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Posted by stesaunde on Mar 20, 2009 9:37:08 AM

I had running shoes on yesterday when I found myself stranded with some friends on the side of the road after the car we were in broke down.  We had just met at a parking lot that was now on the other side of the freeway from us where we had left another car.  As it only seemed like a couple of miles I offered to run and grab the other car and said I'd be back in 20 minutes.  It was much further then I expected but there was a nice 5% grade in my favor for the last bit.  When I got to the car I calculated that 21 minutes had passed so with driving I figured 25 minutes had passed by the time I got back.  According to google maps that stretch of road is 3.8 miles.  We weren't quite to the entrance of Micron so I'd round down to at least 3.5 but that doesn't sound quite right so 24 minutes would probably be a safer bet.  A 7 to 8 minute/mile pace sounds feasible.  

 

Anyway, it was a fun way to get in what turned out to be my only work out for the day as by the time we ate, finished our activity and got the car pulled down the same route I ran and then some with a tow rope ... let's just say I missed the Orem rec closing time of 10pm.  Don't worry though, I got up and played basketball at 6:30 this morning so I'm not a complete slacker.

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Mar 20, 2009 10:22 AM mvalenti mvalenti    says:

nice! What a great unexpected workout. Doesn't it feel good to be able to run when you need to? For me it comes in handy when I have to chase my dogs down the beach when they are trying to catch birds.

Mar 20, 2009 10:31 AM Gale Bernhardt Gale Bernhardt    says:

Cool way to cash in on your fitness!

Mar 20, 2009 11:08 AM danger prone danger prone    says:

Good for you Steve!

 

You've probably already stumbled on this site, but check out mapmyrun.com anytime you want to see how far you've run. I'm sure there are other Web sites like this one. I really like how you can click the map to determine your mileage and then put in the time it took you. From there the site caluclates your speed etc.

Mar 23, 2009 9:07 AM blondmom blondmom    says:

Like superman in running shoes. I am sure your friends were gald to have you! Great story of an unexpected work out!

Cheerfully,

Lori