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Postby MINITEE » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:11 pm

Scott... please - do find some way to put this together...

And if you need any help in the printing or binding.. give me a shout, I still have a connection that I may be able to use...

This would be an amazing decompression project I think...
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Postby DougG » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:12 pm

Thank you Scotty, for your well written and insightful posts.
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injured
2013
Snowflake 10k....stopped at 5k
Rest of the year a write off because of injury.
2012
Snowflake 10k Jan 1 done
Run 4 Kids 10k Jan 7 done
Harry's Spring Run Off 8k. April 8 a disaster, but I finished
Centurion 50k at Horseshoe Valley (cycling) done
Centurion 50 miler at Blue Mountain (cycling) done.....barely!
Snowflake 5k, Dec 16 - done
2011
Harry Rosen 8k. April. done
Rotary 5k fun run. May. done
CANI 10k. June. done
Canada Day 10k. July. done
Barrie Waterfront 5k. Aug. done
CANI 10 k. Oct. done
Base Borden Army Run 10k. done
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Postby CAW » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:24 am

Well, Scotty took your advice and sent this gem to the Public Affairs Officer (PAffO) with the Task Force...he happens to be a friend of ours anyway. :D

So, Scotty has to send him some biographical information and a pic of him running and then he will be published. But Scotty didn't say where, when or how...so when I get the info I will let you know. If it goes into a military publication I will link it to here when it happens...but I'm hoping for something more widespread like a civillian publication of some sort.

Anything that Scotty writes regarding time in KAF has to be approved through the PAffO to be sure that Operational Security is not compromized.
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Postby DougG » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:17 pm

That's great news! :D
2014
injured
2013
Snowflake 10k....stopped at 5k
Rest of the year a write off because of injury.
2012
Snowflake 10k Jan 1 done
Run 4 Kids 10k Jan 7 done
Harry's Spring Run Off 8k. April 8 a disaster, but I finished
Centurion 50k at Horseshoe Valley (cycling) done
Centurion 50 miler at Blue Mountain (cycling) done.....barely!
Snowflake 5k, Dec 16 - done
2011
Harry Rosen 8k. April. done
Rotary 5k fun run. May. done
CANI 10k. June. done
Canada Day 10k. July. done
Barrie Waterfront 5k. Aug. done
CANI 10 k. Oct. done
Base Borden Army Run 10k. done
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Postby lovethehills » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:30 pm

Wow Scotty, simply awesome.
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Postby Jo-Jo » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:32 pm

DG wrote:That's great news! :D


yep...what he said :D
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Postby seuss » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:02 pm

woohoo! well deserved.
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Postby HCcD » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:16 pm

CdnArtyWife wrote:Well, Scotty took your advice and sent this gem to the Public Affairs Officer (PAffO) with the Task Force...he happens to be a friend of ours anyway. :D

So, Scotty has to send him some biographical information and a pic of him running and then he will be published. But Scotty didn't say where, when or how...so when I get the info I will let you know. If it goes into a military publication I will link it to here when it happens...but I'm hoping for something more widespread like a civillian publication of some sort.

Anything that Scotty writes regarding time in KAF has to be approved through the PAffO to be sure that Operational Security is not compromized.


Umm, so I guess he will never give us a GPS and/or GMAP link of his location, eh !!! :roll: :wink: :oops:
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Postby CAW » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:30 pm

New update...the article will be likely in any or all of the following: Halifax Chronicle Herald, Halifax Daily News, Moncton Times and Transcript and possible the Fredericton Daily Gleaner.

As for gmaps locations...a simple google search turns this up:

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But, you have to know how to search for it...ie coordinates...which are easy enough to find. These are old pics from 2002 when the US first went to A-stan and bombed KAF as a strategic target.
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Postby Run26.2 » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:47 pm

Great post.....I can't even imagine running in a place like that.....way to bring your A-game! 8)
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Postby Scott » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:28 pm

Thanks so much for that, Scotty. You have a gift.

Its good to see that your talents as a writer may reach a wider audience.

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Postby drghfx » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:14 pm

Good stuff Scotty. Quite paradoxical actually! :wink:
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Postby The Joggler » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:10 pm

Scotty, that was a fantastic piece. Hopefully, it will get picked up by The Canadian Press as well. I spend most of my day monitoring CP for work, so I'll keep an eye out.

You do need to get yourself some juggling beanbags, then you can alter the sign to say "Joggling Route".

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Postby Kelodie » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:45 pm

Scotty, your writings keep impressing me. Really, seriously, I think you should consider publishing some of your stuff at some point. You have a wonderful talent for writing. I was in Afghanistan for a few minutes while I read your text and it's no surprise to me that someone would want to interview you after reading this text.

Keep feeding us with your stories. :D
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Postby CAW » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:07 pm

The Joggler wrote:Scotty, that was a fantastic piece. Hopefully, it will get picked up by The Canadian Press as well. I spend most of my day monitoring CP for work, so I'll keep an eye out.

You do need to get yourself some juggling beanbags, then you can alter the sign to say "Joggling Route".

Michal
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I was going to send him his clubs...but they are probably a bit too flashy and might draw the attention of the wrong people. I guess he'll have to settle for his True Canadian balls.
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Postby drghfx » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:13 pm

CdnArtyWife wrote:
The Joggler wrote:Scotty, that was a fantastic piece. Hopefully, it will get picked up by The Canadian Press as well. I spend most of my day monitoring CP for work, so I'll keep an eye out.

You do need to get yourself some juggling beanbags, then you can alter the sign to say "Joggling Route".

Michal
http://thejoggler.blogspot.com


I was going to send him his clubs...but they are probably a bit too flashy and might draw the attention of the wrong people. I guess he'll have to settle for his True Canadian balls.


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