An old picture from my trip to the International Zone in downtown Baghdad. It's the only place I have seen grass since I left Germany on my way over here.------
It rained all day yesterday. Normally, no problem. I am at a dirt camp, however. Worse - the dirt here just absolutely sticks when it gets wet. I grew six inches during my short walk from my hooch to the vehicle this morning.
It's a real mess. The vehicles are trashed, my boots are trashed, and there is mud all over our offices. It's next to impossible to get the mud off our boots. We wait until it dries then it falls off. Not good.
On an unrelated note, the Colonel popped his head in my office this morning and said, "when are you ready to go for a run?" Are you kidding? Ready to run? This guy hasn't seen me in action, I guess.
I reached under my desk, grabbed my black Asics 2140's, held them up and said, "Leave in 10 minutes?" He replied, "HUA!" It's an Army term - long story for another blog entry.
It was our first run together. Great dude. He's lost 40 lbs in 6 months simply by running. During a couple stretches of our 3 miler, he kicked it in gear for 1/4 mile or so. Thanks to my handy dandy GPS watch Tiffany just mailed to me, I could see we were doing 5:45 min/mile pace -- SMOKING!
I was not prepared to run that fast. I have been jogging since coming over here. I couldn't tell if the Colonel does that all the time or if he was pushing it to try and drop me. You never know about these Army guys.
Anyway, I'm going to keep an eye on him the rest of the day to see if he's gimpy or fully recovered. Either way, it's great to see someone totally salvage their fitness level through running and commitment.
HUA! (Did I just type that?)
145 days to go.
It's a real mess. The vehicles are trashed, my boots are trashed, and there is mud all over our offices. It's next to impossible to get the mud off our boots. We wait until it dries then it falls off. Not good.
On an unrelated note, the Colonel popped his head in my office this morning and said, "when are you ready to go for a run?" Are you kidding? Ready to run? This guy hasn't seen me in action, I guess.
I reached under my desk, grabbed my black Asics 2140's, held them up and said, "Leave in 10 minutes?" He replied, "HUA!" It's an Army term - long story for another blog entry.
It was our first run together. Great dude. He's lost 40 lbs in 6 months simply by running. During a couple stretches of our 3 miler, he kicked it in gear for 1/4 mile or so. Thanks to my handy dandy GPS watch Tiffany just mailed to me, I could see we were doing 5:45 min/mile pace -- SMOKING!
I was not prepared to run that fast. I have been jogging since coming over here. I couldn't tell if the Colonel does that all the time or if he was pushing it to try and drop me. You never know about these Army guys.
Anyway, I'm going to keep an eye on him the rest of the day to see if he's gimpy or fully recovered. Either way, it's great to see someone totally salvage their fitness level through running and commitment.
HUA! (Did I just type that?)
145 days to go.
2 comments:
SWEET! You finally have a running partner, although it could be a bad thing. For the days you just wanna clear your head and your running partner wants to talk your head off. I am not fast enough to maintain a 5:45 pace to lose my running partner, this is why I train alone.
Congrats on your promotion, if it is in the States, perhaps we could make a trip out.
So what you're saying is you have a job that allows you to play in the mud, a boss that let's you bust off a run anytime during the day, an organization that punishes employees that deserve punishment AND let's you work 7 days a week without special permission. Lucky bastard!
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