Stop & Roll, Spaced-Out Drivers

Great night for a run, nice and cool a 1/2" of snow over ice, thank God for YakTrax! Although they kept me from really slipping around, my "push off" or "fall forward" (how ever you see it?) would slip at the toes when I'd try to dig-in. It was slippery as all hell tonight and I'm very confident with these YakTrax on; however, I may have to try 32north’s STABILicers SPORT to see if cleats can keep my catapults on the ground with maximum energy! One highlight from tonight was a stop & roll driver (a chick). As I ran up to an intersection, she was rolling up to the stop sign. I was heading down the sidewalk in a well lit area against the flow of traffic. I was approaching the passengers side of her vehicle. The whole right side of her car was full of snow and ice; hence, I knew their was no way she could see me. However, I slowed a bit and pushed forward as she was focused on traffic from her left the traffic heading towards me. I got in front of her car, which is still rolling focused my attention on her, at this time she still didn't see me and I was directly in front of her drivers side headlight side stepping to keep from being hit. All of a sudden she attempted to turn into traffic, I was just inches from her car now almost slowed to walk, (this is the best part) she finally swung her head to the front of her car and POW their I was (priceless)! She was scared shi&@ess! Frightened that she was about to hit or already did hit me? Words can't fully explain this. I had it timed perfectly as I knew she wasn't situationaly aware of me due to the frosted windows and her blatantly making no effort to look to her right! I also knew she wasn't going to turn right until traffic was clear to her left. I'm willing to bet she scrapes her windows next time and looks to the right before turning right next time! Always carry something to throw at a spaced-out driver while running e.g., a water bottle, BlackBerry and/or a tomahawk for when things really get out of control. Of course, with the use of proper escalation of force! Best regards, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 882 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 12/30/09 Up/Downhill: [+295/-295] Time: 7:41 PM Difficulty: 3.4 / 5.0 Weather: Light Snow 24 F temp; 81% humidity 24 F heat index; winds S 9 Performance Distance: 5.40 miles Time: 0:45:20 Speed: 7.2 mph Pace: 8' 23 /mi Calories: 766 Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 11 -1' 12 8.3 +1.2 0 ft 2 8' 59 +0' 36 6.7 -0.5 +39 ft 3 8' 43 +0' 20 6.9 -0.3 -3 ft 4 8' 28 +0' 05 7.1 -0.1 -17 ft 5 8' 17 -0' 06 7.2 +0.1 -29 ft end 9' 07 +0' 44 6.6 -0.6 +10 ft Versus average of 8' 23 min/mile

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