CO 2011 - Newton Retail Summit, Sunday

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What have we been up to the last couple of days? We've been at the Newton Running Company Retail Summit, a gathering of retail store managers, owners, buyers, and associates who are there to discuss, learn, and experience Newton and natural running.

Sunday looked something like this...

Checked in at the Newton Retail Summit registration and got some free stuff!

Newton hats, tech shirt, Yankz laces, the BRAND NEW Newton racing flats, nutritional stuff, and Danny Abshire's book, "Natural Running." (of course we got signed copies)

Ben, in front of the poster with his lanyard on

People picking up their goodies & getting fitted in the new flats.

After that, we checked into our hotel room at the St. Julien Hotel in downtown Boulder. High class! (Read: I can't get used to staying in places like this, it's only going to be bad news)

Pretty sure I've never seen a four-poster at the Fairfield Inns I usually hit.

I love lamp! The wall was made of cork!

Love me some round mirrors.

The view from our balcony...

Another sweet lamp and framed print.

The MINI BAR!!! Check out the stuffed prairie dog behind the cookies.

I wanted this prairie dog so bad...

Best hotel fitness room ever!!!

Lap pool... is this heaven?

Can you believe this is the whirlpool?

After check-in there was a group run and form clinic, which we attended (the form clinic). Danny commandeered our instructor's session, so from the expert himself, we got a small group instruction session on natural running form drills and how to run for maximum energy return --> energy-efficient running.

There was a Sunday evening welcome dinner at the delicious rib place across from the Newton Lab.

Oh! And we ran into Andrew Fritz, who works at the Runner's Forum in Indy/Carmel.

He was fun to hang out with in Boulder... we know him from NIRCA, since he was the president of the Ball State Running Club back in the day.

More shots of the shindig

If I was getting married again, THIS would be my table centerpiece!
(Maybe not in the high-viz orange)

As we were getting ready to leave, we witnessed a crazy scene: we watched a police car race by with lights on, then come back with about 3 other police cars. We heard a big "thud," then a bunch of cops jumped out of their cars and drew their weapons on a guy standing on the sidewalk. Ben says he was a homeless guy who dropped his backpack when the cops came by. A few minutes later, a fire truck and ambulance came and they ended up taking a guy away on a stretcher. VERY random... and still makes no sense. It got everybody out of their seats from dinner though!

....End Sunday. On to Monday!