When we take a helicopter ride out of COP Cashe, you can see the destroyed reactor. The US spent a lot of time ensuring that it was cleaned up and all the radioactive material was removed from it, so it is safe, I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Nuclear_Research_Facility

We have our own gym, Superman's favorite room, it has a pretty good selection of weights and apparatus so there is no problem with working out and such. Inside that gym are our two treadmills, which tragically, I have broken one of. The treadmills are from a Canadian company, I won't say which one, but Canadian runners must be elf-like in build and must only need to run for 15 or 20 minutes to hit their training goals. I gotta tell yah, the treadmill I broke was not designed for the clydesdale pounding I guess I put on it. I was about in the middle of a 12 mile run when I felt something snap in the treadmill, and that was that.
Since that day, I have decided to run outside exclusively. Our compound is walled in, and is L-shaped, so I run on a trail, just inside the walls. I joke around that we have two running courses on the JSS - - one running clockwise and one running counter-clockwise. This might sound silly, but I normally average about 2 seconds a mile slower on the counter-clockwise route, so it must be harder. The trail (both couses) is about .2 miles around according to my running partner the trusty GPS. I can get some good speed built up on the long straight away, but have to slow it down when I hit the parking lot - - there is a lot of weaving between things parked there. My longest run on it was 9 miles (I ran out of time), I normally go for about 5 or 6 miles every other day and am planning on one long run on a weekend. This morning was a 6 miler, and it was a little chilly, I had a pleasant memory about Aunt Faye's BEST GIFT EVER - the North Face running gloves she sent me about three years ago for Christmas.
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Too bad about the treadmill. It is good to be out breathing the fresh air anyways. As long as it isn't tainted with nuclear fall out!
I jacked my shoulder up yesterday boxing. I should be able to get back to the gym on Sunday. They are going to let me fight in the Guns 'n Hoses charity fight in November. They have to find a good match for me. We'll see.
We have a care package almost ready for you. I have to get my butt over to Whole Foods (it's right across the street from the Sprint Campus). I keep forgetting.
Take care,
j
PS. I told Melissa that I think I can take her now even though she still scares me! We had a good laugh about it.
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