!  You guys are the best and I am honored to be a part of this team!