did he put the lights on when he pulled you over? you should have asked him to clock you with his radar gun...

...takin it to the man. you rebel you!

Carry a few donuts in your pocket. Next time a "large" policeman comes near, just toss them behind you to distract him. (Works with dogs too!)

Well I got stopped by a cop and I wasn't in the wrong and still got a ticket. Fought it and won in court but that's how the system works. If a cop WANTS to jack you up, he will. Plain and simple. Not sure I would have used the "fat" line about danger but what the ****, you're a Marine. Go for it.

I ran 8 today with 8 x 100m strides. This is the start of my Advanced Marathoning schedule before CMM. My weekend long run was a good gauge for where I'd be this week and FINALLY this was a really good run. I set out to run the first 4 miles comfortably since this was classified as "general aerobic" (or cover the miles) kind of run so I ran it at about a 9:00 m/m pace. The 100m strides were a bit faster. :-p But it was good to break up the 8 miles with the strides. Not as fast as Jimmy but a good run nonetheless. No pain, only regular muscle aches from the workout. Good news. Lookout, NIta.. this boy is gonna leave you in my wake. (The wake may be a posthumous event rather than a calm area behind me . . but hey. . .)

The downside to the Advanced Marathoning schedule is it has me running on both Saturday and Sunday with Saturday's usually being a short recovery run and Sunday's being a long run. That's not necessarily all bad though since I'll be switching to a half/full weekend mode as I get closer to Goofy so that whatever my long distance is on Sunday, I'll run half as much as that on Saturday.

Feeling good. No cops along the way but plenty of Chris's friends (drivers who don't see runners.)

In my experience there are two kinds of cops: 1) The John Wayne complex. Give 'em a badge and a gun and they figure they can do whatever they want. 2) Men and women actually interested in serving the public and working every day to do the right thing.

I think Jimmy ran into copy persona #1.

Next time a cop stops you and asks, "Do you know why I stopped you?" respond with, "Because of a severe lack of self-esteem and not being hugged enough by your mother as a child?"

Yeah, you'll still get the ticket but you'll feel better about it.

Jimmy, it's the Mom of the group. As long as you were running on the proper side of the road, I'm fine with you telling the cop off.

And my two cents. The cop was a jerk he deserved it. Secondly, Are you wearing anything reflective while running on the side of the road in the nations fattest state??