Not too good

at posting these days...
I'll blame it on the lack of snow. I'm in trouble: my goal was to ski more than 32 days these season and I'm now at... 9 days... gloups.
Let's say the winter is a little late. I really have to work on my tele skills, though, so even if the snow is not that great, I should go. I will go.
OK I am going this week end and the one after (let's see: that would add 5 days)... and well I will have to catch up doing lots of spring skiing.
I added the mini me on the site: it comes from the nike+ website and it's supposed to represent my activity level. The more I run, the more agitated it gets. It should help for motivation.
I signed up for the griz tri and I realize that I still really, really suck at running. My heart goes through the roof, and my knees are screaming...
Please, reader(s?), help me becoming a runner (or at least, help me enjoy it...)
It's a little more than 8 weeks from now, so maybe I'll start talking a little bit about it since my ski season is not that great.