It’s not much and they’re somewhat ugly and very difficult, but it’s progress.

In other news, I’ve run a handful of races over the past month or so. A pair of 5Ks and a pair of trail four milers. My times have been pretty bad (luckily, I’ve stayed under 20:00), but the weather has been even worse. Using the generally accepted figure of 8s/mi/5 degrees, I’m pretty pleased; just a hair off where I was in May.

Training has been a bit abbreviated as my wrist simply isn’t up for more, but this week I’ve stepped it up quite a bit. My legs and lungs are fine, but the wrist is telling me to back off so I’ll take tomorrow easy and finally get back out on a group ride on Saturday.

Hurray for progress!