After being sick all last week with a horrible cold or flu I've finally been able to get to the point that I can get back on track. I took a long afternoon hike with the dog yesterday on the Northwest Branch Trail and this morning I went for the usual 3 1/2 mile walk with the dog in the morning. On top of that I'm going to go for an easy 3 mile run later today and see how my left knee is doing. I've given myself about a week of taking it easy (both because of the knee as well as for being sick) and I'm eager to get back into the swing of things.