After working in the morning I took 4 hours paid time off and went up to Phoenix to see John Ball. Both running, and surgery/radiation, issues are still problematic. it was quite a day for "famous runners" at John's -- two Olympians, Desi Davila (2012 Olympics, marathon) and David McNeill (2010 NCAA 5K champion, 2012 Olympics, 5K), plus there were two very fit looking triathletes there (I assume they were triathletes, because they were skinny like runners, but with slightly larger upper bodies). John is on an upper body exercise kick now, so all of us runners were doing some variety of the same upper body strength and flexibility exercises ... it was painfully obvious that all the distance runners had horrible upper back problems too, especially compared with some of the other athletes that were there. Anyway, nice bonding drive with Dean, my hip felt much better on the ride home, and my shoulder was "unfrozen" again after some painful ART ... | 