This must one of longest break in the blog I've ever had. No, I have not given up running. But my mileage decreased, and I spent my energy elsewhere. Firefighting, home renovation, etc. I got back to regular training in the spring once: I ran 35 miles/week for about month in February, but then our bathroom projects came about, and I was just too exhausted physically to do serious training.

If you know me, you probably realize that I'm not claiming any return to running until I'm fairly sure that I keep to it. Well, it's been a month now that I've been doing 40 miles of easy running per week. I just got to the point that it's finally getting easier, so I'll probably bump it up to 45 next week. Do that for month, then 50/week for a month, and then maybe 55 or 60 to get to a point when I'll have a chance for 18/70 or 12/70 cycle for either Boston, or Kentucky Derby Marathon. Depending if my friend qualified.