Our first Conference -Fitbloggin and 5k run

Hey friends

Hope you all our having a wonderful Saturday. Our Saturday started off with a wonderful 3 mile run with the lovely Brittany and the rest of the amazing gals at FitBloggin.

Gina, Lori, Brittany, Katy, and Me

We ran alongside the harbor. It was beautiful…just as the sun was coming up!

Yep wearing our shirts!! Thanks Raw Threads, we loved them! So soft ; )

And thanks for New Balance for SHOES!!

We quickly showered and ate a Vega Shake, of course! And headed downstairs for Fitbloggin to finally officially begin

Perfect way to replenish after a run ;  )

Everyone else enjoyed a wonderful breakfast sponsored by Quaker, but since we cannot eat oats, Vega was the perfect replacement!

Our table at Fibloggin

I attended 2 sessions in the morning:

Blogs, accessibility, and SEO, which was great, but also left there a little confused. I still not sure if I understand how to maximize SEO that well, but did learn how important it is to make your blog accessibility.

Next I attended the How to Pitch to the Traditional Media. I enjoyed this. Lori and I have been on the local TV station before, and have done a few interviews for local papers and magazines. It was cool to hear how media personnel look at “news” worthy to write or video about.

Next up was lunch, which for us allergy suffers also causes a problem. Lucky for us Whole Foods was not too far away from the event.

Kombucha with some steamed veggies and roasted squash (which we shared)

YUM!!

Now on to the afternoon sessions…so far we have been having a great time and meeting some great bloggers’! Trying hard to remember people’s name, their twitter names, and blogs….and I am not good with names, so I apologize now if I forget your name ; )

First afternoon session Lori attended was Beyond the Blog:Getting Published. It was a great and very informative session. Thanks to all the bloggers’ who spoke and shared their publishing stories. The presentation was about how bloggers can get a book deal!

I attended Body Image and Blogging session featuring MizFit. Again another great presentation!!!

One that really got me thinking about a lot of different topics surrounding food, fitness, comparisons, body image, and self-acceptance.  Which I realized I am me, and this is the best I can do for me and I hope people do not judge me.

Than it was our snack table.

Wish we could have brought more, but we are a small business with a small budget.

We are THRILLED to hear that everyone enjoyed the goodies

Than time for more sessions. I attended the Making Money From Your Blog!

Other bloggers did take some great notes from the sessions (presentations) and speakers like Whit and Katy.

That is Fitbloggin 2010 conference in a quick nutshell. Not sure what we are up to for tonight but we will keep everyone updated.

What is your favorite fitness tool, gadget, dvd, or class? We want to know!

Till next time,

Michelle

The Twins

L&M