CLEVELAND — Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel made the rounds in Northeast Ohio on Monday as registration opened for the next round of his Team Tressel Fitness Challenge. He sat down in the News 5 studio with anchor Damon Maloney, and their nearly 20-minute conversation covered a lot of hot topics beyond the fitness challenge, including Tressel’s political present and future. The following interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Maloney: Let me talk to you about being Lt. Governor. Some people were shocked when you were tapped to become the No. 2 in the state here. What has it been like to be Lt. Governor?

Tressel: You know, it’s been a great learning process. I’ve really grown to appreciate the enormity and complexity of what it takes to run a state. We have 12 million people. The hardes

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