Session #17: 3.3mi / 46m30s (yes, down 1m40s in one session, even after slacking off entirely on off-day calisthenics yesterday.) 5.4mph seemed to be the magic speed of the day for a full-lap run phase.

10 years (and 3 days) ago, terrorist radicals hijacked planes to fly them into a few buildings symbolic of U.S. power: the WTC, the Pentagon and the Capitol building. The claim was circulated that they did it because "they hate our freedoms". Another perfectly valid reason would be that the U.S. (in collusion with Britain) has exploited and manipulated the Middle East since before WWI.

So what have we done since? Largely, we have suffered the circumscription of key civil liberties in the name of The War Against Terrar. They hate our freedoms! so let's jettison freedoms in the name of national security! Brilliant.