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Back in January, Oakley, the maker of premium sunglasses, goggles, prescription eyewear, apparel, footwear and accessories and Shape Magazine teamed together for a contest to find the next Oakley Brand Ambassadors in three major markets, San Diego, Boulder and Dallas.

As part of the search and contest to find the right women to join the Oakley Perform Beautifully Collective, 200 lucky women were being offered the chance to be invited to attend an exclusive day-long VIP Oakley Progression Session which would include a Boot Camp session, a Yoga Session, a Nutrition Seminar, a Live Ambassador Search with Oakley and access to the mobile O-store to check out the latest offerings from Oakley plus product giveaways!

I got the chance to know the Oakley product while at my first social media event, the Fitness Magazine Meet & Tweet last year.  I received a pair of Oakley sunglasses as a gift at the event and I’ve done all of my running with them ever since.  When I saw the details of the contest, I entered but never believed I’d get one of those 200 invitations.

I’m happy to say that I was wrong!  I’m in shock that I’m one of the 200 lucky winners who have been invited to the Women’s Fitness Training Progression Session in San Diego next week!  It seems unreal that I’m a contender to be one of the next Oakley Brand Ambassadors!

I’m thrilled and honored to be considered (especially given my injury status).  I look forward to showing my commitment to fitness and nutrition during my recovery.  I will definitely document all that I can from the event next week and keep you in the loop with my contest status.

I planned on writing a post today about the trends I see coming from the natural, organic and healthy products industry after attending the Natural Products Expo West convention in Anaheim, CA last weekend.  These posts are coming so stay tuned – there’s some good stuff coming!