June 15, 2005 

June 15, 2005

Oooooh, there was a bad fire last night at our motor pool. Four of the Hummvee's caught fire and were destroyed. Luckily the entire motor pool didn't catch fire and nobody was hurt.

This is what sort of damage it did to them. One of the guys who was there at the motor pool said the flames were 20 feet high. It's a shame that my vehicle didn't catch fire. I hate working on that thing. Haha.

Well, I decided when I got home that I was feeling pretty good and decided to go for a long run after work. Every time I go running off post I always take a little won so I can buy some water on my runs, a subway ticket card in case I get hurt and need a ride back to my home, and my camera because I always see something interesting when I run. Well I spotted this poster for a WWE wrestling show that is coming to Korea soon. I think I might go to it if it's not too expensive. The shows and entertainers that come over from the states charge rediculous prices to the Koreans when they come. One friend of mine said that he went to the last show that was here and the tickets were $150.00 (US dollars). I don't care how great of a show it is; it's not worth that much money.

This is the first time I saw this on my run. I just kept running all night tonight. I took a picture of this because it said "goodbye" on it. When I got home, I asked Jung what it was and he told me that it was a sign saying goodbye because you were now leaving Seoul city limits. I ran a total of 13 miles tonight. I could have gone a lot further, but I was running out of time. I had to be back on post before midnight. The police lock the gates at midnight and arrest anyone who is not on post. It's just one of the laws they have here for the soldiers in Korea as some sort of agreement between the two governments. Anyway, I was too far from post to be able to run back in time, so luckily I brought my subway card. I just caught the subway back to post and made it back around 11:30. Next week I'll try to get further. Maybe I can leave work early and head out. I'd like to see just how far I can run. My furthest distance so far is 28 miles. That took me 5 hours to do. I know I could run much further though. Eventually, one of these days I'd like to enter the Western States 100, a rough 100 miles run over 4 mountains near Lake Tahoe in California. That is my ultimate goal.