pepper spray?

Miles today: 1.1

Miles this week: 18.1

Miles in 2010: 108.8

Yup. Listened to the guy (Gregg) who knows more than me and just ran a mile in the hood. Neighborhood, that is. My knee is still sore and a little swollen. Iced it after the run.

Heard that a girl was running on Boonsboro Road this week at 6am and was chased by a guy...she sprinted a mile back to her house and the guy couldn't catch her, but apparently he just slipped back into the woods...ugh.

I've always been pretty lackadaisical about running safety because I've always thought that no one would bother me...whether running alone or with someone. I often would run on Rivermont Avenue past Bedford Ave. all the way down to 5th Street downtown in the dark and think nothing of it. However, stories like the one above and advice from my fiancé encourage me to try not to run alone and to run in well-lit, safe places if I have to run at night.

Ladies...take your pepper spray.

short day

Miles today: 1.11
Miles in 2010: 24.1

Just an easy day...so much to do...will write later.

A note to drivers: if you live on a side street that intersects with a main street, please, PLEASE, PLEASE always look BOTH ways when you're turning out onto the main street (for example: Lee Circle off Rivermont Avenue) I literally almost was plowed down by a woman who didn't even stop the whole way because all she did was look left and make a left turn without even looking right!?! Who does that? And if it's you, reader, then try to remember the famous line of your mother..."Don't cross the street until you look both ways." Thank you.