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Florida Beer and Lots of Chocolate
Today was a good day! This afternoon my parents and I drove to Melbourne (where I ran the 8K on Saturday) to check out the Florida Beer Company. They have a tasting room, and not much else! You can see where they make the beer but they do not have any tours. They had a lot of beer to taste! I tried.. Hurricane Reef Raspberry Wheat Hurricane Reef Pale Ale Florida Beer Swamp Ape IPA Irish Kelly’s Raspberry Cider The cider was my favorite, of course, because it was sweet. All of them were pretty decent, except the Swamp Ale. It was SO strong, I don’t think I could ever…
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Florida Today 8K
This morning my alarm went off at 5:00AM! It was still dark when my parents and I drove to Melbourne for the 8K race that I was signed up to run today. Originally, my plan was to be in Florida to run the half marathon that takes place tomorrow, but after injuring my hip I had to stop training for three weeks, so I dropped down to the 8K race, which I was fine with! Early pre-race breakfast was a bagel thin with peanut butter and strawberry jam. It was still dark when we got there at 6:00…all of the Melbourne shops were closed. The temperature for 7:00 at the…