Week 8

Well this week wasn't all that exciting. We had our challenge run of 5.2 miles which I ran in 49.36, pretty good for someone who didn’t like to run until about a year ago. It consisted of two laps around part of the interior of the academy grounds near the DEA facility. Everyone finished under the 80 minute time limit. We began as a team we will end as a team. This week we also had a guest speaker for enrichment night, Michael Durant. If you all do not remember the name, he was the helicopter pilot, Super Six Four that was shot down and captured in Somalia in 1993 and held captive for eleven days. He was a member of the elite Night Stalkers Squadron and is now the owner and operator of an engineering company in Huntsville, Alabama. Mr. Durant is also an accomplished author and speaker. Mr. Durant regaled us with his story of his time in Mogadishu, Somalia during the Blackhawk Down incident and what it was like. Everyone was eagerly awaiting the weekend to come due to the impending Memorial Day holiday giving us a long weekend. I was able to get home for the first time and see everyone, wife, kids,  and other family. Hard to believe that it has been 8 weeks and the journey is almost over. Next up is the Yellow Brick Road Run.

Mike Durant