I guess we ought to make the first meeting official by recapping the event on this blog. Five team members attended. Luke, Mairin, Suzie, Nicole and Neil (me). Luke brought his wife and some friends so we had a group of about 10 people. Greens is a crowded sports bar at the corner of Green and Polk in SF and was wild with excitement as most of the TVs were tuned to the Dodgers standing on the brink of elimination (although 2 were tuned to the last Presidential debate - with Sen. McCain standing on the brink of elimination, perhaps). Green's does not sell MGD64 but did sell MGD and MGD Lite. Oh well.
What is clear is that without Nicole's iridescent green pants we would have likely never found one another (thanks Nicole). The conversation flowed freely as we discussed our various sporting interests (Nicole: running, cycling; Mairin; road and mountain biking esp. downhill!; Luke: triathlon; Suzie: running; Neil: triathlon) and previous experience with this sort of marketing program (Luke: some granola-based variation; Mairin: has or had other sponsors; everyone else: neophytes). We started to brainstorm ideas for events. It turns out that Suzie is some sort of mover and shaker at Larkspur Hotels and suggested that we hold an event at one of her properties (duh! OK. That's not hard to agree to.) We decided that pooling our 2 cases of MGD64 per month as a group would allow to hold a bigger, better event. Suzie was going to think about some dates (Thursdays seemed good, she was thinking sooner rather than later - i.e., some Thursday in October, maybe around Union Square). It was also agreed that since both Suzie and Nicole would be doing the Nike Women's Marathon on 10/19, we would start in earnest on 10/20.
Other ideas were bandied about, Luke has a relative who runs a boxing gym in San Carlos, perhaps we could (again) pool our beer resources to do something there. Sports Basement will upon request host a shopping party in which food is provided and participants get 20% off all purchases that day - again pooling beer for "free refreshments" would make this event a winner. They also allow entertainment or slideshows or whatever. (Anyone in band?) Other possibilities include short (or long) training rides or runs that end at an appropriate establishment for recuperation.
I think this captures most of the thoughts. Feel free to add your own embellishments. I'll attach the photos we took at Green's.
I think now we get 10 points each, right?
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