Josh and I can both update everyone on our running. While in Afghanistan, Josh's Lt. organized a 9/11 Memorial 5k event. Due to missions, they were unable to attend the ceremony that was held on 9/11, so he was glad he had the opportunity to participate in the run. He said, "it was eerily quiet as everyone ran", and assumed that like him, most people were deep in thought.
Back home, my training continues for the Chicago Marathon. On Sunday (September 14), I spent the early morning hours putting in my longest training run... 22 miles. It took a little over 3 hours and 50 minutes, which considering the humidity, it was a decent time! It was a tough run, especially the last mile, but I kept at it. After this week's running, I will officially be through the bulk of the training, and will enter the rest and taper phase. My long runs will be reduced each week, as will my weekly mileage totals. It is exciting to think that I am finally at this point... the homestretch. 26 day to go!!
In other news, Josh received his new iPod shuffle. He sent this to me in a recent e-mail... "I have bought some music on itunes, but not knowing what is on the radio right now and the fact that the connection is so bad (when you go to play the sample of song it rebuffers the stream about every three seconds and you can never quite get it), you are buying blindly and I have made some horrible decisions. haha."
We heard about Josh's new group of kindergartners and they are a good group so far. Right now he has 18 students, but one will be leaving soon. Pending the arrival of any new students, he should return to a class of 17 -- a great number for the grade level!
Josh has recently become more vocal about things happening in Afghanistan and other events in the world. After "trying to figure it all out", he concluded with, "Oh well. I guess I really can not solve that problem today."
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