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Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 19, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2022 Running Goals:

Stay fit and healthy.  Run a decent Boston and St. George marathon.

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep fit and stay semi-competitive as long as I can.

 

Personal:

I have a wonderful wife and son and we live in Riverton/Herriman Utah. I am a high school teacher, and head coach for cross country and track at Mountain Ridge High. 

 

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I drove over to Ogden and ran with Logan tonight.  We did an out and back run over toward North Ogden.  Some of the course was similar to other runs we have done in that area, and there are some rolling hills.  It was good to run with Logan again because we haven't ran together since before Halloween.  In fact, I haven't run with anyone since that time.  We carried on some good conversation, mostly about the blog, track, and school.  We started slow and finished with a decent pace, about like I usually do since having tendonitis.  The pace was comfortable and was mostly in the upper 6:00s. 

We didn't have any animal problems but there were a lot of jerks on the road tonight.  One guy pulled right in front of us, started driving slow, stopped, and then spun out in the gravel trying to hit us with debris.  Neither one of us realized what was going on until it was too late or we might have ran him down.  Logan seemed a little more chapped about it than I was, probably because it happened on his turf.  Some people are just born to be losers and you have to feel sorry for them.  We didn't get hurt so I guess that is good, but I still get pretty fired up about things like that. 

See we don't usually have uneventful runs in Northern Utah, there is always something going on.  Good run, and good to run with Logan again.  I felt good for being on my second day of comeback.  The achilles was moderate tonight.  Any I finally got my gear, I really like the singlet!    1:08:55 

(Omni- 271 miles)

Comments
From Brent on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 22:40:35

James, is that red neck country? Be careful out there on the road.

From James on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 00:16:55

Not really, just Ogden!

From Jon on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 00:32:24

Man, that's rude. Though you seem to have a lot more things like that happen to you than to anyone else I know.

The only possibility for a run would be Thursday evening. Or maybe Sat morning- we are trying to decide if we go to Idaho Fri night or Sat, weather dependent.

From Benn on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 08:52:19

Sorry to hear about the run-in with the rednecks. We have our share of hillbilly folks up here that feel compelled to bide their time with heckling us runners as well. One of them yelled at a group of us before "Why the h*ll you runnin'? Can't find your car?" And one of my more vocal friends mustered up the courage (or rather perhaps forgot to hold his tongue) and yelled back, "Because unlike you we don't want to drop dead when we're 30, overweight, drunk with lung cancer" or something to that effect. Well All that got us was a glare and a few beer bottles tossed down onto the pavement in frustration. I hear you though. I do feel sorry for those that can't find constructive things to fill their time with.

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