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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:


PR Marathon

2:51:33 (St. George 2009)

3:01:00 (St. George 2008)

3:09:52 (St. George 2007)

3:24:48 (St. George 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve training. Get serious, lose weight.

Improve speed.


Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness, including running.

 

Personal:

Married with 4 kids. I live in Riverton and work as an attorney downtown in Salt Lake City.

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Got to College Station, TX last night.  Nice small airport.  I told the cabbie, 60 something year-old talkative woman, to take me to the Hampton Inn and gave her the address.  She proceeded to take me on a nice little ride to the hotel.  I paid her, got out and went in for my reservation.  New, friendly girl at the counter was very confused.  Manager, Ron, came over and said with a pleasant smile, "well that's because his reservation is for the other Hampton Inn."  I would have glady stayed at that hotel, but the deposition I'm involved in today is at the other one.  Well, Ron just said, I'll drive you over to the other one, which he did.  The other Hampton where I ended up staying was very nice, but it was quite isolated.  The closest food establishment to it was a Mexican restaurant a little ways away, but I didn't want to walk even that far in the rain storm.  So I ended up ordering a pizza, and at the whole dang thing.  So much for a run last night.

This morning, I ran on treadmill at the hotel in College Station.  I'm basing the distance on time and effort.  I run often enough on treadmills to have a pretty good feel when a treadmill's calibration is way off.  90 minutes later the treadmill indicated I had run 13, but there was no way I had run that far, so Ill just log an easy 10.

 

Comments
From Smooth on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:58:54 from 174.23.232.65

Don't you love Texas hospitality? Even the treadmill was generous to you! :) Have a nice rest of the stay at College Station.

From montelepsy on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:22:12 from 64.235.121.163

What is this a picture of? I don't get it. Am I supposed to stare at it until I see a sailboat or something?

From richborget on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 23:46:14 from 71.199.13.128

paul, you are so funny. I hope to see you soon at some event.

From MarcE on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 23:36:12 from 206.225.68.39

Welcome to Texas, Paul. (It's not usually this cold!) Enjoy your stay!

From Teena Marie on Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 00:33:14 from 174.52.45.85

Laughing so hard!!!

Hope the pizza was good! :)

(Btw, nice miles!!! Your calf must be feeling better I take it! Yahoo!!!)

From MarcE on Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 15:53:08 from 206.225.68.145

..and just so you know, all the "ATM" signs you'll see around town are not for cash machines..you're in the land of the Texas A & M Aggies...

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