"My" heated lap pool at Shingle Creek in Florida!
Nothing big to blog about but am just chilling in the hotel room in Florida before going out for a bit with a friend from Forest City who now lives in Orlando. Thought I'd kick out a blog entry real quick.
I'm down in Orlando for a conference for work -- primarily focused on digital marketing. I've been learning a lot and it feels great to finally be over the cold that had been lingering for about a week.
The hotel is awesome! Shingle Creek outside of Orlando.
When I got to the hotel on Monday night, I dropped my bags in the room and went down to the heated lap pool for a long swim. It had just stopped raining and was about 10:00 pm so no one was in the outdoor lap pool. Got in about 2600 or 2700 meters -- around an hour of swimming and it felt GREAT!
Tuesday was the start of the conference and got some really good new ideas and met some vendors at the exhibit. Did a 30 minute run and 30 minute swim on Tuesday and just chilled the rest of the night.
I'm reading a really good book that I picked up at the airport called "The Year of Living Biblically." It's by an Esquire magazine writer who tries to live as biblically as possible for an entire year. It's funny but also very insightful. Some of the rules he's following are ridiculous but at the same time he is also learning some profound lessons. I'm excited to keep reading and see how his year develops.
You can't believe how crazy some shit is in the Bible. Glad I'm not a fundamentalist!
Today was more seminars (not as good as the ones yesterday but still interesting). Had a long lunch break today and did a 9 mile run through the nature trails around the hotel -- only ran past 1 alligator/crocodile? Yikes! Then finished with a 20 minute swim.
Then back to the conference for more seminars and a final trip to the exhibit hall. Talked to some people with similar positions to mine and also some knowledgeable vendors. I'm excited to put some new ideas in place when I return to work.
Back to Forest City tomorrow night - work on Friday and then am going to spend all weekend riding my bike and continuing to train for the half ironman coming up in June -- scary how close it is!
Also amazing that in two weeks I'll be traveling to Florence, Italy for a 10-day trip through Italy and Barcelona. It's going to be a great vacation!
Biking through the chianti region of Tuscany, hiking the hills of Cinque Terre, bellinis in Venice, and tapas in Barcelona.
I have some deeper blog entries developing in my head but for now I'm just....
Enjoying the ride,
Damm
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