As much as I've enjoyed the 85 degree weather, and sunny sky, I'm ready to come home.

It's time to get back to my wonderful wife, and time for the weekend of which I'm looking forward to spending some time with my family at Easter. As for my week here in Florida, it was fun to say the least. Even though I had to work a lot while down here, I was able to find time to enjoy myself. Sunday night was spent celebrating over some Miller Lite's with my co-worker, and Monday was a full day of work and an off day in the my training life. But it was all back to business on Tuesday. I woke up Tuesday morning around 5:30 AM and went out for a easy 6 mile run. My legs felt extremely heavy during the run, but I didn't care because I was running along the ocean and it was fantastic. After work on Tuesday I met up with my friend Laura about 20 miles north of Ft. Lauderdale for a 8 mile tempo run. Laura is a fantastic runner and actually qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon back in 2000, and missed the qualifying race in 2004 by only seconds. Our run Tuesday night was at a comfortable talking pace and I really enjoyed running and talking with Laura. She even invited Jen and I back to Boca offering up a room in her condo (which was absolutely gorgeous and overlooked the Atlantic)! After the run I met back up with my co-worker, Brett, and we headed down to the beach for a very nice seafood / Italian dinner right on the beach. I thought to myself, now this is the way I should be living every day!!!

So Tuesday came and went, and Wednesday was here before we knew it. I decided to take the morning off (I really am not a morning exercise person), and opted to do my two workouts in the evening after work. So after we returned from a hard day at the office, I quickly changed into my bike shorts and headed up the coast on A1A Blvd. The wind really has been strong the past couple days. There aren't many hills here in Florida, but to tell you the truth, I'd take hills any day over the strong head winds. I biked 25 miles up the coast and met up with Laura again at her condo in Boca Raton. She hanged tough on my back wheel as we battled the wind. Laura ended up doing 20+ miles with me, and by the time I was back to the hotel I had in 50 miles in 2 1/2 hours. To put the wind in perspective, I did the entire ride in a very easy comfortable heart rate and averaged close to 26mph with the tail wind, and then averaged way less than 20mph on the way back.

After the bike I headed over to the Lauderdale Yacht club for my swim. It felt soooo good to swim outdoors. I almost forgot what it was like. The fresh air, the clean water, and that overall feeling of freedom. I had the entire pool to myself, and it was great. At the end of my workout I actually didn't want to get out.

So it's Thursday now, and time to head back to the Burgh. So after a really nice get a way to Southern Florida, I'm anxious and ready to get back to life as normal.