Florida in February

November in Texas means the beginning of jacket weather. When you ride your bike to school in the mornings you should probably start wearing mittens so your little fingers don't dry up and freeze off and lest we forget, football is officially upon us.

November in Florida consists of muggy, sweaty weather that makes even the most die-hard beach goer, stay indoors. Most mornings when leaving for work I can't decide if I should wear a jacket because I'll end up taking it off half way through the day and that just ruins my outfit. Flats or wedges? Flats (my personal fave) will get soaked if it's raining (which it does here in Florida!) and wedges, well, my wedges are used and abused from summer... they need a break. (My life is so difficult, I KNOW!) This sort of yo-yo weather is apparently going to stick around the state until January (according to my local Floridian). I figure there is a reason everyone flocks here from the northern regions starting oh, a month or so ago... So in celebration of the warm temperatures or a celebration of the cooler ones to come, I have decided to run a half-marathon in February. Yes dear friends, I did say half-marathon. 13.1 miles, just a jog around the park, yes? Although I haven't nailed down the exact halfy to run, there are plenty to choose from here, since apparently this is the only state with weather nice enough to have said competitions in the dead of winter. I have started my training which seems pretty casual right now, but I'm sure in 2 weeks when my Saturday run is 6 miles, I won't be quite as optimistic. Good thing I have a great husband who seems to be pretty jazzed about this whole thing... now if only to take the damn GRE (gag).