Another Good Run

I have only had a few good runs during the train up here: KC, the tank trail (with the tanks rolling by) and yesterday.

Yesterday, I snuck off the FOB to check out a run route, I did it early on Sunday morning to make sure none of the JRMC police saw me. One of the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal guys was talking about a HUGE hill on Hohenfels main post called Warrior Hill the way he was talking about it was just short of Everest, except for longer and steeper.

I started off at 6 am, snuck onto main post and started off the run, it was a very pretty day here in Germany, but kind of cold (49 degrees!), I was thinking I should have my favorite running gloves (Best Christmas gift ever from Aunt Faye) but it was August, so they were back in the truck in KS. I ran up onto post, up around the airfield, commissary and post housing, but didn’t see the hill. I was going to turn around and just head back to the FOB, but I wanted to run up that hill. On the way back, I saw it off to the right hand side, it was a pretty good hill, but, not quite as wicked as the sisters at Bragg. The catch was you had to run down a steep hill to get to the bottom of Warrior hill, then up Warrior hill.

It was a good hill, turning around was cool because you knew there a good downhill, but bad because you had to go back up the hill you ran down to get to Warrior hill. The main post is a good run because it sits in a north\south running valley, so there is a good sunrise coming up over the hills as you are running. Beings how it was a Sunday morning on a very small post in Germany, there was nobody else out there running. I was definitely missing the Manna Multi-Sport group, running solo is cool for a while, but I need the elf to run with me, or me with him.

Running Note: I was told by one of the Observer Controllers that it was not safe to run on the tank trail when the tanks are on the road. I am not quite sure why, I am pretty confident I can avoid getting hit by 70 tons of rolling steel, I will adhere to the rule. I would hate to be the cause of chaos by breaking a rule.

Anyway, the field problem is about over here and the teams are drifting back in. The quiet solitude of the barracks will suffer.

Couple of team notes:

Nickname update: CPT F = Shapeshifter, didn’t want to call him Supernatural, that might have gone to his head, my little sister recommended Shapeshifter, apparently it is a character on a TV show that she and the nieces watch. I think it fits. He also has earned the nickname of SWATT 6.5 because he is number 4 in the chain of command is working on ways to move up the chain of command.

SSG K = Sweet home, he is from Alabama and is always talking about it, so, Sweet home from the Lynard Skynard song works.

Me: Sweet tooth
MAJ L: Superman
SSG W: Slim
CPT F: Shape shifter
SSG K: Sweet home
SFC T: Smooth

Still needing a nickname: MAJ D (the XO), SFC R (LOG NCO), CPT P (LOG Officer), SFC J (medic)

MSG P (Sweetface) will not be deploying with the team, he has a stomach problem that will hold him back. His steady, senior NCO hand will be sorely missed by the team.