My body is slowly getting adjusted to the time zone change here and allowed me to grab and extra hour and a half today versus yesterday’s 4am wake up call so I’ll have to keep today’s report short.
I spent yesterday morning getting our booth prepped for the grand opening that takes place today at 9am. No major issues to report yesterday during set up so I feel pretty good going in to the festivities that lie ahead.

I finished up at 1:30pm and quickly ran back to the hotel to help with set up for a pre show sales meeting with our 30 field representatives. Dan McKee, Tom Weth and David Schlissel each spoke about new product offerings and marketing strategies within each of the brands that they manage. My favorite new product has to be our line of heart rate monitors that Tom has been working on that will blow the doors off the competition. They look awesome, are loaded with a ton of features and are priced great!

The meeting was capped off by a visit from Dean Karnazes who will be running 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 different states starting September 17th in Missouri. For more information on the Endurance 50, you can visit the website at www.endurance50.com. Dean was kind enough to stick around and personally sign one of his books for each of the sales reps in attendance. Dean will also be at our booth this morning for a few hours to sign books for anyone at the show.

Once the show wrapped up, I was invited to an intimate dinner with Conrad Anker and a few of my Timex co-workers. Conrad is one of the most respected alpinists ever to grace the snowy caps of many of the world’s highest peaks. In 1999, Anker was part of an expedition on Mt Everest when he discovered the body of George Mallory whose story has been put in to print and also produced into a movie. Aside from being well known across the globe, Conrad is a spokesperson for Timex Expedition line and is a very humble and great person.

That’s all for now, day one of the show is only a few ticks away.

Oh…still no burrito…