The weather outside has been a bit frightful, and I’ve been nursing sore calves since the before the Rocky Run on Saturday. On top of it, I’m winding down at my current job, and getting ready for a new job as Chief Technology Officer of one of the largest school districts in Pennsylvania. It’s a career step that I’ve been working to for a few years now. The combination of all of this has really raised my stress level. Add to that preparing for a big birthday party for my son this Saturday, and then Thanksgiving a few days later, and it’s just been one thing after another. I really have to kick myself back into regular running, not just for the marathon training, but for a good stress reliever.