Notes
Emily was going to the Y so I decided to come with and run from downtown. Decided to go north and try and get that reverse entry into Orange Power. In hindsight, this was actually a very spooky direction to go after dark. Honestly, it probably wasn't any more dangerous than any other direction from downtown after dark, but it felt spooky. Right as I was entering the wooded section near piss corner, I noticed a figure in all black walking ahead of me. As I got closer it started to jog, and, right as I was passing, he shined a flashlight directly in my face. He said, "Damn, you're pretty fast." I responded, "I was thinking the same thing about you," even though he was definitely not. Gotta butter up the murderers a bit, ya know? I was a bit past him at this point, but I heard him pick up the pace and try and catch up to me so I dropped the hammer. People are so weird man, the number of weird interactions I've had with random people on bike paths after dark is getting too high. Need to start running with a glock.
The shot of adrenaline from the whole thing propelled me to a much faster mile, at which point I also realized that I was going to be seriously late to meet Emily, so I kept it cooking the rest of the way in.