Dear Family and Friends:

I ran another 13+ miles tonight. That brings my total up to 71 miles in 10 days. I think. At any rate it's more than Ive probably run in the last three years.

Let this be an indication of exactly how strange my experience continues to be here. I'm not sure there's anyone else in the theatre of war who has the opportunity to run like they're training for a marathon. For a lot of service members I imagine finding seven or so miles of looped roadway that's safe to run on isn't even something they anticipate.

Of course I stuffed myself at the chow hall to a point just shy of indolent pain. One thing about running that long is you get hungry while you're still running. At least I do.

We're all still safe. Thank you for your prayers.

:D