left coast fun

Its been to long...ive been lazy...ive been busy...ive been drunk. What can i say?

Well i left off with one of the best weeks of running ive had in some time. i was on pace for mid 50's then missed a day due to an lazy postman then had a 4mile day because I made poor decisions the night before and could only muster a drunken shuffle before a flight. I wish that was the least of the poor decision making.

This week i have been in Portland for sales meetings. Monday was a check in day so i ambled 5miles around Portland. As is true with most cities running on MLK drive is never a smart thing. That night was pretty low key as myself and some friends congregated in the hotel bar to discuss the merits of such amazing movies as "Red Dawn" and Micheal Dudikof's acting chops until about 1am.


The next morning we met in the lobby at 6am for for what we hoped would be an easy hour. We started a bit late and ran out on the river path an easy 28:00 and came home in 24:00 which felt uptempo but i was glad i got a good one in. I was bummed that as soon as we returned we had to hustle to shower and make the bus to the village for meetings. Once there we saw some cool videos that talk of our brand and what we have done in the past 3months. Despite my struggles within the past month we've won a world series, had a slew of top draft picks and NCAA Champoinships, tennis, nascar and on and on and on....hopefully it will be my groups time again to be on top.

We were supposed to have a suprise group bonding day and there was no timeline for return that night. The company gave all free reign as it was election night but I had a friend in town who was playing a show i wanted to see. Anyways word circulated that it was paintball in methtown ~40miles away from Portland. http://www.splataction.com/index.html

It was raining and we were mostlty in running tights and fleeces. Taking a direct hit to the groin was a big concern. We started late and it was getting dark quick and coupling that with a mask that fogged up within seconds you had a recipe for disaster. First game we won and i was unscathed. Second game i took a hit to the finger and cried like a schoolgirl. Third game i ran downhill, tripped on a root, faceplanted then got shot in the face. By the end of the game(pitch black and pouring on us) we were all complaining about how sore we were. Pretty sad.

I met up with Danny Mackey and his brother to go see Local H(with Electric 6) downtown. Scott was nice enough to toss us on the list and even though nights out with him are pretty wild i was expecting to call it quits relatively early since we had a 515am wakeup. Kenny got us some PBR tallboys so we waited till go time. Scott was in a good mood due to Obama sealing the deal. Pretty lively show and when it was done we hung around to grab some drinks and bullshit with Scott. Danny wisely bailed at 12 and kenny around 1am yet i was coaxed into strippers and kareoke. Ive never done kareoke and my selection of Billy Ocean's "get out of my dreams and into my car" my go down in history....as being the most terrible thing ever done. That was followed by a trip to Union Jacks finest and finished off with a bacon/glazed donut from voodoo donuts





The next few days were spent looking at product, riding mechanichal bulls and going to an adidas sponsored house party. I will say i got the itch to think maybe i want to work in modern originals but this next running season has to be the strongest line shown in the past 5yrs.

The last night was a blur and with a 4am wakeup to hit the airport i didnt go to bed, instead deciding to take in all of portland that i could. It wasnt until i got home via cab and tried to find my car to go get food that i realized how much rest i needed. Last sunday i drove myself to the airport. Smart ryan...very smart.

Running wise the week was a bust. Its pitch black out and barely 5pm. Hoping to get out for an easy 30min and then do 5-8m tomorrow and get back into running mode on monday. Should be fun with sell in.

More pics to come and more regular posts.