There are certain things that aren't very helpful to a runner in the middle of winter. One is a tempur pedic mattress which makes it extremely hard to get up in the morning and run. The other is a plantar wart, a nappy little contraption that attaches to the bottoms of feet and makes running, much less walking or skiing, very difficult. i have both of these problems last week i got the plantar burned and cut off, so i may be able to start running again this monday. i'm about twenty to thirty miles behind in my goal for five hundred miles. runnings been good. kinda slow; i think i hurt my knee and left calf skiing somewhat, but besides that i'm fine. nice job on coach of the year