WooT: My #amerryworkoutpledge recap!

Apr 282010

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…110 minutes and 30 seconds of cardio…

…HOLY CRAP!

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Another #amerryworkoutpledge down, WOOHOO!

I just completed my portion of the challenge, and I think it’s safe to say that my ass is officially kicked.  I ran for last months challenge but wanted to change it up a bit for this month, so I went with the exercise bike.  I usually only do 10-15 minutes at a time on the bike, so this would definitely be…different.

All in all, it wasn’t that bad!  My ass hurts, which was expected, and my legs feel a bit like jello, but it was a good experience and it went by really fast!  I still feel like I was cheating on running though, but I’ll get over that, it’s good to have a nice mix :)

I completed the challenge and rode 27.6 miles.  Is that a lot?  I honestly have NO IDEA.  I don’t have alot of biking experience so I don’t know what to gauge it against.  It’s more than a marathon worth of riding though, so it can’t be that bad :)

And like before, here is my sweaty after pic…

 

Again, sexy, right?  The bike beside me is the one I used for the challenge.  The people in the background are, well, people in the background :-P

HOW DID YOU DO?

Some of you are in the process of completing the challenge, others are completing it tomorrow or over the weekend or whatever.  It’s all awesome regardless, and I want to know how you did!  Once you have finished, let me know the following:

  • Type of activity completed
  • Mileage (if you did the bike or treadmill, for example…)
  • URL of your challenge followup (if you have a blog and do a follow up post)

I want to gather all of this information and do a followup post with everyones information later, and I don’t want to miss anyone :)   In the meantime, you can follow everyones progress on twitter!  Look for the #amerryworkoutpledge hashtag!

I’m having a lot of fun with this challenge and I hope it continues to grow and travel through the blog community.  You guys are awesome!

And now, I need a nap…or at least dinner :)   Have a great evening!

Fitbloggin' Recap

Mar 222010

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 :-P   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! :)