Good Morning,

Getting ready to run a little later, after the late breakfast has settled. I would love to go on a longer snowshoe hike, but my shoulder is reacting to the physical therapy and hurts, so I don't want to put more strain on it. Probably just a few miles over the hills.

TT: soundl like big changes are coming up. Great that you found a place that has a lot to offer for running.

Have a great day, everyone!

Apparently the nice 60-70 degree days here in Colorado are over, woke up to a nice slushy outdoors. 7 easy miles this morning...avoided the wet trails of the foothills for the dirt path in the city by my place.

I am surprised by how hilly it is there given that it is in Florida.  There are lots of fairly steep hills, but of course in a state with a high point of 345' none of them are very long.  Still it is actually pretty hilly which I found surprising for Florida.

I had a race down there a couple years ago (Dwd Green Swamp) and I remember being surprised that there was a bit more up and down than I thought there would be!

As a native Floridian, I am all too familiar with our lack of hills.  Although I did go to college in Tallahassee and it is surprisingly hillier than the rest of the State.  My in-laws live in Tallahassee so I do get to go up there and run on the trails whenever we visit.

TrailTromper - I am assuming the trail system you are talking about are the MTB trails that connect Lafayetter Heritage Park, Alford Greenway, and Tom Brown Park?  That is the largest and nicest true trail system I have found in the Tallahassee area.  There is also a shorter trail system over in Maclay Gardens on the north end of town. Technically, the longest trail in Tallahassee proper is the paved St. Marks rail-trail that runs through town and dead ends at the Gulf.  If you don't mind the roads, Old St. Augustine is a beautiful 7-mile canopy road that gets little traffic and runs parallel to Appalachee Parkway (which is close to where it sounds like your house will be).  Gulf Winds Track Club is the local group in town that puts on trail and road races, which are pretty nice.  Florida doesn't have a ton of trail races compared to other states, but if you're willing to drive there are a decent amount of races in the Tampa area and further south.  Good luck with the move and welcome to Florida!

6.25 road miles, was a beautiful 25° sunny and no wind!

QOTD Something I'm not looking forward to,  I'm sitting and waiting for the doctor to come in and the nurse got out rubber gloves and KY jelly and set them on the counter!

I am looking forward to a nice weekend getaway with the GF in Philadelphia!

A little under 5 last night.  I thought I was pushing the pace a bit but when I looked at my time, I...I...well let's just say I am not even close to running like I used to.

TT - are you moving to FLA or purchasing a second home? Either way, good luck.

QOTD: I look forward to entering a race at some point.  I do not know when, where or what but I know why.  Otherwise I look forward to getting some progress done on finishing our basement.

Have a great day!

QOTD:  I don't have any running events coming up, but I'm excited to be on track for my mileage goal so far.  I'm also excited that I was hired to play in the pit orchestra for a local production of Phantom of the Opera next month.

I feel like crap today. Don't know if It's from the hard gym workout yesterday or if I'm sick or getting sick. Either way I just broke down and took some Ibuprofen. Had planned a long run today but probably will scratch that.

Muppy -- When the Dr comes in just tell them you've had the Hershey Trots for the past three days. Always works for me .

QOTD: Kind of looking forward to vacation in eastern TN at the end of May. Planning on an assault on Clingman's Dome with the bike.  It's about 40 miles from Townsend where we stay to the top of the mountain. This will be the third time. The other two times were in downpours with temps in the 40's. Hopeing for nice weather so I can ride back down without freezing to death.