I am still not believing how epic this past weekend was. I was blessed enough to be picked by Fit Fluential to attend the 1st annual Runners World Heritage Festival 5k/10k/half marathon with some of my favorite bloggers.
I was sharing a room with some amazing women. We had never met each other before, but it felt like we knew each other already. That is what is great about blogging and Fit Fluential.
It was way more than I would have ever expected. This whole week I will be telling you all of the things we got to do, places we got to go, and the amazing people and companies we got to meet. I hope you will be just as excited as we were to be there and seriously think about attending next year. So here we go...
Some of you guys will recognize some of these amazing ladies
Katherine Neon Blonde Runner
Lynda Hit The Road Jane
Lyndsay Itz Linz
Kristen Stuft Mama
Tina Best Body Fitness
We were lucky enough to be able to work with some awesome companies and meet some amazing poeple this weekend. Some were mentioned in the video, here is a list with the links...(Thanks Lindsay for the list)
Matt Long – author of The Long Run
Most of us flew in on Thursday. I met Amanda and Lynda at the Philadelphia airport and we road tripped it to Bethleham PA.
Runners World Magazine had a limo bus come pick us up at the hotel to take us to their headquarters for a kick off barbecue.
We pulled up at the Runners World headquarters and were greeted by editors, reporters, and this guy...
Yeah that's Bart Yasso.
I have wanted to meet him for a long time. I was in awe!
We had an amazing barbecue dinner including hamburgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers.
You have heard me talk about Altra Zero Drop shoes before and how amazing they are.
I was excited to hear that they were the official sponsor of the Runners World Heritage Festival.
Golden, the founder and his crew were at the barbecue to fit us for our Altra shoes.
I was so excited to get the new pink Intuitions.
Jeremy was great and took the time to see how my foot would fit in the shoe and explain to me how it should feel. They do feel different that a normal running shoe because the toe base is built like your feet are shaped therefore allowing your toes to naturally spread. it is amazing. They are so comfortable.
We LOVE our Altra Zero Drop shoes.
After our fitting with Altra Zero Drop, we were taken on the grand tour of the Runners World offices.
If you have ever wanted to see behind the scenes of Runners World Magazine, stay tuned for Part 2 tomorrow.
Now for some fun...
Check out Altra Zero Drop shoes and tell me which shoe you would love to have, I will pick a random winner to win a little surprise from this weekend...
Ok GO!
And stay tuned for Part 2 of my amazing weekend.
Thank you to Fit Fluential for this amazing experience.
I was compensated with a race entry through Fit Fluential. All opinions expressed are my own.
