Training in Montana

5 Florida miles. Not so runner friendly where I'm staying, in a rental home. It's off a 60 MPH road so I stayed to the half mile of sidewalk then turned up a deserted street full of Recession Townhomes - all empty but look great on the outside. I hear someone yell at me from nowhere and it is a security guard who had been sitting in a car I didn't see. Says it's Private Property and I can't be there. Argh. I'm still ticked at him - a guy in a tanktop, shorts, listening to his iPod can't run through the perfectly developed road WITH a bike path? I told him if I got hit by a car it was his fault and went elsewhere. Thankfully found a true neighborhood across the highway and got in my miles. Man, it's humid here! No duh, but true. Felt great though and lots of oxygen. I wish I could find a 5K here. Billings was 18 degees just a few minutes ago. 72 and climbing in Orlando. Guilt. Okay, guilt gone.

AP: 8:49.

5 miles running on a dirt road and a 2" shoulder in the outskirts of Orlando. Part of it was running by an orange grove which was interesting. Who knew? Not ripe yet, but interesting how large some of the trees get. Felt pretty good. Amazing how much humidity there is - the car is covered in dew morning and night.

AP: 8:31

Universal Studios today so I woke up a bit late and did fewer miles. Just past one mile I saw loads of hot air balloons nearby - turns out they were landing in a field just near the run. It was fun to see them come in and land and deflate. I realized that riding in a hot air balloon is on my bucket list, as is skydiving, and riding in a helicopter. Deep sea fishing is probably in there as well. Marathon, check, now on to those other ones. But checking those off the list is soooo much easier than a marathon! I don't need to prep for months and months - just pay a large sum of money and go do it then check it off. I like that idea.

Universal was a blast. Harry Potter land was excellent and The Hulk roller coaster was awesome. We had a great time. Now I need to figure out a way to save up thousands of dollars and bring my family to Orlando for a full week of Disney, Universal, and the beach. Hopefully in a couple years. Only one more day of warmth, then it's back to Montana. It's been nice.