Journal of today’s activities:

Today I spent several hours writing a newsletter for the nonprofit organization that my friend Justin and I are building. Such documents take me a lot of time to produce, primarily because I lack the skill set to use software efficiently. The Adobe desktop publishing software may be intuitive for people who grew up with computers, yet the programs challenge me. Programs like InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator really are magnificent, but they’re professional grade and in truth I’m an amateur. So projects that should take a few hours take me three times as long. It’s all part of the learning curve of returning to society after decades in prison.

• Days since my release from 26 years in federal prison: 172
• Miles run today: 11.5
• Miles run this week: 55.2
• Miles run this month: 11.5
• Miles run in 2014: 287.63
• Miles I need to run to reach my 2,400-mile running goal for 2014:
• Number of miles I’m ahead of schedule or behind schedule: 77.39
• Today’s Weight: 162