I've dropped weight, but haven't had the chance to really hit the conditioning hard like I want, John... This little "minor surgery" as they called it has turned out to be not-so-minor to me; I still feel about the way I did the day after, and it happened last Tuesday. Once I get back to normal from that, I'm going to start running hard.

I'm not too worried even though I've roughly gota month and a half left to get in tip-top shape... my body responds pretty well after all the years of sports I've played, and I always stay in semi-decent shape to begin with. Hopefully middle of this coming week and I'll be able to really get after it.