More Photos

Here are two more photos. The first one is from Geno's. Geno's makes, arguably, the best cheesesteaks in all of Philly. However, if you go across the street to Pat's, Pat's makes arguably the best cheesesteaks in all of Philly. Unfortunately for Pat, Geno's is very supportive of law enforcement and military and we got the behind the scenes treatment. That long line you see acutally extended out into the street when we first arrived. There are also some rules when it comes to ordering cheesesteak. There's wit-whiz and witout-whiz, referring to whether you want cheese-whiz or not. Then there's with or without provolone. And finally plain fries or cheese fries. Oh, and by the way, if you don't know what you want by the time you get to the window, they kick you to the back of the line. Can you say "No soup for you!!" Joey Vento, the owner, was not present but made sure we all got fed well and got souvenir pens and t-shirts.

The second photo was made possible and necessary by the cheesesteaks mentioned above. This was our 5th challenge session today, a 3.01 mile run around the academy. The other guy is Charles from Garland, Texas. He just bought a bunch of running attire because he wanted to go fast and be seen with the fast crowd. He also wanted to lead the pack, even for a little bit. This was taken just before the run actually started...notice that we're both already sweating! Gotta love Virginia in the summer! I managed a respectably 19:56 on the run and managed to tie the other running nut, Fred, for first.