SO what would possess a grown man with average common sense to do something that could be detrimental to everything he has worked so hard for. Why, in the heat of the day, with no regard to the desert sun would anyone even think of such a thing? Without consideration for distance or danger why would you do such a thing? One foot in front of the other, over and over again at a rapid progression for just short of 1 hour and 20 minutes. Haha
So today we ran the 8 mile again. It has become a Saturday norm for me and my friends here. Today was way too hot and I was forced to stop and walk about a half mile or so in the middle to cool off. There is nowhere to hide from the Afghan Sun. Water is brought to the halfway point so we don’t keel over while running. The picture below shows me in the lead at the 4 mile point but don’t be fooled, within the next two miles I gave up the lead.
It is not a contest anyway the contest is between you and the elements. Snow on the mountains but heat in the desert. I think perhaps our brains are fried from all the heat to even attempt such a thing.. We “attempt” it every Saturday.
Praying for the 18.
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