Starting at the beginning of the year and later, while Dwayne was apart from the rest of the family for several weeks in April, May, and June, he trained for and ran a half-marathon with his friend, John Chamberlain. (Note: Cheerios was not an official sponsor). He was pleased with the progress he made over several months of training. Watching him run freely made me a little jealous during the final, semi-mobile stage of pregnancy and the confinement of the newborn stage, and I almost resolved to start running once I was a little less tied-down with a baby, but somehow I haven't made it to that point yet. Exercising just for the sake of exercise has always been hard for me, unless of course it's modern dancing or a fun tap routine. I'm still waiting for an adult beginners modern dance class to be listed in our community ed catalog. Then I'll have no excuse.