My knee does­n’t hurt any­more! I put in my three miles in good time with nary a twinge. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the Cleve­land weath­er has sort­ed itself out and set­tled on the expect­ed: nice weath­er on days I don’t have to run, rain, snow, ice, and cold on the days I do have to run. Moti­va­tion becomes a seri­ous issue when you’re warm and dry and need to go be cold and wet. Also, I signed up for the marathon and paid my dues weeks ago, where’s my stu­pid dri-release “In Train­ing” t‑shirt?

Today is, inci­den­tal­ly, the start of my fifth year of hav­ing a weblog.