Happy Veterans Day! I'd like to thank all of the veterans and all of our presidents who took us to war, both justified and not. All so I could have today off from work!

I took advantage of my day off by going down to Shore Road this morning for a jog / run. I went from 71st Street down to 89th Street and back - a distance of about 3 miles. Not that I ran continuously... since it was my first attempt at running in quite some time I had to stop and walk a few times. But I'm pleased with my progress. I'm going to try to do the same distance again with less stopping to walk breaks. And then my next goal will be to run down to the Verrazzano Bridge and back. That total distance would be 4 and a half miles. Either way, it's good to be getting in better shape!