Born again plodder.

[Sweder]

Nice view indeed. Good to see you back on your pins, albeit indoors.
You're right of course.
'tis better to have run and crocked
than never to have run at all'

Dreadmills fill me with irrational horror. I managed 45 minutes on one in Delhi last summer (the alternative was a terrible roadside death) but my will to live walked out long before half way.

'Running surfaces' is an interesting subject. I extoll the virtues of the offroad life, convinced the yielding downland is better for creaking joints than concrete or tarmac. SP eschews the lopers' life, claiming (rightly) that offroad circuits offer all manner of career-ending possibilities in the form of hidden rabbit holes, bogs, mad horsemen, rocks et all. The great problem with my argument is whenever an offroader enters a road race they suffer additionally due to the excess pounding of the ankles, knees and hips, whereas perusers of the pavement are well prepared for the harder surface.

The great news is you're back running, which should keep you off the beer.
For a while, anyway.