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Oiselle Totally Trials “Track and Fun Party” with MC and Booby Hammer!

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AHHHH! THIS IS SO COOL! OMG! AHHH! I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS! HOW PERFECT! HOW AMAZING! AHHHHH! This is what we found ourselves repeating all night at the Oiselle Track and Fun Party. Here’s how it all went down.

We arrived at Studio Mantra in two groups. I was in the second group. When we arrived there were fancy cheeses, breads, crackers, veggies, sparkling water, you know, the usual model stuff (HA!) We all joked about how we shouldn’t be eating pre-fashion show as we went to town on that spread. Our look for the show was to be natural, afterall we were modeling running apparel! I’m used to a daily regimen of thick, colorful eyeliner so I was curious to see the end result. My makeup was done by Kelly who spoke with me about the Emerald City Roller Girls, her roller derby league and how she wanted to have me over for dinner to put some meat on my bones! She did a great job on my makeup and was fun to talk with. Next I had my hair done by Dede, who realized I have some of the slippery-est hair on the planet as she was perfecting my 3-side-braids-into-a-side-pony look. Loved my hair and she was such a sweet girl!

By the time our second group was done with hair and makeup, we were slightly late to the party. We hiked up the street to the Downtown Athletic Club, me in super-duper high heels that I was borrowing from my friend Casey (thank you Casey, they looked superb!) We had just a few minutes of mingling then we were backstage changing, getting sprayed with avocado oil and lining up. At this point, I was trembling with excitement and nervous energy. We were all trying to pump each other up, dancing around and cracking little jokes. Then, the magic happened:

Here are a few shots of me taken from Oiselle’s Facebook page

oiselle fashion show, look 1

My first look: Fall 12 Mesh Tank and Spring 13 Bum Wrap and custom marathon banner bag.

oiselle sportbra, sweat pants

My second look: Cannot wait to get my hands on these comfy pants!

Wow, the fashion show was so much fun! The audience was great! Beer/wine/drinks were raised, loud cheering began and everyone had huge smiles plastered on their faces. They put our minds at ease immediately and it wasn’t scary at all once we got out there. And obviously the apparel spoke for itself. I think everyone wanted everything they saw on stage – I know I did!

After the show we were high-fiving, hugging and laughing-so amped up! We got changed into our party clothes and were ready to dance the night away. And we DID! MC Hammer and his son, Booby entertained us until around 1am. Here are some highlights of the night.

  • Lauren Fleshman facing me, grabbing my arms, looking straight into my eyes, saying “you did a great job” after the show. She did this to the other “models” standing with me as well. OMG! Arguably my favorite athlete EVER not only talked to me, gave me an autograph, posed for a picture, but ALSO approached me and told me I did a great job?! Too cool!
Lauren Fleshman at Oiselle party

Oh darn, no flash on camera. Lauren Fleshman!!

  • Meeting and getting pictures with Steph Rothstein, Ben Bruce, Ro McGettigan.
Roisin McGettingan and Oiselle

Me, Ro, and Oiselle Teammate Mollie

  • Partying with MC Hammer and Booby Hammer!
MC Hammer and Oiselle ladies

Models posing with MC Hammer

MC Hammer and Jen

My blurry iPhone pic with MC Hammer!

MC Hammer

Peace!

  • Booby Hammer gave me his iPhone case! We were dancing, then got to talking about my cool Lytro camera. I asked Booby to take a pic of his dad and me with my phone and he noticed the back of the phone felt strange. I told him my daughter shattered it and he pulled off his case, told me his was broken too then said “here take mine”. I followed up with some girly screams, “OMG I ARE YOU SERIOUS?! REALLY? NO WAY!?! REALLY?” then proceeded to text message almost everyone in my phone about it.
booby hammer performing

Booby Hammer performs

booby hammer at oiselle fashion show

Totally Trials winners Sarah and Emily with Booby and me. I believe I stole this photo from one of SarahOUaL's tweets!

  • Quality time with my Oiselle Team ladies. What a group of ladies! I can’t say enough about them. There is something special about each lady on our team and I am so thankful to be a part of it.
  • J Lesko’s dance moves. This is worth searching on Youtube!
  • Alysia Montano’s freestyle on stage.
  • Meeting up with Twitter buddies who are even better IRL.
  • The photo booth – where memories were made!

This was a party of a lifetime. I’m still riding the buzz…

Anything I’m missing? Anything you want to know about the party? What did you think of the show? The apparel?

 

Totally Trials Trip Day 2, Part 1

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My trip to Eugene coincided with a cross-country move, and I’m backed up on blog posting. Since everyone-and-their-mother has already read all the Track & Field Olympic Trials results they can handle by now, I’m going to skip that part (even though it was the most important part and reason for my trip!) and get right into my personal life those 4 days in Eugene.

My luggage came at 8:06am the morning after I arrived. An employee brought it in her own personal car since I called enough times to ask about it and it was labeled “first class baggage”. (Thank goodness for Jeff’s frequent flyer miles once again!) I had just enough time to run about 4 miles. I was kicking myself for not bringing my phone to take pictures on the run. There were so many people, athletes, fans, and locals just hanging around. The energy was contagious and I was so excited to be a part of it! I couldn’t wait to see the action at the track!

When I got back to the house, I had 30 minutes to shower, pack, and be ready for rehearsal for the Oiselle RUNway. Kristin, the team manager, kindly came to get me and the ladies from the Fly South house and we were on our way to the Downtown Athletic Club. Once we arrived I met quite a few of my Oiselle teammates. These ladies are all SO WONDERFUL! I felt a connection with so many of them instantly. We got some coffee and ate some bagels and cream cheese, then it was time to get to work. We did 3 RUN-throughs  on the RUNway and we were all feeling nervous, but excited and more confident after having some practice.

chat before RUNway

Oiselle Ladies discussing looks for the models

stage before Oiselle show rehearsal

The stage during rehearsal

models chatting

A few of the "models" chatting between RUNthroughs

After rehearsal and lunch it was time for the track action! I enjoyed the 1500 meter semi-final for both men and women and the women’s steeplechase final. We had Oiselle athletes Kate Grace in the 1500 and Jamie Cheever in the steeple. I enjoyed watching the shorter events as well but it’s more exciting for me to watch middle to long distance races because I can relate! Watching the track action inspired my own racing and I’m excited for the next 3-4 years of competition!

When track events concluded I wanted to hit up the Picky Bars booth with my Oiselle ladies, including Picky-mega-fan Meggie for some samples and to replenish my stash. The bars were as tasty as ever. In fact, I got a bar that had 9 chocolate chips!

picky bar

I've never had more than 6 chocolate chips until my Olympic Trials Picky Bar purchase!

Picky bar club swag

Showing off my Picky Swag at the Picky Bars booth

From there we headed back to the Hippie House, another one of Oiselle’s houses for the week, and waited to be transported to hair and makeup for the fashion show! The party and fashion show deserve their own post so I’ll stop here for now.

to be continued…

 What are your favorite track & field events? Do you tend to enjoy the events that are similar to what you run or the ones that you have never attempted? 

 

Oiselle Totally Trials Trip-Part 1-The Ugly

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Wow. I really don’t want to post about the Olympic Trials experience, fashion show, or spectacular running meetups because there is no way my words can express the perfection of the trip. I guess I’ll start with the only negative (other than having to leave) which was the travel to Eugene.

I was up by 5am to tackle an easy run before my flight then I was on my way to the airport! I started the trip with high hopes, set to fly first class the whole way, thanks to Jeff’s frequent flyer miles. The first of 3 flights, ROC–>ORD went great. I boarded the second flight, was sitting there about an hour when they announced there were problems with the hydraulics and we would need to get off the plane. To avoid boring you too much, I’ll write the rest in bullet points and pictures.

  • Spent 4 hours waiting
delayed flight, not happy

Not happy about the delayed flight

  • Booked on 3 different flights, set to leave on whatever boarded first
  • Took original flight
  • Met masters division Cross Fit champ
  • Sprinted across SFO airport in wedges
high heel yellow wedges

Poor shoe choice for cross country trip.

  • Devoured food and drink in flight
  • No seat on flight to EUG
  • Jeff on phone with United, me in person talking = finally got a seat
  • Sat by pilot who explained every question I had about flying- pilots, flight staff, flights in general
  • Arrived in EUG, 5 hours late, with no luggage
  • Met awesome roomie Frency!
pic in cab from EUG airport

Picture taken in dark cab around 10:30pm! Get us to our house "Fly South"!

  • Slept in tee and jean shorts, dirty body and teeth
mats to sleep on

My bed the first few nights

  • Woke to no luggage still.
  • Frantic calls to United baggage team
  • Luggage arrived with just enough time for a 30 minute run before Fashion Show rehearsal.

The rest of the trip was spectacular! More to come…

How do you handle crazy travel experiences? Go to bed in tears like me?! Any questions you have about flights/flight staff/pilots? I probably know the answer thanks to Mr. Pilot who I chatted with for a good hour on the flight!