Wed Winners: Bloggers Earn Media Love

 Happy Wednesday!

THIS may make more sense as you read on... 

 Thought I'd share a different kind of Wednesday Winner this week since we've changed up the schedule just a bit here at the Turtles blog. 

With blogging making the news, sometimes positively and other times, um... not so much, but continuing to move into people's living rooms nonetheless, it's interesting to reflect on our own friends whose stories have crossed over from the blogosphere.... 

In the past year, it's been fun to see these fellow bloggers make their way into mainstream media (in positive ways, *thank*you*very*much!), kind of like knowing a celebrity.  :)  

While I'm certain my list is incomplete, these are the ladies I personally know of who've earned Media Love in the past year, and rightly so... If you know of others, please tell us in the comments section so we can send the appropriate hugs and well wishes! 

Recognized for their weight loss efforts, these ladies found themselves in magazines: 

Shelley celebrated a  shout-out in Woman's Day magazine here and Lori teased us with a big surprise for quite some time before revealing her feature in the May 2010 issue of Shape magazine, which you can see here. 

Next came two ladies, Jill and Mel, whose ARMS "Awesome Running Mom Status" earned each of them a spot in a newly released book, Run Like a Mother, authored by Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea, two running/blogging moms whom I've not yet met, but I do enjoy reading their blog (even though my maternal responsibilities belong to a fish!).  Does being an auntie count? 

A Media Maven in her own right, a gal who's been in mainstream  media  a bit longer than the rest of the tribe, this lady is also a mom who's teaching fabulous values to her own up-and-coming-athlete.  Carla, aka MizFitOnline, is an accomplished writer, business owner, and witty blog author.  You can catch up with her here. 



And last, but certainly not least, the latest addition to the literary world is a young blogger/runner whose determined efforts to impart beauty through her project, Operation Beautiful, is celebrating the brand new release of her book, out this month.  Congratulations, Caitlin!  


BIG TURTLE HUGS to each of you for being a Winner!  Keep up the good work, exploring  your own journeys, making us proud as fellow bloggers and runners, shining a positive light on blogging, and inspiring each of US to reach  just a little bit higher. 


Did you catch the fish reference?  Did you smile when you saw him?  Well then...my work here is done today! 

Stay tuned for a group run update:

Things that make you go hmmmm......  

AND we'll be initiating a new running friend this Saturday as we celebrate fitness in the Celebration of Running 5K, sponsored by Track Shack.  Another race virgin will join the ranks and call herself 'runner' after Saturday's 3.1 miles, which will take place AFTER our group long run ... won't that be fun?! 


 Happy running, friends....

Robin
Own your journey.  One run at a time.