This past weekend was truly one of the best weekends I’ve had in a very long time. I had so much fun, met a ton of new people, made a ton of new friends, learned quite a bit more about the blogging process, got all sorts of free swag, etc…etc…etc…
Here a few pictures from the weekend:
This was the view from my hotel room for the weekend, which was at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, where the conference was also held. Now, I live right outside of Baltimore City, so this wasn’t anything I haven’t seen before, but this was first time actually spending the night in the city, and it was very nice seeing the beautiful Inner Harbor out of my window.
Me with the lovely Sue (aka MrsFatass), who was my Fitbloggin’ BFF 
We had a ton of fun (and a few Tequila shots, WooT!).
Me with the lovely Carla (aka MizFit), at a bar on the Inner Harbor. She is just as awesome in person as she in on her blog. I loved every minute of being in her presence.
Holy crap, look at all the free shit I got!!!!! We recieved a gift bag at registration full of stuff from POM Wonderful, Quaker, Skinny Cow, to name a few. Since I registered for the New Balance 5k, I also got free running shoes…to KEEP!!! WooT! Everyone who signed up was also given a Gruve. A Gruve is a little thing you wear on your waise that tracks how much you move and keeps track of the calories to burn. We all thought we were only trying them out, and would have to return them…but then they should we could keep them. WOOHOO! I didn’t wear it much during the conference, but I’ve had it all since then and may try to write a review soon.
MORE FREE SWAG! This was a gift from Sue. Those of you who follow me on twitter may know about the whole big love thing I have going on with her, Ryan (aka nomorebacon) and Sam (aka Slimminsam). I didn’t wear the shirt out 
but I did sleep in it and it was super comfortable
This was the whole lot of us on Saturday morning, right before the Fitbloggin’ 5k. I was uber tired and extremely hungover, but I ran it. My time was much slower than Mighty Medford (ran it in about 40 minutes), but that’s okay, because I will rock it next year
I love Jennette Fulda. I had recently read her awesome book and love her blog, and when I found out she was going to be at the conference, I knew I had to meet her and get her autograph. Success!!! I probably came off as being really wierd and creepy (I’m sorry if I did, Pastaqueen!) but this was like meeting a celebrity, so of course I wasn’t going to be able to keep it together. I’ll have to work on that.
All in all, this was truly an incredible experience. I wish I had more pictures, because I met so many awesome people! Mary, AJ, FitInMyHeart, JourneyBeyondSurvival, Jen in Real Life, Fitarella, Benjamin Teal, TrulyTrayce, YumYucky, LoserforLife, and so many others! I also learned alot about the blogging process, which I hope will help improve my writing here.
WooT!
How was YOUR weekend? Were you at Fitbloggin? If you were, what did you think?
I can’t wait for next year!
I’m so jealous!
) Looks like you had a blast!
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Wow, Steve, it sounds like you had an absolutely awesome time at Fitbloggin’!
I did a 6-mile walk which included a stop at an Art & Music Festival. I then attended a “healthier” BBQ with some great people.
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loved loved loved meeting you as well.
Im so glad we were able to spend so much time together just hanging out (especially on friday
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I needed the LAUGHTER!
Carla
Yay for Fitbloggin, I am so going next year! That first pic is amazing. Very pretty. Glad you had a great time and got lots of swag
So awesome and I so wish I had been there to meet you and the others!! There IS next year though!
Jealous, jealous, jealous. Looks like you had a great time and look at all that free f*ckin’ swag!!!
Next year, man, I’m THERE!
I’m jealous too. Wow… looks like a blast. I might try to make it there next year too. Sounds freaking sweet!
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I’d have loved to attend this! It’s a pity it is so far away.
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Very cool — looks like a good time!
Thanks for sharing Steve. Once again, I am VERY jealous of you, looks like it was a great time. Maybe next year!
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Great meeting you, Steve! And you rocked the 5K this year! We all deserve a medal for getting up at the crack of dawn to do that! Proud of you!
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I had an awesome time at Fitbloggin – sorry I didn’t get to meet you! I was surprised at how hard it was to meet everyone! Next year I have to do a better job at the whole networking thing.
Love the recap. Sorry we didn’t get to speak this weekend! Also, we’ll be emailing all the mail attendees to be sure we send conference tees to those who did not get one.
Great post. Thank you for blogging about your adventure. I feel a *little* bit better about not going now…:-)
Hey! I’m new to your blog…I found a lot of new blogs from #fitbloggin on twitter (including yours!) You’re the first male blogger on my Google Reader YAY
Sounds like sooooo much fun… glad you had a rockin time!
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Ohhhh, that looks like it was LOADS of fun! AND you got all that swag? Lucky lucky guy.
That is so cool! How does one get invited to FitBloggin?