As I posted last , I tried to post a "Running in Place" about my trip to Omaha in mid August. It got deleted after finishing, twice. I included some of the pics of the nice trail system around Omaha in that last post. That's why I'm calling this 2.5 instead of 2 or 3. I was afforded the opportunity to go to Monterey, California last week. It was the first time I've been there since 2009 and I was pretty excited to head back. When I was originally living in Monterey, I was still very much in my "martial arts, weight lifting, and eating/drinking whatever I want" style of fitness. Yes, I started to gain weight and my fitness scores started dropping. Still hadn't accepted my slower metabolism and what that meant. I ran when I had to but that was about it. Even tried making it all the way up Franklin hill a couple times, unsuccessfully. Granted, who hasn't drunkenly stumbled up that hill or somehow made it up there without exactly ...