Thanks Calitano and firstymer! As they say down here in Texas, I'm not fixin' to get a lot faster, just trying to get back to where I was... :-) It would be optimistic to start thinking Boston qualifying time... Something which I did forget in my earlier post is that my GERD symptoms have all but disappeared. I had grade C esophagitis about a year ago and some issues with swallowing (that was scary!) and quit drinking for a few months back then too. And lost some some weight. It seems to have pretty much gone away now, will have to have another upper GI tract endoscopy to make sure, but not for a few months.