Yeah, that was me...the idiot in a pair of running shorts, running outside yesterday.  And it felt great to get outside again.  I love running outside.  O.K., I'm a bit sore and maybe just a little stiff today -- running outside on the pavement is a bit more of a jolt to the system than running indoors on a nice comfy treadmill, but in the end I think it's worth the extra pain.  This week our focus for training is running, so I've had plenty of opportunity to run, but yesterday was my first chance in quite some time to get outside and go for a run.  I'll take that as the third sign of Spring- the first being baseball Spring training (I'm not a big baseball nut, but I love spring training- it's usually a sign that Winter is almost over), the second sign was Canoecopia and Bike-O-Rama this past weekend.  Other signs I'm still looking for- the first Robin of the year, green grass, flowers, buds on the trees and of course other idiots running around in shorts.