well I wont be back in town till the 15th of aug and have to get my whole house packed up but if I can find time to get out with you guys I will certainly sneak out for an adventure. There is a slim chance of the 18/19 but dont plan anything around my schedule. It looks like I have missed a lot of fun times and some really cool events. I really love reading the comments after someones first run. I can see the progression of the disease from 3000 miles away. Your all stuck now, in a way no winch can get you out of! I will try to check in with all of you soon I can only get to a computer intermittantly as it stands now. To give you some idea of my next couple of days I have a 3 mile timed run in the morning followed by another hour or so of workouts all for score of course. Then tuesday its the log races through the swamp etc, wed is the endurance course for score believe me its worse than it sounds. thursday is a light day because in addition to all of the physical events we have several written tests in the beginning of the week as well accounting for a huge portion of the grade here. friday is mostly classroom until about 1900 (thats 7pm

only kidding) then we set out on a 12 mile hike, which from all other indications isnt really all that bad. after that the next week is going to be all grad prep and I will have my commission next time I see you provided I dont jinx anything before then. I can tell you all more later but lets just say I have to be careful with knees right now since they are pretty beat up from the last several weeks. Good to see you folks on here and I hope I can meet some of the new faces when I get back home. Happy trails till then.