February 28, 2006

  • Before I get started, tomorrow (01 Mar 06) is Manni's b-day. 


    I just finished reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven.  It's a really well written story, and it was short enough to read in one day.  Right now I'm trying to knock out as many books as I can, so I won't feel like bringing them over/ordering them was a waste of time.  Today, I tried to read C.S Lewis's The Problem of Pain.  Maybe it's because it was written in the1940's or something, but I just can't read it.  I can move my eyes from let to right, top to bottom, turning the page when I get to the end, but I can't actually take in what he's saying.  This man loved the run on sentence.  He apparently also likes to use a lot of commas in one place, and then totally omit them somewhere else.  It kills me, because it's a book that I could tear through in two days, IF I could read it. 


    Realizing that I was going insane, I quickly switched over to another book, The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America by Shelby Steele.  I should be a third of the way through it by the end of tonight.  Before grabbing it, I eyeballed Stephen Pressfield's Tides of War, the sequel to Gates of Fire, but it's one of those thicker ones that I will get to once the thin ones are gone.  Think of it as measuring my accomplishments in the number of books read, and not how much bigger my arms get while I read them.


    Oh, so on a more real note, I went running today.  First time in 4 months or so.  I mean, I run everywhere I go, but where I'm going is never 3+ miles away.  More like 100m dashes.  Anyway, this NCO asks me if I want to go run with him.  At first, I was reluctant, because it had been a while.  Then I thought about it, and realized that I had to start somewhere.  I was still reluctant until he said, "I thought that was a Ranger Tab on your shoulder."


    It's was on.


    So what if it had been a couple of months?  So what if I had worked the legs last night?  Pride was at stake (he's not tabbed).  Unfortunately, this guy likes to run 9 miles on some days, and has been doing this regularly.  I have not.


    Holy crap did it hurt.  I mean, part of it is psychological.  I had no idea what route we were taking.  Every hill was a painful surprise.  Second of all, I was not ready for it.  At all. 


    4 and a half miles later, after 37 minutes of running, we were done.  I felt a type of pain I hadn't felt in over a year, when I first started running after Ranger School.  At least I know it will stop after about 3 or 4 more runs, when I get my legs back into it.  Meanwhile, he told me that the other guys he ran with were running it in around 43 minutes.  At least my ego could salvage SOMETHING.


    Black 6, out.

Comments (8)

  • Thats one reason why I HATE stopping working out for any reason.  Getting back started is a BITCH.

  • A couple of books I suggest are Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn and The Success Principles by Jack Canfield

  • Happiest Day for your Mother! I know you will but be sure to send her some flowers, plant(s), and card. I am glad you are back on your exercise program. Well, I’ll do my part clean off my Ranger tag. This was given by COL to my tweetie for thanks helping train the Rangers. This was up the road here at Camp Frank Merrill, mountain phase of Ranger School. Take care, Sharon

  • challenges are always interesting, good job pushing through it though.  one thing i am definetly lacking on is reading, i just prefer to waste my time on other things

  • holyshit you read fast. wanna read my textbooks and summarize for me?

    props to the nco for callin you out. "i thought that was a RANGER tab on your shoulder." hahahahahhaha

  • Hey, sounds like you can hold your own no matter what huh... Good job, Kudos.. So im thinking about joining AFROTC, ok I take that back, I have been thinking since my sophmore year of high school, just actually pushing myself into it now. Contacted the admissions dude yesturday and got some stuff today and Im checking into transfering to a different school for it instead of traveling to the unit 2 hours away from the contingent at my school. SO.. from you.. I ask advice? Anything you can tell me to help me out.. anything from filling out the paperwork to starting to exercise for the PFT to anything. Know anyone that just graduated from ROTC Army or Air Force that could lend me a hand..? Anything would be appreciated and you havent ever lead me astray, not that I know you, but close enough, so I respect your opinions and ideas.. Thanks.. oh and ignore the post for today/yesterday/whenever.. in one of those moods again. This ROTC thing is part of my rehabilitation process and getting away from the things that bring me down... And it will further my life and career, I hope!

  • Who's MMmmmaaaannnnnnnnniiiiiii?

    She's hot. lol

    And people that have TIME to run 9 miles need therapy, not an ego lesson from you.

    Sorry you're sore.

  • Yeah I used to put the straw across my back when I used that camelbak awhile back. I have an Omega (pain in the ass one) on my chestrig. The straw so conveniently goes through webbing, perfect length.

    Have a good one

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