loving south florida

Welcome! Glad to see that you had a great time with your first race - makes it hard to stay away, doesn' it?

-Frank

currently I'm romanticizing about what it's like in the fall and winter in Ohio-remembering the beautiful foilage and white fluffy snow...NOT..Southeast Ohio was dreary. The pace is different here, but it sure is the place to be if you're active...did a morning fitness camp at the park, followed by a swim outside in the aquatic center's olympic pool. quite lovely..I highly recommend it!

Hi Lisa...good to hear from another so. floridian. It is beautiful right now. I love the hot, sweet humid weather, but my second favorite it so. florida fall and winter! I grew up in the midwest (st. louis and then ohio for school-got stuck there a bit), but have always been a florida girl! it just took me 1/2 a lifetime to get here. NOthing inherently wrong with snow, but unless you live by mountains, it's just a p.i.t.a... We are in Coral Springs-the aquatic center is a great place to swim laps. for non-members, it's $3 I think. it's convienent for me, I try to do most of my training while my 2 children are in school...hubby and I are planning on getting road bikes for Christmas-do you ride with a group? where do you ride? hear there is a great park in boca with nice paved trails and shade...just not real convienent. I'm very nervous to ride in the traffic...my biggest hesitation! people drive like #&#^% here! Ever heard of Critical Mass? I've been wanting to stage a CM ride since the first week we moved here and I mistakenly took my then 4 year old and 6 year old out for a bike ride to get ice cream. Talk about a death ride! TTFN, Mimi

Hello and welcome to the site! I'm trying not to be jealous of the outdoor training, as I sit here in MN. Best of luck to you!

Kelly

bet you weren't so jealous during hurricane season ;-) !