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Thursday thoughts: ZOOMA, More ZOOMA & New Shoes

April 11, 2013 by Michelle 15 Comments

ZOOMA Cape Cod will once again be held in September in Falmouth — I love the Cape in the fall and am very psyched to be a race ambassador again. So grab your BRFs and join me for a great girls’ getaway race weekend. Use code CCAMB2 to save 10% off the registration fee for the half marathon or the 10K. My friend E and I had a great time last year – can’t wait to go back!

And speaking of ZOOMA, I’m happy to announce that for the next 4 months (between now and the Cape race), I’ll be working as their Social Media Coordinator! I love ZOOMA’s mission to inspire women to lead happy, healthy and active lifestyles and I’m very happy to be part of this great team!

These lovelies showed up at my door recently. The great folks at Newton Running contacted me a couple of weeks ago to invite me to attend one of their Natural Form Running Clinics being held during Marathon Weekend. I was invited to attend one of their clinics last year as well – you can read about it HERE. While I couldn’t work my schedule out to go this time around, I was sent this pair of Distance Neutral Performance Trainers to try out! I may take them out on the track today – full review to come.

If you’re in the Boston area on Friday or Saturday, head to the Charles River at the corner of Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave and look for the green Newton Running tent. Clinics begin at 8 a.m

Filed Under: Natural Form Running, Newton Running, opportunities, ZOOMA, ZOOMA Cape Cod

Decision made – Hello Team Sony

June 24, 2011 by Michelle 6 Comments

So I decided to accept the invitation to join Team Sony Walkman – thanks to all of you who weighed in!

To answer some of the questions you raised:
— Yes – there will be free products and giveaway opportunities.
— Yes – free running apparel.
— The 5 race commitment runs from now through January 31st.
— I was initially a little nervous about the idea of doing 5 events, but then when I looked at my race schedule for the rest of the year, the reality is I’ve already committed to 3 races, so adding 2 more doesn’t seem like a big stretch, especially since I confirmed that I can mix up the distances (it would definitely be a different story if they all had to be halfs!)
— No – the races fees aren’t covered.

I think it will be a fun opportunity and I’m looking forward to getting to know some of the other runners and trying out the products! I should be getting more information in the next couple of weeks.

Filed Under: opportunities, Sony

An interesting opportunity

June 19, 2011 by Michelle 11 Comments

On Friday, I received a great surprise in my email inbox – an invitation for an opportunity to be a part of Team Sony Walkman!

As an “Ambassador” there are a variety of commitments you make in terms of working with Sony, but the two big commitments are to agree to Sony as your exclusive sponsor of music/mp3 products and to participate in at least 5 events wearing their custom branded apparel. Of course, my first thought is, this sounds pretty cool…though the five events has me mildly panicked (that Fall half marathon would have to become a reality).

Has anyone ever done this kind of sponsorship before? Can you think of any downside I should consider? I have until Friday to make my final decision and would love to hear any opinions.