Last night I watched Lost with my roommate. I’ve never seen an episode before and it was quite the experience! I know I was too far behind to ever really understand EVERYTHING that was going on, but it was interesting none the less. My roommate is a hardcore Lost fan so it was pretty intense!

Anyways, not much to post about today but I did do the Biggest Loser Workout Video again this morning. I feel like it gets me off to a great start of my day and that it really helps in the sculpting areas. I always thought videos were stupid and wouldn’t really work, but sometimes it’s nice to take a break and just relax and do a video in the privacy of your own home. I have the Biggest Loser Power Sculpt video and believe me, it leaves me incredibly sore, but in a good way.

For the ladies, after yesterdays skirt extravaganza, I didn’t have too many deals for you but perhaps tomorrow I’ll find some more. :) I tried to diversify my finds today to even include, gasp! Boy Runners! :) Just kidding, I love you all equally.

So for the ladies,I found these Nike Tempo Shorts. I have a pair just like this in black and pink. They are on sale at Nordstroms for $17.90, when normally $28.00

They are nice and fit well and work great for the longer runs, which will be what I’m doing this Saturday.

I even found some other sick deals to share.

For the boys. The C9 Tech Muscle Tee for $3.99.

So I told you all I would tell you about the problem I had with the police while running. You can tell me if it’s creepy or not.

I normally take the same route when running a 3-5 miler by my house. It’s all on surface streets and it’s a giant square if I’m running the 5 miles, and if I’m running the three miles, then I cut through the park. Christmas Eve was out for a five miler and saw a police car right when I came out of my neighborhood. My town is small so the police don’t have too much to patrol, but still I thought it was odd that he was right outside my street. So I take off, and I see him driving towards me once I turn the corner. Then I see him again over by the high school, but give him the benefit of the doubt that he’s patrolling the school.

I’ve now seen him three times in a matter of roughly 10 minutes. I think this is starting to be odd. I go for a while pondering what a police officer is doing at 7:30 am, that I’ve seen him this often. I turn another corner and there he is again. Now I’m counting the times I’ve seen him in my head and realize I’ve seen him four times, and that I’m running in a different city than I live in. He’s outside his patrol area! I realize it’s creepy and turn the straight away home. About half a mile away from my house I see a black and white car waiting at the stoplight that I will have to cross. HIM AGAIN!? What is the world coming too. He turned left before I ever got to the light, but still when I got home, I wondered why he was creeping around so much, and seemed to be on every route I took. Odd but I let it go and forgot about it by end of the day.

(the map below shows the locations I spotted him at along my route, hence the disguise is where I saw him and the red path was the path I was running)

New Years Eve rolls around. I’m back from Mr. R’s house and decide to hit the streets for a five miler, same path. Well I start off and as soon as I cross the street there’s a cop driving toward me. I immediately remember my encounter the week before. I see him almost twice in five minutes. Then I go about two miles and forget he was even creeping, until I see him again about half way through. Driving towards me AGAIN. Then I turn two corners, and he drives past me, and then, this is SUPER creepy, but does a really slow u-turn, and I feel like he’s going to ask me a question he pulls so close to the sidewalk. The entire time I’m completely aware of what is going on, but also ignoring him and all these weird moves he’s making. So I am about 800 meters away from my house and I see him pulled up at a light I’m running toward. He turns left, and I assume he’s gone for good and I can finish my run in peace. What I didn’t know was that after making a left he turned into the parking lot of the 7-11 and then was pulling out right as I ran past the driveway, almost hitting me. Yes, the COP wasn’t paying attention and almost ran me over. Great. (the 7-11 is where the little bottle is on the map)

If this isn’t creepy I don’t know what is. What happened to protect and serve, not freak the community out. I’m just trying to get some exercise in! Sheesh people! Hope you don’t have cops stalking you!

xoxo

PS. All you cold weather runners. I have a friend @ Wearing Mascara who is looking for a guest blogger to talk about running in the cold. I am not running in cold weather. To me it’s cold, to the rest of the world it’s not. If you’d like to help out please shoot me an email at danicakoo@gmail.com. Thanks!

So sadly, it has crossed my mind that I might be attacked on a run. I already gave you the option of stun guns and pepper spray on this post, but I found this and couldn’t resist adding this to my list of 26.2 things to give to a runner.

It’s a Spalding Electronic Whistle. Single tone electronic whistle that has a loud, consistent sound every time, even if user is short of breath or injured. Personal Safety & Signaling Device and includes 2 sets of AAA Batteries. It’s also hand operated instead of mouth blown is sanitary, even for multi users. Get yours for $15.95 here.

Be safe out there!

xoxo

After my last post of the lance being run over I have been working incredibly hard to make sure that I am always seen by drivers. Thus leads to my point of being a polite runner, even when it’s sometimes difficult. We all know that drivers may be a little careless sometimes. Even I catch myself doing it, and I vow to work harder, because I’ve been that girl thinking, Okay, I’m here, let me cross without clipping my backside.

Yesterday I was jogging about the streets of Orange County, and of course some cars speed by me making an unprotected left or right hand turn while I was crossing the street, but I did notice as I was crossing in front of many different entrances to housing tracks that cars would stop and give me the right away. Yes, I know this is suppose to happen, since pedestrians have the right away, but it isn’t always what does actually happen. Upon this nice gesture, I would always mouth thank you and give a little wave to the waiting car. I feel like this shocked people in a good way. Therefore once I smiled and gave a little wave, whaalaaa, a smile appeared on their face and a little head nod followed. Drivers seemed to like my gesture.

This small gesture of kindness didn’t tire me on my run, and I didn’t necessarily have to go out of my way, but it seemed to make a big difference in the drivers attitude, even if they did have to wait a little bit longer for me to cross. I mean, I’ve seen it where I am waiting for a runner, and they act like they don’t care. I guess this is an option, but why be mean when you can be nice. So take a little bit of extra time and give the friendly wave next time you see a driver tapping their fingers on the steering wheel while waiting for you to cross.

xoxo