Red still means stop people

Every runner I know has had the same problem at least once.  They are crossing a street at the corner with the light and just as they are almost across a car nearly hits them.  It's not something new. It's not something that only happens to the occasional runner.  So last night when I dodged my first car at the corner of my street not 5 mins into my run I just gave my usual look of disgust and went on my way.

Now when I got to the next light and the same thing happened and the woman actually yelled at me for "jumping out into traffic" I started to get a little annoyed.  It wasn't until I had to make the Dukes of Hazard hood slide across a civic that I lost it. Some poor girl out there is still scared of putting her car in drive.

What I want to know is when did stopping turn into slowing down?  When did we all get in such a hurry that we stopped worrying about running someone over because we didn't stop before the cross walk?  Maybe it's because I run that I always make sure that there is no one coming before I pull out.

So what's the moral of this story?  If you're driving please stop if you're walking/running watch out.  Day, night, afternoon make sure you are looking out for you.

Besides the whole car dodging dilemma my run was alright.  I think I'm pushing to hard though.  I seem to be fatigued when I start almost like I've been tearing down not building up.  I had to walk the last kilometer home because things were just sore and tired.

Time to get smarter about my training.

Toeing the line

A couple of months ago I started running again.  I'm not even sure why I started again.  It was a lot like those commercials you see all the time where the running shoes start talking to the girl as she eats a granola bar or something.  One day I just decided to put my shoes on and went out the door. 

Some time since then I started making goals for myself. 
Run a full 5K without stopping. 
Run a sub 30 min 5K. 
Run more than 20K in a week. 
Enter a 5K and a 10K. 
Increase my mileage monthly. 

Then it happened.  I added another.  Enter the Around the Bay 30K in 2013.  Now this is a pretty lofty goal for a 225 pound guy who has never run further than 12km and whose first goal is to just finish 5K without stopping.  But I will do it.

Here's how.  I am going to tell the world about it.  I am going to post about the crazy sights I come across and the even crazier thoughts that I have during my runs.

I will also write about the things I find interesting in the sport. Products, people and philosophies will all be fair game.   

So off I go on my slightly crazy attempt to get around the bay.