Before we married, I sold my beautiful penthouse apartment (Sob, sigh, weep!) and moved in with my long-time girlfriend (we’d already been together for ten years) who is now my wife Mayra.

I have missed my long walks, runs and people-watching in San José’s main park, Parque La Sabana which was close to my apartment and with a few unfortunate, apparently hereditary health complications, it has taken me a while to get back into the fitness routine but I’m back baby!

Every single day of the week I now swim so I get my exercise and my Vitamin D (30 minutes of Costa Rica sun) every morning before starting work and I feel great!

Mayra and I don’t live at the beach, we live in Santa Ana near San José and the great thing about the weather here is that it’s only rarely too hot, the weather in the morning is always absolutely, picture perfect! And we love it here in the Central Valley area because this is where we can find anything and everything.

Running or swimming long distances bores me to tears so I’m training for the 50M freestyle sprint and have made some good progress in the last couple of months.

So last week I filmed myself with my handy dandy Samsung telephone and if you want to see me swim 25M freestyle in just under 13 seconds, just click on the link below.

Ha! Ha!

Written by Scott Oliver, author of 1: How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa, 2: Costa Rica’s Guide To Making Money Offshore and 3. ¿Cómo Comprar Bienes Raíces en Costa Rica, Sin Perder Su Camisa?

Andrew Makarik

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Andrew Makarik is the main editor of WeLoveCostaRica, a fan of this sunny country. He is also a loving husband and a has a lovely daughter. By being a devoted family man and the biggest Costa Rica fan, he wants to make more people feel at home there. WeLoveCostaRica unites people and helps them find new home or a new travel destination. This website is a friendly community where everyone can find not only information, but also new friends and travel pals. Andrew is also passionate about IT and programming, so he himself maintains a friendly atmosphere in this cozy environment of WeLoveCostaRica.com.