Running

Things here in Iraq are slow these days. I think that's a good thing. But the result is that I have a little more time on my hands for extracurricular activities, of which there are only a few I like doing. Every night I talk to Kurt, take a shower, then either read my Sony E-reader or I watch one of the TV shows Doug copied for me. Sometimes on the weekends I do something special like go to the VBC Cigar Club night or go to an MWR concert. But more often than not I do something completely contrary to cigar smoking - running. I don't particularly like running, but it feels good when it's over and there is a group that I run with that makes it more fun. They do a lot of races over here (at no cost) that are kind of fun and I normally get free t-shirts out of the deal. One of the public affairs officers here took these pictures and sent them to me so I thought I'd share. These were after some 5K races. I haven't seen the pictures that were taken after the half-marathon, but if I can find them I'll post them too.