He's more machine now than man; twisted and evil.

Here are some photos showing Tyler's arm.  In order to repair the break, a metal plate was inserted in his arm.  It is only a matter of time before he turns to the dark side.

The Sun Never Sets on SAS Cross Country!

Although our team is currently scattered across the planet ( I know of three continents where your teammates have been running) we remain connected.  From Chris in Korea to Giancarlo in Peru, to Will P. in Delaware, to Crenshaw and Tyler in Virginia and Maryland I have been hearing great news from SAS runners around the world!

Will Plautz wrote to say that he is seeing great improvement in his running and is looking forward to preseason camp.

Giancarlo, who supplied the great photo above, writes of running on a golf course and along the Peruvian coast.  He plans to attempt a run to the highest cliff on the coast near Lima, where he has been spending the summer.

Tyler Gehrs has been in touch a good deal with mixed news.  He suffered a broken arm at the end of June when he was in a bike accident.  However, the rate at which his arm is healing has me wondering whether he also posssess retractible steel claws and the heightened senses of a wolverine.    Tyler reports really enjoying running in Lexington, Virginia and is looking forward to time along the Delaware shore.

Crenshaw too has been in the Lexington area, where, it seems, he has started a stampede.  I will allow Crenshaw to tell the tale:

Well I was on the edge of the blue ridge mountain near Lexington, Virginia . . . I recently went on a run where there were quite a few cows in my way on this path in the middle of a hilly valley.  Most of them moved out of my way towards the right so enough down the hill that I couldn't see them any more.  A few seconds later, I look over to the right and to my surprise I see this huge horizontal line of about 30-40 cows running straight towards me.  After standing there and pondering what to do while the cows are sprinting towards, for a few moments, I decided it would be best to get the hell out of the way.  And, by the way, these cows looked like demons because they always stare at you whenever you walk by them, so I was already very afraid of them.  So I sprinted for a while and looked back to see I was safely away from the demons/cows that had stampeeded me.

Although Crenshaw escaped injury from the stampeding cows, he did get an undisclosed injury while attempting to pick wild raspberries.

Keep sending your stories from the summer. (So far we are lacking reports from Europe, Antarctica, Australia and Africa.)  It is great to hear from everyone and I really look forward to seeing you in about a month.  Amazing, just one more month.